NYC NOW - August 7, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: August 7, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: C train riders can anticipate improved midday service from today, as part of Governor Kathy Hochul's subway enhancements plan. Meanwhile, friends and colleagues remember New Jersey's Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, the highest-ranking Black official in state history. Finally, the New York Mets, following a six-game losing streak, prepare to face the Cubs tonight at Citi Field.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, August 7th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Starting today, C-Train riders can expect changes to midday service. WNIC's Tiffany Hanson has more. Back in May, Governor Kathy Hokel and the MTA announced a four-phase plan for subway service in his The first phase was implemented last month on the J, G, and M lines.

The second phase begins today with upgrades to C-line service. Trains are expected to arrive on the C-line every 8 minutes instead of every 10 minutes. Weekday services are also increasing on the N&R lines. Weekend increases are happening on the 1-6 lines. As many as 800,000 riders stand to benefit due in large part to midday ridership numbers recovering after a pandemic. era decline. Additional evening and midday enhancements are expected in December. The final phase is coming next summer. The MTA received $35 million for these enhancements as part of the fiscal year 2024, New York State budget. Friends of New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, who passed away last

week, are remembering her legacy as the highest ranking black official in state history. Here's Terry Tucker, Oliver's chief of staff and friend, recalling her. her childhood knack for public service during a call on a memorial on WBLS yesterday. She was in the fifth grade and she had a little box and she put it in the classroom and it was called Tell It to Sheila and you could write your little problem down and put it in the box and then she would talk about it. Oliver was the first black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly

before becoming Lieutenant Governor in 2018. She died at the age of 71. her calls of death has not been made public. A public three-day celebration of Oliver's life will begin on Thursday. Tough time for the New York Mets. They've lost six straight games since trading star pitcher Justin Verlander last way. The Baltimore Orioles swept the Mets this weekend. The plummeting Mets have fallen to a season worst 11 games below 500.

They begin a series tonight against the Cubs at City Field. 71 with rain right now. rounds of showers and storms could produce flash flooding all the way through tomorrow. Shows and storms today, heavy rainfall, and a high of 80. 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 afternoon.