NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: NYPD Officers Kill Man During Domestic Violence Call in Brooklyn, Bronx Residents Warn Cross Bronx Project Could Worsen Pollution, and Animals Receive Blessing at Cathedral

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

Police say officers shot and killed a 28 year old man during a response to a domestic violence call in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The NYPD says the incident is under investigation. Meanwhile, Bronx community groups are raising concerns about a proposed elevated service road alongside the Cross Bronx Expressway. And at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, hundreds of New Yorkers, along with cats, dogs, a camel, a horse, and even an owl, gathered for the annual Blessing of the Animals celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, October 6th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a 28-year-old man in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, yesterday morning. This happened just after 9 on Coventry Road. NYPD officers said they were responding to a domestic violence call. The assistant chief with the NYPD, Frank Giordano, says the man ran and then brandished a gun when officers caught up with it. There was an ambulance called. We rendered aid and we subsequently made that decision to transport him by patrol car to the hospital because we wanted to save his life.

The man died. DeRudanel says officials will review police body-worn camera of the encounter. Bronx community groups are raising concerns about the potential environmental impact of a proposed elevated roadway along the Cross Bronx Expressway. The service road would divert cars while the state completes a $900 million highway rehabilitation project. The State Department of Transportation says the road could be turned into a pedestrian path once the repairs are finished. But critics such as Victoria Toro, the Bronx River Alliance, says it will only exacerbate existing environmental issues in the area. A new structure would increase air pollution, increase urban heat, increase noise pollution. The Department of Transportation says a diversion road would expedite the project.

An environmental impact report is due out this fall. A horse, a camel, and an owl, oh my, that was the lineup yesterday morning at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights. The Episcopal House of worship marked the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, with a blessing for our furry feathered and otherwise non-human friends. Reverend Matthew Hyde is the bishop of New York. He gave a son yesterday's a blessing.

Grant these animals, health and peace and safety. A snake, goats, and cats were also an intent. along with all kinds of other animals. Plenty of dogs will be heard barking as Sunday church service unfold. Indeed, indeed. 65 and clear, sunny and 83 today. Thanks for listening. This is NYC now from WMYC.

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