NYC NOW - April 2, 2024: Morning Headlines
Episode Date: April 2, 2024Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The New York City Council is urging Mayor Eric Adams to reconsider anticipated budget cuts to ‘3K’, schools, librar...ies, and other city services. Meanwhile, the federal judge who ruled New Jersey cannot use the ‘county line’ ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary election delivered another setback to the state’s county clerks on Monday. WNYC’s Nancy Solomon reports. Additionally, 10 members of Congress from New York City are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to maintain funding for a program that offers completely free rides on an MTA bus route in each borough.
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Welcome to NYC Now.
Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC.
It's Tuesday, April 2nd.
Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill.
The New York City Council is pushing for the mayor to reverse anticipated budget cuts to 3K, schools,
libraries, and other city services.
In January, Mayor Adams released a proposed budget for the next fiscal year
at call for steep cuts across many city agencies.
City Council's
Speaker Adrian Adams says the council found $6 billion in additional tax revenue to spend.
It released a fiscal plan yesterday that includes the funding.
It's not a wish list, but rather a vision for the city's budget that fulfills our city's
obligation to New Yorkers. It is a roadmap to strengthen our city government while preparing
for the challenges ahead. The council also wants to see this money to help restore funding to
libraries and housing assistance. It's also proposing money to go into the city's rainy day fund as
a preventive measure going forward. The federal judge ruled New Jersey cannot use the county line
ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary election dealt another blow yesterday to the state's
county clerks. WNIC's Nancy Solomon explains. Senate candidate Andy Kim successfully sued 19 county
clerks to stop them from using the ballot system which groups candidates for every office as a slate
when they're endorsed by the parties. Two-thirds of those clerks were seeking a stay, saying they
needed more time to redesign their ballots. But Kim's lawyer, Yale Bromberg, says the clerks have the
technology to make changes. Many of these clerks actually have already used office block ballot
tablets in the past using the same technology. Those are ballots where everyone,
running for one office is grouped together. The judge agreed and denied the stay.
Ten members of Congress from New York City are calling on Governor Kathy Hockel to keep funding a program
that makes an MTA bus route in each borough completely free to ride. And a letter first reported
by the news site political, the representatives say the governor should allocate $45 million in the
state budget to keep the free rides going for another year. They also say she should spend another $45 million
dollars to expand service on the bus routes.
Governor Hokel is not responding yet to the letter.
It's primary day in New York.
Polls are open now.
They close at 9 o'clock tonight.
You'll go out there now.
You'll have some showers that will greet you with some clouds as well.
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