NYC NOW - April 18, 2024: Morning Headlines
Episode Date: April 18, 2024Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: New York State lawmakers are switching over to an old, 1990s system to vote on a $237 billion state budget this week afte...r a cyberattack on the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission. Meanwhile, 353 dancers set a new world record for ‘most ballet dancers on pointe simultaneously’ on Wednesday in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. Plus, it’s Poetry Month, and we’re playing your poems on our show. Listener Harriet Taub shares a poem with us about the melting pot of languages in her neighborhood.
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Welcome to NYC Now.
Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC.
It's Thursday, April 18th.
Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill.
New York state lawmakers hope to vote on a $237 billion state budget this week,
but a cyber attack on the legislative bill drafting commission could complicate things.
Governor Hokel told WNIC's Brian Lehrer show,
The commission is switching over to an old 1990s antiquated system.
No one will do it better than we do in trying to get to the bottom of this attack,
but our understanding right now is it'll take a little bit longer to deal with the legislative side of it.
The governor announced a handshake deal on the state budget this week.
The bill drafting commission helps put that agreement into actual legislation,
which is then put to lawmakers for a vote.
Have you ever wondered what the world record is for most ballot,
dancers on point simultaneously? Well, it's 353, and it was set yesterday in the ballroom of the
Plaza Hotel. The ballerinas had to hold the dance position where they stand on the tips of their
toes for 60 seconds. 16-year-old Delphina Nelson Todd goes to American Ballet Theater's
Jacqueline Kennedy on NASA School in Manhattan. She was in the sea of white tutus.
I wanted to be a part of it so I can say that, oh, I was there. I like broke a world record.
It's not many people that get to say that.
And it's just a cool experience to kind of be here with everybody and feel the, like,
energy of the ballet world doing something that's really cool.
The previous world record of 306 people simultaneously on point was set in 2019.
Right now, take a look at that forecast.
We have some light rain now with fog and mist out there.
It's in the upper 40s in the city.
Shower is likely by midday and then this afternoon, a high of just 49.
It's quite a drop-off from early in the week.
Cloudy and windy as well.
And it's still Poetry Month on this second half of April as it begins,
and we're playing your poems on the air.
Our theme this year is local, the nearby places that matter to you
and what's happening there.
Listener, Harriet Toad, shared this poem with us
about the melting pot of languages in her neighborhood.
In the nearby Frutthia, the Korean owners speak Spanish
and the Latino workers speak English.
I asked the cashier,
si I can't talk with T'Igo in Spanish
because I'm studying.
She smiles at me.
For sure, she says
as she brings up my fruitas and veduras.
And on the avenue between the walkers,
the bikers and the shoppers,
I can hear Hindi, Arabic,
Spanish, Polish, Korean, Chinese,
and English.
Bits of sometimes
indecipherable conversations
mixing together to make a joyful neighborhood chorus.
We want to hear from you.
Go to WNIC.org slash poetry to find out how to send us your poem.
And remember this Friday, come join me in the morning edition team in the Green Space
for a night of live poetry.
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Reserve yours right now at WNYC.org slash the Greenspace.
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