NYC NOW - May 23, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: May 23, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: More than 5,800 new migrants arrived in New York City last week; Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul have called for President Biden's intervention; the MTA signals potential fare and toll increases; and the city has issued more than 20 recent violations to a Brooklyn landlord due to unlivable conditions, bringing his total to over 50.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Tuesday, May 23rd. I'm Jene Pierre, and here are today's morning headlines. More than 5,800 new migrants arrived in New York City last week. That's according to Mayor Eric Adams, who joined Governor Kathy Hockel yesterday to pressure Biden on the issue. WNYC's John Campbell reports.

The mayor and governor want President. Biden to relax the waiting period before asylum seekers can legally work. Adam says Biden should do it through an executive order. The mayor says waiting for a divided Congress to act isn't a realistic option. If we don't get it done through a presidential action, we are going to slow down the progress we need. Governor Hockel has asked the president to open housing facilities on federal property, including Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. She's also floated using soon. SUNY and CUNY schools as temporary housing sites. The MTA plans to raise fares and tolls this year.

The cost of a single subway or bus trip would go up to $2.90 from $2.75. Rick Jimon is 70 years old and has lived in New York City for the last 48 years. He says the fare increase won't affect him much. I think that it's incredibly cheap. The price we pay right now, so I have no problem with it being $290. It seems very fair. The MTA expects to vote on the proposed fair increase in July after a series of public hearings. They'd be the first increases to subway, bus, and commuter rail fares in four years.

The changes will go into effect no later than Labor Day. The city is cracking down on a Brooklyn landlord for neglecting a building that tenants say has become unlivable. WNYC's Sophia Chang has more. In recent weeks, the city has issued more than 20 violations. against the landlord Frank Solicito for neglecting the East New York building. He now has 55 violations and more than $12,000 in fines tied to the property. Now some of the tenants say he's retaliating by ending their leases. Resident Christina Lopez says she doesn't know where her family will go after she says

she received a notice saying her lease would end on July 31st. Honestly, I have no idea at this moment. I don't know what to do. A court, a lot of money to move out. It's been very stressful. The tenants are asking Solicito to pay to relocate them to new homes. Solicito declined to comment on the new violations. A look at your forecast now.

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