NYC NOW - May 16, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: May 16, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Two hotels in Orange County defy an emergency order blocking asylum seekers from relocating upstate, New York voters increasingly view Governor Kathy Hochul unfavorably, and a street in Red Hook sees up to 1,200 daily deliveries, sparking air pollution concerns..

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Tuesday, May 16th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. 58 and sunny now, increasing clouds today and a warm one, up to 82 today. In the news, two hotels in Orange County are defying an emergency order blocking asylum seekers from relocating upstate. WNYC's Rune Ventigo Paul says, new arrivals are being met with support and derision.

Camille Mackler runs Immigrant Arc, a legal advocacy network, and she was standing outside the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh when a car whizzed by, and one of the passengers screamed out the window, get out of our hotels. Mackler says the asylum seekers include dozens of people from Senegal, Venezuela, Guyana, and Mauritania, journalists and political opponents who fear for their lives. You know, I mean, there's a lot of different reasons. It's very, very, very new. And to see it sort of fall along such dark black and white lines is just so disappointing and you just feel so antithetical to New York's values. Orange County has gone to court against the crossroads in Ramada hotels, saying they're operating a makeshift homeless shelter in violation of the county's emergency order.

The hotel could be reached for comment. More New York voters view Governor Kathy Huckle more unfavorably than ever before. That's according to a new poll from Sienna College. 45% of those polls said they view the governor negatively, compared to 40% who said they have a favorable view, have said they approve of the job she's doing. When it comes to the recently past state budget, the poll found support for increasing the minimum wage and boosting funding for mental health services. But voters were split on banning natural gas hookups in new constructions, as well as increasing subsidies for the film and television industry. A street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, sees up to 1,200 delivery trucks in a single day. That's one big takeaway from a new investigation by Consumer Reports,

which looked at the effects of large e-commerce warehouses in the neighborhood. Amazon has two large facilities in Red Hook, and a third is set to open later this year. The Consumer Reports team used traffic counters and other types of centers to track delivery trucks and vans. They found that truck traffic was heaviest along Red Hook's main train. track, Van Brunt Street in the late morning hours. In some spots, that means a truck a minute and lots of dangerous air pollution. 58 and sunny now, increasing clouds in 82 today, a slight breeze

as well. Tonight, mostly cloudy and down to 57. Tomorrow, partly sunny, then brats will be coming sunny and 67. 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. And wherever you get your podcasts. See you this afternoon.