NYC NOW - August 30, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: August 30, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The 1, 2, and 3 subways are back on track after a repair to a century-old burst pipe. Meanwhile, Mayor Adams intensifies his call on Governor Hochul to address the city’s migrant crisis, breaking his previous hesitance to criticize her. Lastly, following a police-related shooting, the aunt of the deceased in Jersey City calls for a shift from police to medical workers responding to mental health crises.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Wednesday, August 30th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. The one, two, and three subway trains are running on schedule this morning after repairs to that 127-year-old pipe that burst yesterday, flooded Times Square, and shut down subway service for hours. it's not the only ancient pipe in the city. Nearly 40% of pipes in the city were placed before 1941. That's according to a report from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Jonathan Bowles is the executive director of the Center for an Urban Future. He says the city averages 449 water main breaks each year. It's kind of like clockwork that this happens. They're not all enormous water main breaks like the one we saw in Times Square. but when you have 400 or 450 water main breaks a year, chances are that a few of them are going to be pretty big and pretty aggravating for New Yorkers. The Department of Environmental Protection says the city has one of the most reliable

water main systems in America. Mayor Eric Adams is vocally putting pressure on Governor Kathy Hockel to address the city's migrant crisis. The two Democrats have been at odds over whether the state's, state should take a larger role in managing the influx and help resettle migrants in counties across the state. The governor has made it clear that she believed this is something that is basically New York City. We just disagree on that. I believe this is a statewide issue and it should be managed by the state. Until now, the mayor has been reluctant to criticize the governor directly. Hockel says putting

migrants in shelters outside New York City where fewer job opportunities exist makes little sense. The aunt of a man killed by Jersey City Police over the weekend says she hopes her nephew's killing will bring about political change. Doris Irvin says she called the local mental health crisis team when her nephew, Andrew Washington, was acting strange over the weekend. But the police came instead and an officer ended up shooting and killing Washington. Erfman says she wants a statewide program for medical workers to respond to mental health calls rather than the police. Several New Jersey communities already have similar programs in place. but Jersey City has yet to launch its version of that program. 73 and overcast patchy fog out there.

A 50-50 chance today of afternoon showers becoming mostly sunny in 84th and tomorrow and Friday and Saturday sunshine dry upper 70s. 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. See you this hour.

afternoon.