NYC NOW - July 17, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: July 17, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Reports suggest Mayor Eric Adams will name Acting Police Commissioner Edward Caban as the New York Police Department's new head. Meanwhile, actors are hitting New York's picket lines today following unsuccessful negotiations with Hollywood studios. Finally, a close look at Representative George Santos' campaign records shows a constant inflow and outflow of funds.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, July 17th. Here's the morning headlines for Michael Hill. 74 and partly sunny, partly cloudy, haze and fog and sunny and high of 90 today. Multiple news reports say, Mayor Adams will tap acting police commissioner,

Edward Cabon, to succeed Kishan Seul at the helm of the NYPD. Caban served as former commissioner. Commissioner Sewell's first deputy commissioner until she said she was resigning last month. He would be the department's first Hispanic officer to take command. An announcement is expected today at the Bronx's 40th precinct where Kaban kicked off his police career, according to reports. After weeks of fruitless negotiations with Hollywood studios, actors will hit the picket lines in New York today. Sagafter's president is New Yorker Fran Dresher.

She says her union stands with the Writers Guild of America, which is also on strike. One of the last things that I said in that negotiating room across the table was, so now you couldn't make a deal with two unions. Congratulations. Actors will walk the picket lines from nine this morning, so one this afternoon outside studio offices. New York Public Radio has a collective bargaining agreement with SAGAFRA, but separate from the actors. Campaign records for Representative George Santos show

Money Coming In and Money Going Out, WNBC's Tiffany Hanson has more. Over the last three months, freshman Republican Congress member George Santos from Queens raised $138,000 for his re-election bid. Congressional campaign records released on Friday also show he withdrew $85,000 from his campaign. The Associated Press reports the funds were intended to help repay hundreds of thousands of dollars he loaned himself to get elected in 2022. Santos is currently being charged with a host of financial credit. crimes, including embezzling money from his campaign. He pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count federal indictment charging him with looting his campaign coffers, fraudulently receiving unemployment

and lying to Congress about being a millionaire. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. 74 and partly cloudy out there now with an air quality alert. Widespread haze after 8 o'clock this morning and then some fog, otherwise sunny and a high of 90 today. tomorrow chance of showers and thunderstorms in a high of 88. 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.

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