NYC NOW - May 4, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: May 4, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: New York City issues vacate orders for more garages after collapse, outdoor dining plan nears completion with location-based fees and Celebrate Brooklyn festival begins June 7th for a summer filled with arts and entertainment.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, May 4th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. 48, chilly out there and cloudy. Shower chances today, mostly cloudy, and upper 50s. The Department of Buildings is issuing a vacate order for three more buildings as part of an enforcement sweep after the deadly collapse of a Manhattan parking garage last month,

WNYC's Catalina Gonella reports. A broken down concrete ceiling, exposed beams, and cracks in an elevator shaft. These are some of the conditions that led the Department of Buildings to fully vacate a parking garage in the East Village. Two others in the Lower East Side and Bedstay were ordered to partially vacate. The clampdown on garage conditions across the city comes after the garage collapse on Ann Street last month killed its long-time manager. Four other garages were already ordered to vacate. in the immediate aftermath. It's been a long time coming,

but the city's plan for outdoor dining is nearing completion. The new program would require restaurant owners to pay to use city streets and sidewalks. They've been free since the pandemic began. A person familiar with the negotiation says city council plans to propose four fee tiers depending on location. Celebrate Brooklyn is around the corner.

WNYC's precious Fondren spoke to organizers about what to expect this summer. Prospect Park's Lena Horn Band Shell will come alive this summer when Brick Celebrate Brooklyn kicks off on June 7. This year's festival includes more than 20 free and benefit concerts, dance performances, and celebrations for Juneteenth and hip-hop's

50th anniversary. Artists scheduled to perform include blues artist Taj Mahal, Neosol, Neosol, Stokely, and alternative singer Kalella. But executive producer Diane Eber says, even if you haven't heard of a performer, take a chance. So my other pro tip has come early

and see the openers because every artist that we put on this stage has been so intentional and connects to the other artists on the stage. Celebrate Brooklyn runs through August 24th. 48 and cloudy right now. We have flood warnings still posted for the Passaic River in Little Falls and Pinebrook, New Jersey, so be careful in those areas. Today's forecast of 50-50 chance of showers, mostly cloudy and just 58 for a high. Tonight, overnight chance of showers in 48 for low.

And then tomorrow, slim chance of morning showers, partly sunny and 61. And we begin our warm-up tomorrow, you can say. 69 on Saturday, Sunday, 72. 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 subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

See you this afternoon.