NYC NOW - April 28, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: April 28, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: New York budget impasse nears end with tentative 229 billion dollar deal, report shows rising violence at Bronx juvenile detention center with severe staff shortages and cannabis startups in New York face predatory investors while state officials seek to attract more established players.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Friday, April 28th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. 50 and cloudy, afternoon rain likely, and 58 for a high. New York State's budget impasse is almost over. WNYC's John Campbell has the latest on a tentative deal at the state capital. Governor Kathy Hokel has what she calls a conceptual agreement with legislative leaders on $229 billion budget. She says it'll include a funding boost for the MTA, while New York City's

minimum wage will increase to $17 by 2026. The budget was due April 1st. Once passed, it'll be the latest state budget since 2010. Hokel says she's well aware of how long it took to get a deal. I know this budget process has taken a little extra time, but our commitment to the future of New York was driving this. The governor says there's still some finer points to work out. with lawmakers, but they'll begin voting on the budget in the coming days. A federal monitor says violent attacks at a Bronx juvenile detention center rose last year. The monitors just-released report details accounts from the Horizon Juvenile Detention Center of young detainees slashing one another with blades and scalples.

The report also found staffers quitting in droves. The administration for children's services says the facility staffed at less than half the level needed to run it properly. Legal cannabis dispensaries continued to bloom in New York, much like the buds they aim to sell. But some owners of these startups say they're beginning to encounter predatory investors as they try to gather money to get started. Jeremy Rivera co-founded the New York Card Coalition. It's an independent group that provides services to New Yorkers licensed through the state's social equity program. One thing we are warning our members about is predatorial and shark-like tactics, parasitic tactics,

that investors are taking to take their equity. License holders say some investors are asking for up to 49% ownership in exchange for funding and for full control of the operations as well. State officials are trying to attract more established cannabis investors to the market. Your forecast now plenty chances of rain, 50 and overcast now. Early afternoon rain likely today, cloudy and 58 for a high. Then tonight periods of rain, low at 50 and gusty. tomorrow periods of rain, high of 51 in gusty, and then Saturday night, rain likely in 51.

Sunday, rain, maybe late afternoon thunderstorms as well, and a high near 63, and then rain chances again Sunday night and into Monday morning. Told you, a lot of rain chances in its forecast. 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 break. podcasts. See you this afternoon.