NYC NOW - August 29, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: August 29, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The Biden administration counters local critiques on its migrant crisis handling. Meanwhile, New York City scrambles to fill numerous public sector vacancies, from nurses to corrections officers. Also, the online apartment platform “Roomster” received a fine over $1.5 million after investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from six states, including New York, revealed unverified listings and fake reviews.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Tuesday, August 29th. Here's the morning headlines for Michael Hill. The Biden administration is pushing back on local criticism of its response to the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City. WNYC's Elizabeth Kim reports. A new letter from Homeland Security Secretary Alej

Mayoros highlights two dozen areas where New York officials could improve their handling of the influx of migrants. They include data collection, case management, and day-to-day operations. The letter, which was also sent to Governor Kathy Hochel, marks the White House's most detailed public response to the ongoing crisis. It offers no additional funding. Mayor Adams says allowing migrants to work legally could help relieve the city's overburdened shelter. system. But Mayorkas says the federal government faces, quote, statutory constraints on fast-tracking work permits for migrants. A spokesperson for the mayor said the city's request with the federal government remain, quote, unaddressed. New York City is racing to fill a large number of vacant

public sector jobs in the city, including for nurses, sanitation workers, and corrections officers. At a hiring hall yesterday at Sunset Park High School in Brooklyn, Mayor Adams made his pitch to potential applicants. We want to be part of this national movement of giving people to rogue. Sixty years later, after the March of Washington, one thing we know, employment is freedom. You cannot have freedom without a job. Adams actually called for hiring freezes across city agencies last year, citing the city's economy and inflation. He's also been calling for less government. spending for months now because of the cost of the ongoing migrant crisis.

An online apartment search platform called Roomster has been ordered to pay a fine of more than a million and a half dollars, at least for now, both the Federal Trade Commission and six state attorneys general, including New York, sent investigation found Rooster did not verify its apartment listings and posted fake reviews made to appear legitimate. Yesterday's court order also requires the Manhattan-based Rooster to verify its listings in the future Rumster did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 69 and partly cloudy right now. A slight chance of showers in thunderstorms.

Mostly cloudy in 77 today. Tomorrow showers likely, maybe an afternoon thunderstorm, gradually becoming sunny in 83. 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.

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