NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: Manhattan District Attorney Seeks Extradition of Suspected Shooter in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing, Governor Hochul Calls for Empathy Following Recent Events, and City Council Funds Payments for Domestic Violence Survivors

Episode Date: December 11, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says he is seeking to extradite Luigi Mangione, the man charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Meanwhile, Governor Kathy Hochul is calling for more empathy after Thompson’s killing and the acquittal of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing Jordan Neely with a chokehold on an F train last year. Finally, the City Council is launching a program to provide cash aid to homeless mothers and pregnant women fleeing domestic violence.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Wednesday, December 11th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says he's seeking a governor's warrant to extradite the suspect charge of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Governor Hockel says she plans to sign him. Officials say 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, this week on Monday on unlicensed gun possession and forgery charges a judge ordered him held without bail.

The Manhattan DA is charging Mangione with murder in the second degree, which means the defendant allegedly had intent to kill. And attorney from Mangione did not immediately respond to a request for a comment. The DA says prosecutors also charged Mangioni with three counts of gun possession and one count of gun possession and one count of. possession of a forged instrument. Governor Hokel is asking New York is to show more empathy. The governor's plea comes as the public response to the shooting death of Brian Thompson

and the acquittal of Daniel Penny over the killing of Jordan Neely. Some have met the events with dubulation. You do not celebrate the assassination of another human being who is just doing his job. And we don't celebrate the loss of an

individual on a subway train who needed help Some people argue that Penny was in the right for putting Neely in a chokehold because he was acting erratically on the F train last year. Others say the man who shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was justified because that industry profits off decisions that determine people's lives. Hockel says the health care industry does have its problems, but it's wrong to celebrate a person's death. A New York City Council-funded program will begin issuing cash payments to unhoused mothers and pregnant women fleeing domestic. violence. WNYC's David Brandt reports. Organizers of the program say it will provide 161 homeless families with an initial stipend of $2,500. That'll be followed by monthly payments ranging from $500 to $1,000

over the next three years. Research shows direct cash assistance allows families to afford permanent housing and move out of shelters. Similar aid programs are linked to better health outcomes for newborns and lower rates of maternal mortality. The city council allocated $1.5 million to launch the program. We're in the low 50s now with rain in some spots. Still with some fog out there. Rain and maybe thunderstorms after 7 o'clock this morning. We could get a lot of rainfall today, a high of 62. Winds are very strong. And then tomorrow's sunny as we cool off with high temperatures in the mid-30s. Thanks for listening. This is NYC now from WNYC. Be sure to catch us weekday, three times a day, for your top news headlines and occasional deep dives, and subscribe

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