NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: Mayor Eric Adams Vetoes Bill that Blocks Rent Hikes, Street Vendors Rally for More Permits, and Bagelfest Returns

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed a bill that would block rent hikes for low-income tenants who use city housing vouchers, a policy his own administration introduced. Meanwhile, New York City street vendors will rally outside City Hall Wednesday with tacos, churros and samosas to push for legislation creating 10,000 new vending permits over the next five years. Plus, Bagelfest returns to Citi Field on Sunday with tastings, competitions and a new “growth lab” featuring up and coming bakers from across North America.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Mayor Adams is vetoing a bill that would stop rent hikes for some low-income New Yorkers who rely on housing vouchers. WNYC's Julia Hayward reports on what comes next. It was Adams' own administration that proposed the run hike. Tenants with jobs who get the housing vouchers now pay 30. of their income toward rent. But if the hike goes through, it would be 40% once they enter their sixth year in the program. The Adams administration says it's necessary to get rising

costs under control. The bill was supposed to block the run hike and still probably will. It passed the city council with a veto-proof majority. That means there should be enough votes to override the mayor. New York City Street vendors will be passing out Taco jurors and samosas outside of City Hall today. They're trying to garner more support for a new legislation that agreed more than 10,000 new vending permits over the next five years. Karina Kauffman Gutierrez is with the street vendors project. She says the legislation would help clear a backlog of applications and comes as the Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement. What we're calling on city council to do is to actually take action to

protect immigrant community. And this is one thing they can actually do here locally to ensure that immigrant communities are safer in the workplace. Kaufman Gutierrez says the legislation includes revisions from earlier versions of the bill, like stricter enforcement against vendors who repeatedly break the law. Start spreading the news. Bagel Fest is back. It's the celebration that has everything in cinnamon, raisin, and egg. The annual festival is returning to City Field on Sunday with the new so-called growth lab. That's an incubator and tasting experience featuring new bakers from across North America. But you'll need to save your appetite for the main festival with tastings, competitions, and 25 vendors showing off their best breads.

Organizers are expecting thousands of people to come for the carbs. If you want to stay for the whole thing, it's from 9 to 4 during the day on Sunday. 40 and mostly cloudy out there right now on the way to a partly sunny day with a high temp near 50 watch out with strong winds though gusting to 28 miles once again chilly again tonight

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