The Update with Brandon Julien

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to John V. Lindsay East River Park down by the Lower East Side near the Williamsburg Bridge. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s claim of “total” authority to reopen the nation’s virus-stalled econ...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is at Andrew Haswell Green Park, near the underbelly of the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Mayor Bill de Blasio says that public schools in New York City’s 1.1 million-student district will be shuttered for the rest of the academic year, but that...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On this Good Friday, we make our third stop at the East River Promonade, this time near the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York state is getting help from Google to overhaul a decades-old unemployment benefits system that has left laid-off workers frustrated an...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We're back for another stop at the East River Promonade. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, has ended his presidential bid. His announcement le...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is over at Carl Schurz Park near Gracie Mansion where Mayor of New York City lives.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is at the East River Esplanade in East Harlem, and it's extra special because today's our first full show since our WKRB departure. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Coronavirus deaths in New York state climbed to nearly 4,200. But there is a slight glimmer of hope the sprea...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is at Madison Square Park near the Flatiron building.  Some stories talked about in today's show were: 1. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will issue and order for ventilators be redeployed to overwhelmed hospitals from other places amid an alarming increase in COVID-19-related deaths. New York state tal...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is on the Samuel L. Newhouse of the Staten Island Ferry. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses to handle an expected surge in coronavirus cases in New York and other places around th...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to City Hall Park, just outside of City Hall where Mayor De Blasio delivers his daily briefing on the coronavirus crisis. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New data shows that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting especially hard in New York City neighborhoods that tend to...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! It's the first day of a new month, and today's road stop takes us to Hudson Yards near Jacob Javits Center Hospital, where some coronavirus patients are being housed. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. Deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 in New York City as officials warned that the worst of th...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today, we're reporting from the comfort of home, but we'll be back out on the road again soon. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York City reported its first coronavirus death of a person under 18 years old. Health officials report that the city's 914 deaths from the pandemic include one perso...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to Park Avenue South between 28th and 34th Streets. These streets have been opened up to let pedestrians walk and exercise while practicing social distancing. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. President Trump and elected leaders in New York are clashing again over the dep...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's stop is from outside the closed steps of The Museum of Natural History. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. A health care worker at one of the New York City hospitals under siege by the coronavirus has died. Co-workers and his sister say assistant nurse manager Kious Kelly died Tuesday from...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us across the water to Staten Island and the site of their 9/11 Memorial. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic, with the numbers reaching nearly 31,000 positive cases in the state, and nearl...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is at Battery Park, near the Whitehall Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the number of positive coronavirus cases in the state surged to more than 20,000, with more than half the cases in New York City. Cuomo promis...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop brings us indoors, but out to the Oculus Transportation Hub near One World Trade Center. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. With schools shut down for the coronavirus outbreak, districts and educators are launching a massive, unplanned test of virtual teaching. Virtual school — so...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road assignment comes from Dante Park near Lincoln Center. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering all workers in nonessential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide. Cuomo announced the restrictions Friday that take effect Sunday. He also...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop is over at Hudson River Park on the west side of Chelsea. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Barbershops, hair salons, tattoo parlors and nail salons in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania must close Saturday to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The order from the...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road trip takes us to outside the Shops at Columbus Circle, a day where all indoor malls, amusment parks, and bowling alleys are to close at 8pm tonight. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. President Donald Trump agreed to deploy a 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship to New York City to relieve pres...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Our road trip continues from the main Apple store on 5 Av in Midtown. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Anticipating a huge spike in coronavirus patients, New York City-area hospitals are clearing out beds, setting up new spaces to triage patients and urging people with mild symptoms to consult he...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Our road trip takes us today to Macy's in Herald Square, where all Macy's stores and their associates were closing until the end of the month at the end of business today. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. The governors of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey said Monday they have agreed to close...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We are yet again on the road, this time from the closed steps of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York City is closing the nation's largest public school system, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus. Mayor Bill d...

At 5pm today, the order by Governor Cuomo that gatherings of more than 500 people are banned, and places that could seat less than 500 people could only be filled to half capacity. We didn't know wether this applied to malls, so one of the biggest malls in the city was a good place to find out while delivering the evening's headlines. 

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! As our radio show ends and transitions into a podcast, our first road assignment in the midst of the coronavirus comes to the main branch of the New York Public Library because all NYPL branches were to close at the end of business today. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. New Yorkers are finding th...

We have the !atest ongoing developments on the coronavirus, including how Mayor De Blasio has declared a state of emergency.