NYC NOW - July 30, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announces his candidacy to replace Mayor Adams in the 2025 mayoral primary on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the first full-service animal care center in Queens officially opens in Ridgewood. Plus, a New York judge declines to appoint an outside monitor for the National Rifle Association’s finances and internal policies, and bars former leader Wayne LaPierre from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Tuesday, July 30th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. New York City controller, Brad Lander, is joining the race to replace Mayor Adams in New York City's mayoral of primary elections next year. Lander announces candidacy in the New York Times this morning and with a campaign video. Nothing can replace New York. New York City. But we can replace a leader when they fail the basic tests of the job. To be honest

with us, to keep our families safe, to make sure our kids learn. The controller has been a fierce progressive critic of the mayor so far. Lander had already started raising money for a potential bid before his announcement. Two other candidates have said they will challenge Adams in 2025, former city controller, Scott Stringer, and State Senator Zellner. Myrie. A brand new animal shelter opens in Queens today and dozens of dogs there are available for adoption. The 50,000 square foot facility in Ridgewood is the first full-service animal care center in the borough. Katie Hanson is a spokesperson for the non-profit animal care centers of New York City. She says visitors are welcome and volunteers are needed. We're just psyched to be part of the neighborhood.

I mean, people might want to just come to the shelter and hang out and read a book. I mean, it's so, big. The opening of the shelter coincides with the closure of another in Brooklyn, which is temporarily shuttered for renovations. It also comes as animal shelters across the city are overcrowded with dogs after the adoption rate plummeted after a boom early in the pandemic. A New York judge is declining to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association, but he is borrowing. group leader Wayne LaPierre from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade. The split decision from Judge Joel Coleman came on the last day of arguments in a civil trial

that New York Attorney General Tish James brought against the NRA. Coleman says the state's request for a monitor was not the correct remedy. The judge suggested that the outside oversight mechanism would be time-consuming and disruptive. 75 still with some clouds, but some sunshine out there. slim chance of afternoon showers, thunderstorms, partly sunny in 86. Thanks for listening. This is NYC Now from WNYC. Be sure to catch us every weekday, three times a day,

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