NYC NOW - November 13, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: November 13, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: At least a dozen Amtrak trains have been canceled on the Empire Line between Penn Station and Albany. Meanwhile, many migrant families who were bused to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett field yesterday are now asking to leave. Plus, starting today, overweight trucks on the Queens-bound side of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be hit with a $650 dollar fine.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Monday, November 13th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. At least a dozen Amtrak trains have been canceled on the Empire line between Penn Station and Albany. Amtrak's has a problem stem from, quote, structure issues with a parking garage that sits above their tracks on West 51st Street in Manhattan. The agency says train service on the line is suspended for all stops between Croton Harmon and New York Penn Station. Take Metro north from Grand Central to Crotonin where tickets will be cross-honored.

That's the advice this morning. Amtrak expects updates later on how service throughout the day will be affected. Many migrant families bus to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field yesterday are now planning their next steps after asking to leave just as soon as they got there. Jamaica Bay Assembly member Jamie Williams was a. on the site as migrants got off their buses. You could see the uneasiness. People were very upset. They got back on the bus.

A few people had went into the tents. The majority came out with filled garbage bag of clothes on their heads, pulling carts with their children. A spokesperson from Mayor Eric Adams confirms that families who did not want to stay at the shelter where provided transportation offsite. The mayor's office says the families did so. knowing there is no other placement for them at this time and that the migrants may return to the Floyd Benefield shelter at any time. Truck drivers, listen up, starting today, overweight trucks on the Queensbound side of the BQE will be hit with a $650 fine.

The goal is to reduce wear and tear on the highways' crumbling triple cantilever in Brooklyn Heights. The Department of Transportation has installed scales to automatically weigh trucks, as well as cameras to fly, photographed license plates of those that are too heavy. The city started issuing warnings to drivers of trucks that weigh more than 80,000 pounds in August. During the first week, 344 warnings were issued to overweight vehicles. The number of warnings declined 55% by October. The city plans to expand the ticketing program to the Staten Island-bound side of the highway next year. 37 and mostly clear in the big city right now, sunny and 48 for a high today on the breezy side as well, and then tomorrow,

slightly warm up to 52 under sunshine. 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.