NYC NOW - Midday News: Supreme Court Weighs SNAP Aid, FAA Expands Flight Cuts, and a Bronx Fish Market Turns Into a Party

Episode Date: November 11, 2025

The Supreme Court is expected to decide today whether the Trump administration must comply with lower court orders to resume full SNAP payments as delayed food aid begins reaching residents across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Meanwhile, the FAA is expanding flight reductions to six percent nationwide amid a shortage of air traffic controllers caused by the ongoing government shutdown. Also, in New York City, Fifth Avenue is closing this afternoon for the Veterans Day Parade marking 250 years of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Plus, WNYC’s Hannah Frishberg reports from the Bronx’s Fulton Fish Market, where the sprawling cold-storage space has been transformed into one of the city’s most unexpected party venues.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. Here's the midday news from Michael Hill. Delayed federal food assistance is flowing to residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Today, the Supreme Court is expected to say whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower court rulings that require full payments in the SNAP food program. Yesterday, the Senate adopted legislation to resume the Senate. the program, and it now awaits action in the House to reopen the federal government. Meanwhile, the FAA is now requiring a bigger reduction in flights, 4% last Friday, 6% starting today because of the shutdown-induced shortage of air traffic controllers.

250 flights canceled as of noon today at the three major local airports, nearly 12,000 cancellations across the country since last Friday, mostly because of the shutdown. The New York City Veterans Day parade is today. marking the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. The parade starts at 1230, runs till 3 o'clock this afternoon, anticipate street closures and traffic delays in and around 5th Avenue between 26 and 45th streets. The tri-state area is buzzing about the first flakes of the fall, off and on light snow, falling across the area, combining with the coldest temperatures we've had in quite some time.

Pre-dawn temperatures were below freezing in some areas. with high winds making it feel much colder. And just to give you a heads up, you're going to want to keep those gloves and scarves handy. While the wind should die down by tomorrow, most days will have lows in the 30s in the coming week. 39 with some flurries across the area, snow showers through the day, clouds,

chilly 42 for a high, winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. Wrap up. Stay close. There's more after the break. The Bronx's historic Fulton Fish Market recently held quite the party at its 400,000 square foot facility. WNYC's Hannah Frischberg reports from Hunts Point. It's 8 p.m. and I'm on the selling floor of the Fulton fish market, but no one's selling fish. That's because the market operates overnight, leaving the enormous space empty much of the day and evening. But tonight, Bronx Bon Vivant Justin Fournell is throwing an epic.

dinner party. He kicked off the main event by holding up what's known as a Jenny Hanover, a creepy carving and classic fishmonger creation. Fishmongers, when they were on the dock, when they had nothing to do, and they were out of fish, they still needed to find other ways to make money. So they would take the skates of the rays, and they would dry them out, and they would carve them to look like little mermaids. There was also a singing Lefroid rep, and a lot of Lefroid to drink. Let's drink and be merry, all grief to reap.

for we may or might never all meet here again. The heart of the evening, though, were the monologues, given by fishmongers, young and old, about lonely lobster boats and antics at the old market in South Street Seaport. You went home to sober up and sleep to come back for the next day. You didn't have to go home and have to drink. That's Eddie Krusey, a market veteran who's been in the fish business 44 years. Even though the market isn't new to the Bronx, Bronx. It moved up here in 2005. He still misses when it was in lower Manhattan and mostly

outdoors. So it was maybe a five-square block area. It was a community. It was a neighborhood. The building is nice, but it's not a neighborhood. The old market was notorious for its organized crime. But the monologgers kept it clean, even longtime market character, Sal Ruggiero. Some of the stories I could get indicted for. So we're going to keep them on the hush-hush. Overall, the mongers agreed. The Bronx location deserves to be celebrated and better utilized. Bobby Gregorio, or Bobby Tuna to his friends,

has worked at the market for 53 years. He says, This is a long time overdue, arguably the second largest fish market in the world, and never given its full celebration. So I'm delighted to see this happening today. The market has no other events planned for now, but hopes too soon. And in the meantime, anyone is welcome to come buy fish there during operating hours. That's a brutal 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday.

Hannah Frischberg, WNYC News. Thanks for listening. This is NYC now from WMYC. Catch us every weekday three times a day for your top news headlines and occasional deep dives. And subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. More soon.