NYC NOW - June 16, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: June 16, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Insight into the resignation of NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell may be found in her November 2022 speech, the city commits to investing over $75 million in the long-neglected Brooklyn neighborhood known as 'The Hole,' and the world-famous 'Mermaid Parade' returns to Coney Island tomorrow.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Friday, June 16th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. The first woman to serve as NYPD Commissioner Kishon Seul has not said why she announced her resignation this week. WNIC's Elizabeth Kim reports the speech Seel gave in November may provide some clues. Sewell's roughly six-minute speech is an impassion. account of her battle against sexism read as a letter to her someday female successor at the

NYPD. Understand that you will be second guest. Sewell never mentions Mayor Eric Adams by name, but does say she's writing the letter having taken stock of her tenure as police commissioner so far. And she talks about criticisms the next woman commissioner can expect to hear. Your hairstyle is wrong. You look tired, already worn out in less than a year. You should wear different clothes. You're not qualified. Sewell could not be reached for comment.

Adam's spokesperson says the story is false. The city says it's investing more than $75 million in a Brooklyn neighborhood called The Whole, after decades of neglect. Mayor Adam says the city plans to build infrastructure and affordable housing in the area. The area is on the Brooklyn-Queen's border, and it was built on a creek bed. It's not on the city's sewer system. residents deal with constant flooding, which, as WNYC has been reporting, has caused mold and even mushrooms to grow in some homes.

Looking for weekend plans, Coney Island's world-famous mermaid parade is tomorrow for more than 40 years. The event has been a celebration of New York City's art and culture. Coney Island USA Artistic Director Adam Rinn says the parade is fun for both children and adults. It's colorful. It's just a celebration. of the summer, a celebration of this is what New York should be. This year's King Neptune is Bronx native, Cool Keith.

Wren says the rapper and producer was chosen to pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, which also got its start in the Bronx. Online registration for the mermaid parade has ended, but there is an opportunity to register the day of from 10 in the morning until 1 in the afternoon, just make sure you bring some cash. from the looks of this forecast, it does not look like it will rain on that parade. Today, a chance of midday and afternoon showers and possibly a thunderstorm might get some small hail and gusty winds.

And then tomorrow, more chances of morning showers and a thunderstorm, mostly cloudy and 75. Right now, 66 and partly sunny. 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 dive. and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. See you this afternoon.