NYC NOW - November 18, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: November 18, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Defense attorneys for Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of fatally choking Jordan Neely on a subway train last year, will begin presenting their case this Monday. Meanwhile, a new public space is opening at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge near Chinatown. Plus, the New York City Council is set to vote Monday on establishing November 30th as Shirley Chisholm Day in New York City.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, November 18th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Defense attorneys for the former Marine accused of choking and killing another man on the subway will start presenting their case today. WNYC, Samantha Max, has the latest on Daniel Penny's criminal trial. Daniel Penny held Jordan Neely in a chokehold for about 6,000.

minutes on an Uptown F train last year. He said he was trying to restrain Neely because Neely was yelling threats and passengers were scared. Prosecutors say Penny was reckless and went too far. Penny has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges. For the last couple weeks, prosecutors have been questioning people who are on the train, police, Penny's former martial arts instructor and a medical examiner. Now, it's the fence sites turn. They're expected to question at least one expert witness. Penny could also take the stand. A new public space is opening today at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge near Chinatown. The fences are coming down around a new section of the archers that support the bridge. The Department

of Transportation says it's the later step in a project to reopen a large area that had been closed for more than a decade. Commissioner Edanus Rodriguez says the space will give people a new new area to enjoy lunch or coffee or with a great view. We are returning another part of the arches to the community. For low in Manhattan and Chinatown, even as small public spaces are precious. There are plenty of benches and trees in the space, and the Transportation Department is hoping for more closed-off sections in the area in the coming years. The park is open from dusk till dawn.

It's between Road Street and Park Row. The New York City Council will vote today to make November 30th Shirley Chisholm Day in New York City. Council members seek to honor the Brooklyn-born Trailblazer. Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress in 1968 and the first to seek a major party's presidential nomination in 1972. Chisholm was a passionate advocate for equitable educational and economic opportunities, especially for women and communities of color. This year marked what would have been Shirley Chisholm's 100. birthday. Fifty-one in clear right now, still with an elevated risk of fire spreading. Sunshine and 65 in gusty. Tomorrow's sunny near 60. Wednesday, sunshine, new 60. Then Wednesday night, a really good

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