NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: Gov. Hochul Plans Police on Overnight Trains, NJ Gov. Murphy Targets Deadly Intersections, and Immigrant Advocates Hold Rights Sessions

Episode Date: January 15, 2025

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Governor Kathy Hochul is planning to put police officers on every overnight train in New York City as part of her latest safety initiative. Meanwhile, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy says he plans to make the state’s 10 deadliest intersections safer and improve driver training programs. Plus, New York immigrant advocacy groups are hosting more know-your-rights sessions for undocumented immigrants ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Wednesday, January 15th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Police officers soon may be on every overnight train in New York City. WNYC's John Camer reports is part of Governor Hokel's latest subway safety plan. The governor says it's about making riders feel more safe. She unveiled the plan in her state of the state address.

I want to see more uniform police officers, not just on the platforms, but more importantly, on every single train overnight, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next six months. The governor says she's working with Mayor Adams on the plan, and the state will help cover the cost. NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch says it'll allow two officers to ride every overnight train. But she says more has to be done to deal with real. repeat offenders, which she says is at the root of the issue. Across the Hudson, Governor Phil Murphy says he wants to make New Jersey's 10 deadliest intersections safer. The governor delivered his state of the state address yesterday in Trenton. Governor Murphy said he wants to address pedestrian, cyclists, and driver fatalities on the state's roads, and improved driver training.

He says he also wants to build more housing to make New Jersey more affordable. By cutting red tape and easing outdated restrictions, we can build potentially thousands of new affordable housing units over the next decade. Governor Murphy says he wants to use the final year of his administration to make the state better than he founded when he took office in 2018. New York immigrant advocacy groups say they're hosting a growing number of know-your-rights sessions for undocumented immigrants ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration next week. Wenny Chin directs community and civic engagement at the New York Immigration Coalition. It is probably the most powerful community tool we can use to keep people from entering the detention and deportation system, that pipeline. Chen says participants at the five-a-week sessions now typically learn what to do if an immigration officer shows up that they have the right to remain silent if they're questioned.

24 and clear right now, sunny and just above the freezing and freezing mark in the city at 33, gusty though and feeling like the mid-teens once again winds up to 30 miles an hour. Tomorrow increasing clouds and a high right at the freezing mark with a chance of overnight showers Thursday night. 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.