NYC NOW - July 20, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: July 20, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: New York City will pay around $13 million in a class-action settlement over alleged police misconduct during the 2020 George Floyd protests. In an attempt to curb migration, Mayor Eric Adams has planned for flier distribution along the US-Mexico border, dissuading migrants from heading to New York. Meanwhile, brace for a fare hike as the MTA increases its rates for the first time in four years, effective from August 20th.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, July 20th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. 73 and some clouds out there, also some sunshine and some haze, mostly sunny and 86 for a high today. Attorneys for more than a thousand people who attended Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan and Brooklyn in 2020, say their clients will soon get nearly $10,000 payouts in a class action settlement.

The city has agreed to pay a total of about $13 million for alleged police misconduct during the response to the 2020 protests in the days after the murder of George Floyd. Officials did not admit to any wrongdoing. The NYPD and the city's law department have not immediately responded to our request for comment. Mayor Eric Adams' plan to distribute flyers along the U.S. Mexico border to discourage migrants from coming to New York. WNIC's Charles Lane has more. Adam says the bright yellow flyers will be distributed by non-profit groups along the border. They warn about New York's high cost of living and say there is no guarantee of shelter.

Immigrant advocates called the plan fear-mongering. Advocates for homeless people said leaders need to find a more comprehensive action plan. David Griffin is with Coalition for the Homeless. Some yellow flyers reminding people in Texas that rents in New York are high is not a substitute for a federal immigration policy that actually helps people to come in and get resettled and go to work and find permanent homes. The city estimates that over 100,000 people are staying each night in city-run shelters. About half of them are newly arrived migrants. Fares on New York City bus and subways are going up starting August 20th. It's the first fair hike for the MTA in four years. The agency hopes reinstating regular increases will help stabilize the agency's books.

Commuter Osvaldo Feliciano. Well, I feel that, you know, the price, the fare is going up, and the salary still same. So it's bad for me, yes. Single rides are going up by 15 cents to $2.90. Monthly cards, Metro North and L.I.R. Commuter rail fares will also. increase, so will MTA bridge and tunnel tolls, discount programs for students, seniors, and paratransit customers will stay the same price. The government says her air quality is moderate today. Now you're forecast. Mostly sunny and 86 today. Right now, 73 and sunny with some haze out

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