NYC NOW - January 18, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: January 18, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD says charges have been filed overnight against 27 year old Jermain Rigueur in connection to 5 stabbings in Southeast Queens over the last couple weeks. Meanwhile,City and state officials demand federal action to improve conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. New York City, under a Code Blue advisory for the fifth consecutive day, relaxing shelter rules and opens drop-in centers during freezing temperatures.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Thursday, January 18th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. The NYPD says charges have been filed overnight against a man connected to five stabbing in Southeast Queens over the last couple weeks. Multiple reports this morning say 27-year-old Jermaine Rieger has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes for the string of incidents which started last Monday when a 61-year-old man was stabbed in the lower back. Then Tuesday, a 34-year-old woman was stabbed after she got off a bus. Police now say three people were stabbed yesterday, and the suspect it was by the same person.

None of the people stabbed has life-threatening injuries. New York City and state officials are urging the federal government to improve conditions at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center after a federal federal government. federal judge refused to send a defendant there calling the facility dreadful. Judge Jesse Furman would not send a 70-year-old defendant with health conditions there. He said there have been near perpetual lockdowns, delays in access to medical care, and multiple suicides at the Sunset Park jail. A federal bureau of prison spokesperson says a problem at the jail stemmed from a lack of funding and a staffing shortage. New York City soon will recruit residents to join a study to examine

of the long-term effects of COVID. New York City Health Commissioner Oxrin Vosin said it's important to learn more about the virus to be able to support COVID survivors over time. 16% reported that they're having long-term emotional or mental health effects. And what we need to understand with this cohort is what is really tied to this brand-new virus that entered our country and our world? Dr. Vosan says the city-specific data will be shared with the public and health providers who they can better understand how to ask questions about COVID and its possible long-term symptoms. City health officials are looking for 10,000 participants to join this study who will then,

they will then follow over multiple years. For a fifth morning in a row, New York City is under a Code Blue Advisory. The City Department of Homeless Services activates these alerts when the temperature drops below freezing, allowing local officials to relax shelter, rules. It also opens drop-in centers to help people escape the extreme weather. The city's asking people to call 311 if they see someone outdoors vulnerable to the cold and in need of shelter. New Jersey has several places as well. 24 and cloudy now, mostly cloudy today. We'll hit the freezing mark of 32. The real feel right now is 14. Snow coming tomorrow morning and it's going to

stick two to four inches. 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.