NYC NOW - August 8, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: August 8, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: NYPD officials say six people were shot in a park near East 191st Street and Morris Avenue in the Bronx Wednesday night. All victims are being treated at nearby hospitals. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will soon stop providing "deep sedation" for procedures at its only clinic offering it. Also, NYU researchers report that toxic subway air disproportionately harms low-income commuters, especially Black and Hispanic riders, due to longer commutes and more transfers. Plus, forecasters predict New York City will be spared the worst of Tropical Storm Debby’s rain and flooding as the storm tracks west toward Northeast Pennsylvania and New York’s Southern Tier.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, August 8th. Here's the morning headlines from David First. NYPD officials say six people were shot in the Bronx last night. Police say two men rode a moped into a park by East 191st Street and Morris Avenue. They say the men approached a nearby group and fired at them nine times. Times. Authorities say the suspects fled. All six victims were being treated at nearby hospitals. Police have yet to make any arrests. The city's last shooting of this size was also in the Bronx at the Mount Eden subway station in February. That time one person was killed and five others injured after a dispute on a four train.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will soon stop providing deep sedation for procedures at the only one of its clinics where it's currently available. NYC's Catalina Gonella reports that also means turning away some abortion patients. Officials with Planned Parenthood say they can no longer afford anesthesiology services in Manhattan without sacrificing other essential services. That means they will no longer provide abortions for after 20 weeks starting on September 3rd. Patients will be referred to other providers. The organization says the decision comes as medical practices are experiencing higher operational costs because of inflation, along with a hostile political climate. Planned Parenthood is also proposing the closure of four health centers in the state,

including one on Staten Island. NYU researchers say toxic subway air disproportionately harms low-income commuters, especially black and Hispanic riders, because of longer commutes and more station transfers. They say tiny particles suspended in subway air can enter the lungs and bloodstream, causing respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Musud Gundahari is a professor of civil and urban engineering at NYU. He says there are some things commuters can do to help protect their lungs. Masks, on the other hand, you know, M95s will go a long way.

I know people don't like wearing masks. MTA communications director Tim Minton disputes the study, saying it was, quote, based on years-old data that has long since been debunked. Forecasters are predicting New York City will be spared the worst of tropical storm Debbie's rain and flooding as the storm tracks west toward northeast Pennsylvania and New York's southern tier. Jay Engle is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The trends have been with most of the rain towards Friday and early Saturday going west of the area. So we'll get some rain from it, but it's starting to look like we're going to get less than what we originally were thinking a day or two ago. Engle says the city can expect one to two inches with the heavy.

tomorrow night. Long Island should expect no more than an inch. 67 degrees cloudy today with a high of 72. Some showers likely during the afternoon. This is WNYC. 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 podcast. See you this afternoon.