NYC NOW - December 11, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: December 11, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a warning to New York colleges and universities about their handling of calls for genocide on campuses. Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams is once again on the defensive about the reported federal investigation into his election campaign.Plus, New Jersey will start enforcing restrictions on its breweries including limits on how many special events a brewery can have.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, December 11. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Governor Kathy Hochle has deployed resources into at-risk communities, including universities. It's a response to a surge and reported hate crimes in New York State. Now she has a warning. WNIC's Tiffany Hanson has more.

Hockel penned a letter on Saturday to the presidents of state colleges and universities, saying that calls for genocide made on campuses are a violation of the state's human rights law and the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. She says any college found in violation will be referred to the state's division of human rights and to the federal government. Non-compliant colleges could also be deemed ineligible for state and federal funds. The letter follows last week's congratulations. congressional hearing during which several university presidents testified about their school's responses

to anti-Semitism. Mayor Erica Adams is once again on the defense of about the reported federal investigation into his election campaign fundraising. Here he is on WBLS yesterday. There is a federal investigation that has presented no evidence of wrongdoing while baseless accusations are levied by others that are not even part of the review about the conduct of my campaign and my administration. Last month, the FBI raided the home of his campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs. The FBI is reportedly looking into whether Adams' campaign broke campaign finance laws by soliciting donations from the Turkish government and foreign nationals. In a few weeks, New Jersey will start enforcing restrictions on its breweries. Those include limits on how many special events a brewery

can hold and rules that say it can't partner with food trucks to serve meals. State lawmakers and Governor Murphy agree the rules are unfair, but after the legislature passed a law doing away with some of the limits, Murphy sent it back to lawmakers. Murphy wants changes that also make it easier to get a liquor license. Scott Wells Co-own's Ballaro's Snort Brewery in Carlsstead. This is no longer about business and no longer about the brewers, but this is just about internal politics. Well, says small business owners are left in limbo while the politicians hash it out. Lawmakers will use this month's lame duck session to try to come up with a solution or two. Forty forward light rain now rain and showers till early afternoon. Temperatures falling to low

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