NYC NOW - April 14, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: April 14, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Friday, April 14th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. The Rutgers University Strike enters its fifth day, full-time faculty, part-time teachers, graduate students, and biomedical faculty walked out Monday. Medical students walked out of class and joined the picket line yesterday on the fourth day of the school's labor dispute. But many health science staffers are exempt from strike and be. they need to stay on the job to maintain essential lab work. As a result, their classes must

continue. The faculty strike, affecting some 9,000 Rucker's employees, has received support from students across all three of the state universities' campuses. One of the faculty demands is that Ruckers freezes rent for the school's students. In other news this morning, an investigation is underway after police shot and killed a 78-year-old man as they searched for a burglar who had reportedly broken into a bed-sty apartment. NYPD chief Jeffrey Madreys says officers knocked on an apartment door on Lewis Avenue near Hancock Street yesterday where a man who was not the suspect opened the door with a firearm, he pointed the gun at the officers, they say, and they responded with gunfire.

I observed the body camera. He clearly charged out officers with his gun. We don't know why, though. The man died. None of the officers was hit, but they've been treated for minor injuries. The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation is also investigating. This was one of two police shootings yesterday afternoon in the city. The other happened in Queens. Some Metro North riders were left stranded yesterday evening when a heat-related issue paralyzed several lines. Michael Kane was on a train to Yankee Stadium for more than four hours, and yes, he was late for the game.

In an airport, they wouldn't stand for this. They have to do a better job of communicating with the passengers. I mean, they had some passages on that train for four plus hours. They need to let them know what's going on. There are times when we didn't move for 40, 45 minutes at a time. Wow. The train trouble came as the New York region recorded the hottest day in April in more than a decade. Yes, it was hot.

Subway delays this morning, A and S and R trains in both directions. 68 and mostly clear with an air alert, air quality alert, kicking in later this morning. Today's forecast mostly sunny in 86. Yes, another hot one. afternoon and shower, thunderstorm chances, and we cool off for this weekend. Thanks for listening. This is NYC Now from WNYC. Be sure to catch us every weekday, three times a day, for your top news headlines and occasional deep dives. And subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.