NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: Immigration Arrests May Increase, New Candidate Joins Public Advocate Race, and Jets Introduce New Leadership

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Immigration arrests in New York and nationwide may see a significant rise under quotas implemented this past weekend. Meanwhile, State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar has entered the race for New York City Public Advocate. Plus, the New York Jets have introduced new Head Coach Aaron Glenn, who says the team is ready to rebound from last season’s struggles.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Tuesday, January 28th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Immigration arrest in New York and across the country may ramp up considerably under quotas put in place over the weekend. WNIC's Arias Sunday Room reports. Each U.S. immigration and customs enforcement field office will be required to meet a daily quota of 75 arrests, the Washington Post reports.

That's a big leap up from the 24 daily immigration arrests made in New York City in 2023. The Post said the quotas were handed down after President Trump complained that the number of arrests made in his first week in office, about 2,700, were below his expectations. A former ice worker told WNYC the quota will require a big boost in resources, including to expand the number of detention beds. There's a new candidate in the race for a New York City public advocate. State Assembly member Jennifer Rashkumar says she's entering the contest after mounting a bid for city controller this election cycle.

The public advocate serves as a watchdog of the mayoral administration and is second in line of succession at City Hall. Rajkumar represents parts of Queens including Glendale, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven. The race also includes incumbent and fellow Democrat Jamani Woodham. Williams. While Williams has openly criticized Mayor Adams, Raj Kumar has been one of his closest allies. The New York Jets have a new leadership team in place. New head coach Aaron Glenn says gangrene is ready to bounce back from a disappointing season. Put your seat butts on and get ready for the ride. Listen, there are going to be some challenges, but with challenges

becomes opportunity, gets opportunity. But here's what I do know. We're the freaking New York Jets. So we're built for this. Wow. The Jets had Super Bowl aspirations last year, but finished with five wins and 12 losses. New general manager, Darren Mugi, joined Glenn at the team's facility in Florin Park yesterday. Glenn played eight seasons for the Jets.

He most recently served as defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions and was among the most sought-after candidates in this year's coaching market. Moji heads to New York after serving as the general manager for the Denver Broncos. Taking a look now at your forecast, 37 and partly cloudy skies. We do have a slight chance of snow showers between 8 this morning and early afternoon. Mostly sunny as the temperature falls to the low 30s by late afternoon, gusty. Tonight, a chance of snow showers between 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock in the morning, a low around 31, and then tomorrow a chance of rain and snow showers late morning to the afternoon. Partly sunny in mid-40s now, of mid-40s.

tomorrow and Gusty. 37 in partner, Cloudy now. 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.