NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: NYPD Investigates Subway Stabbings, Mayoral Primary Countdown Begins, and Queens Mass Shooting Sends 10 to Hospital

Episode Date: January 2, 2025

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD is investigating after two men were stabbed in separate incidents on the subway Wednesday. Meanwhile, New York City’s mayoral primary is six months away. WNYC’s Elizabeth Kim explains how voters can start evaluating candidates now.Plus, police are investigating a late-night mass shooting outside a private event space in Queens that left 10 people hospitalized. Authorities have yet to make any arrests in the case.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, January 2nd. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. The NYPD's investigating after two men were stabbed and hurt in separate incidents on the subway yesterday. WNYC's Andrew Jambroney reports the incidents come amid heightened concerns about safety in the transit system. Police say the stabbings happened in Manhattan, within a half hour of each other. The first was on the platform of the one-lines 110th Street

station. The second occurred on a two-train near 14th Street. They come a day after a man was pushed onto the tracks at a Chelsea station as a train approached. He was wounded but survived, and police arrested in charge a 23-year-old man with attempted murder in the case. The NYPD says transit crime is down 5% since last year, but Mayor Eric Adams and other officials acknowledged that recent assaults have left some commuters on edge. Police have not reported any arrest in either of the incidents. The New York City's mayor-old primary is six months away, WNYC's Litzer, but Kim explains how New Yorkers can start weighing the candidates right now. There are at least seven candidates trying to unseat Mayor Adams in the Democratic primary.

It's a rare competitive challenge for the incumbent mayor who's fighting federal corruption charges. To help voters get a head start on the candidates, my colleagues and I have published a policy tracker on Gothamist. It shows where Adams and those running against him stand on housing, transit, and immigration. We'll keep updating the tracker with other key issues in the weeks ahead. We'd also love to hear what issues you think are important. Send us your questions for the candidates by emailing tips at gothamist.com and write 2025 mayoral race in the subject line. Police are investigating after a late-night mass shooting outside a private event space yesterday in Queens. It sent 10 people to the hospital.

The NYPD says the shooting happened just after 11 when a group of four men opened fire on a line that had formed outside the venue. They fired around 30 rounds into the crowd. Officials say all the people shot sustained non-life-threatening injuries miraculously and are expected to recover. police say the victims are 16 to 20 years old. The shooting happened outside a building that hosts several different venues and private event spaces. Authorities have yet to make any reported arrest. 39 and partly cloudy, wind advisory, a chance of flourish this afternoon, partly sunny and 42 and gusty. Thanks for listening.

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