NYC NOW - January 24, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: January 24, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Mayor Adams' battle with the City Council over a bill he vetoed escalated into an unusual squabble at City Hall on Tuesday. Meanwhile, according to multiple reports, Richard Berdnik, sheriff of Passaic County, New Jersey, shot and killed himself in a Clifton restaurant on Tuesday afternoon. Plus, 20 city parks across New York City will get $100 million through the city's Community Parks Initiative.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Wednesday, January 24th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Mayor Eric Adams battle with the city council over a bill. He's vetoed, escalated into an unusual squabble at City Hall yesterday. WNC's Elizabeth Kim was there. In response to the mayor's latest attacks on a bill requiring NYPD officers to

report all investigative stops of civilians, the council was going to hold a press conference outside City Hall. But the event was moved indoors at the last minute due to rain. That's when things really got stormy. Adams' deputy chief of staff, Manashe Shapiro, entered the rotunda and demanded reporters give up their chairs provided for the event, saying they belong to the mayor's office. Adams later said the council hadn't requested permission to use the space, but a council spokesperson says the mayor was trying to, quote, muzzle critics. The council is set to hold an override vote on the mayor's veto next month. Richard Burdenick, the sheriff of Passaic County, New Jersey shot and killed himself in a Clifton restaurant yesterday afternoon. That's according to multiple

reports. Patterson is Passaic County's largest city and county C. The city's mayor, Andre Sayas, says he spoke with the sheriff the day before his death. Well, he was an exemplary law enforcement leader. I mean, we were partners during the pandemic, and just recently we had issues with flooding in Patterson, and we offered assistance any way he could as far as potential rescue operations. Burdening had served as sheriff since 2011. He announced last week his department would lay off more than two dozen correction officers. Days earlier, a Passaic County correctional officer and two sergeants were arrested for allegedly violating a pre-trial to civil rights. 20 city parks across the five boroughs will get a hundred million dollars

through the city's community parks initiative. The program directs funding to historically under-resourced parks. 67 other locations have received funding since the CPI initiative launched in the fall of 2014. A new CUNY study found investing in parks correlates directly with improved health benefits for anyone living near them. Hallets Point Playground in Historia will be the first. to get community input with a meeting scheduled for this evening. 39 when clouds out there now. Rain likely today, mainly late this afternoon, cloudy in the high of 46,

and then tomorrow rain, steady temperature, just near 50 degrees, then Friday warmer all the way up near 60 with a slim chance of rain by midday. 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 a campaign.

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