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NYC NOW

NYC Now helps New Yorkers understand the city through original reporting and sharp analysis from WNYC and Gothamist. The show digs into the news, culture, and conversations shaping life in New York, three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, hosted by Janae Pierre.

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00:08:33

February 23, 2024 : Midday News

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2024/02/23

When Democrat Tom Suozzi won his special election last week, he thanked a lot of people. WNYC’s Brigid Bergin reports Asian American voters were high on his list. Meanwhile, for the first time in the city’s history, Staten Island will host an LGBTQ+ friendly St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in addition to the original parade. Plus, tonight, the Juilliard School will present a special musical performance to honor Seneca Village, a 19th-century predominantly black community in Manhattan. Also, this weekend,

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00:03:03

February 23, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/23

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: A new executive order out of Nassau County makes it virtually impossible for trans women to participate in women’s sports teams in the area. Meanwhile, WNYC has learned that the Adams Administration is planning to expand the capacity of new jails being built in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx to replace Rikers Island. Plus, the MTA is closing the Marine Park Bridge from 10 PM tonight until 7 AM on

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00:08:28

February 22, 2024: Evening Roundup

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2024/02/22

New York State's Supreme Court ruled that a city law, which would have allowed noncitizen residents the right to vote in local elections, is unconstitutional. Plus, a third of New York City’s families could benefit from changes to the federal child tax credit that Congress is considering. Also, WNYC’s Ramsey Khalifeh reports on a push to bring more money to the city’s neediest green spaces. And finally, we’re celebrating Black History Month by highlighting Black-owned bookstores in our region

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00:09:52

February 22, 2024: Midday News

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2024/02/22

New York City has suspended engineer Richard Koenigsberg from conducting building inspections for two years after his poor workmanship that contributed to a building collapse in the Bronx. Meanwhile, a federal monitor overseeing New York City's public housing system says thousands of units are sitting empty during a citywide affordability crisis due to bureaucratic delays. Plus, police are investigating a northbound F train hitting and killing a man at the West 4th Street station. Finally, Saint

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00:03:04

February 22, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/22

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Mayor Eric Adams says he's canceling an expected third round of agency spending cuts and allowing city agencies to restart some hiring. Meanwhile, a New York City watchdog agency has found that pepper spray use against detainees at Rikers Island is skyrocketing. Plus, Hornblower, the company that operates the New York City Ferry, is filing for bankruptcy.

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00:09:32

February 21, 2024: Evening Roundup

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2024/02/21

New York Attorney General Letitia James is willing to seize Donald Trump's buildings and assets if he's unable to pay off the penalties imposed on him by a judge last week. Plus, First Lady Tammy Murphy opposes her husband on the campaign trail in Newark. And finally, WNYC’s Michael Hill talks with reporters David Brand and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky about an analysis that finds close to 70% of New York City’s new affordable apartments are studios or 1-bedrooms, making affordable housing even harder

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00:07:03

February 21, 2024: Midday News

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2024/02/21

A Columbia University report finds that 1 in 4 children in New York City live in poverty. Plus, the New York City Council is joining a class-action lawsuit that would force Mayor Eric Adams to implement measures designed to give more low-income New Yorkers access to housing vouchers. Finally, New York City’s public hospitals serve about 50,000 homeless patients each year but after care isn’t always available. But, are medical respite centers a solution? WNYC reporter Caroline Lewis visits a respite

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00:02:18

February 21, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/21

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: A new federal class-action lawsuit argues that New York City's child welfare investigators routinely coerce parents to search their homes, traumatizing families. Meanwhile, 25-year-old Miles McNeal, has been indicted for allegedly sexually abusing an 8-year-old between 2022 and 2023 at a Harlem after-school program.

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00:09:14

February 20, 2024: Evening Roundup

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2024/02/20

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has added his name to the list of Democrats running for governor of New Jersey next year as Gov. Phil Murphy's final term comes to an end in 2026. Plus, New York City’s evacuation plan for a tent shelter in Brooklyn lacks details on what to do in a weather emergency. Also, what you need to know ahead of the enormous Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown. And finally, WNYC’s Michael Hill talks with All of It producer, Simon Close, about the show’s “Public Song

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00:10:27

February 20, 2024: Midday News

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2024/02/20

The U.S.Supreme Court says it won’t take up a pair of challenges to state laws that cap rent hikes on roughly a million New York City rent-stabilized apartments. Meanwhile, the MTA is planning to replace all the fluorescent lights in the subway with LED ones.Plus, construction related deaths are trending up in New York City for the third year in a row, according to a report from the non-profit New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. WNYC’s Michael Hill talks with Charlene Obernauer,

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00:03:03

February 20, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/20

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: A New York City housing survey reveals increasing issues with peeling paint, mold, and rodents in apartment buildings. NYU researchers suggest sick tenants could pinpoint hazardous conditions before making official complaints. Meanwhile, In New Jersey, proposed legislation would require registration and liability insurance for e-bike and scooter owners. Plus,renowned Greenpoint, Brooklyn, metal music venue, Saint Vitus,

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00:09:23

February 19, 2024: Midday News

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2024/02/19

Today, it’s all about food! WNYC’s Michael Hill talks with Matt Pomeranz, co-founder of Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, about a bagel maker's secrets. Plus, a few writers from Eater New York highlight their list of New York City’s most iconic dishes.

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00:49:21

SPECIAL EPISODE: Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows

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2024/02/17

NYC Now presents a special episode from Season 3 of Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows. Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as many as 75 people from her block on New York City’s Lower East Side died. They were succumbing to an illness that was not recognized as the same virus that was killing young, white, gay men just across town in the West Village.At the same time in Harlem, the 17th floor of the area’s

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00:11:09

February 16, 2024: Evening Roundup

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2024/02/16

The MTA doesn’t have enough money to start new construction projects. Plus, a Queens man faces charges in connection to a Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed a cyclist last year. Also, WNYC’s Jessica Gould reports some providers worry the mayor's proposed budget cuts could undermine an effort to create a new curriculum for the city’s youngest students that could help them become stronger readers. And finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson and Jon Campbell discuss New York’s new congressional map.

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00:06:59

February 16, 2024: Midday News

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2024/02/16

Dan Goldman (NY-10) is pushing for more regulation of lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes amid a string of fires caused by the batteries. Plus, the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is even slimmer now after Democrat Tom Suozzi reclaimed his old seat in New York's 3rd congressional district. WNYC’s Sean Carlson speaks with Republican strategist Bill O’Reilly about the closely-watched race and what it might portend.

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00:03:10

February 16, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/16

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Several people accused of scuffling with NYPD officers in Times Square last month will face a judge in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, and there may be political implications. Also, the bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission has voted to approve a new congressional map in New York. Plus, scientists are reporting that fin whales are traveling to New York City for food.

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00:08:29

February 15, 2024 : Evening Roundup

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2024/02/15

New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to make to-go cocktails permanent. Plus, a minor is in custody in connection with Monday’s subway shooting in the Bronx that killed one man and injured five others. And finally, WNYC’s Michael Hill and Samantha Max discuss concerns over two recent violent incidents in Times Square.

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00:05:26

February 15, 2024 : Midday News

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2024/02/15

New York City officials are closing down a Bronx office that helps New Yorkers with food stamps and cash assistance. Also for New Jersey drivers, the Pulaski Skyway will be closed in both directions Thursday night as it goes through rehab work. The Knicks have now lost four games in a row, and the Nets lost to the Celtics by 50 points. And WNYC's Ryan Kailath takes a tour of an apartment that was decorated with items found in the garbage or yard sales.

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00:02:54

February 15, 2024: Morning Headlines

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2024/02/15

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The New York City Council is considering legislation to reduce pollution and traffic from cruise ships docking in New York City. Meanwhile, Congress on Wednesday rejected a long-shot bid to temporarily double the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most married couples. Plus, a Queens man, who admitted to smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants through the U.S.-Canadian border crossing, has been

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00:07:11

February 14, 2024: Evening Roundup

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2024/02/14

Democratic attorney Landon Dais cruised to victory in a special election Tuesday for a state Assembly seat in the Bronx. Also, the Legal Aid Society is suing Mayor Eric Adams over his refusal to expand housing subsidies for poor New Yorkers. Plus, a new book from sociologist Terry Williams details the lives of people who lived in tunnels underneath New York City. And finally, forget love…baseball is in the air. Pitchers and catchers met up Wednesday for the Yankees and Mets spring training.

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