NYC NOW - October 11, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day. Mayor Adams is launching a new homeless outreach program in the subway that pairs police officers with clinicians. Meanwhile, owners of the Parkchester apartment complex in the East Bronx will pay nearly $3-hundred THOUSAND dollars to settle claims they turned away a pair of applicants because those applicants wanted to use government housing vouchers or subsidies to pay their rent. Finally, New York Liberty fans are hoping their team can bounce back from a crushing loss in game one of the WNBA finals last night

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Friday, October 11th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Mayor Adams has launching a new homeless outreach program in the subway that pairs police officers with clinicians. City officials say the goal is to connect people in the subway with services like temporary housing. They say police are mainly there to present to protect outreach workers. Adams addressed concerns about police involvement.

We are saying in no way that people who are dealing with these needs should be in jail, just the opposite. They don't deserve to be ignored either. The MTA launched a similar program this year, but this new initiative aims to fill gaps in service by operating overnight. The teams began in August and have already connected about 500 New Yorkers to temporary housing and other services, according to City Hall. Owners of the Parkchester Parmen Complex in the East Bronx will pay nearly $300,000 to settle claims they turned away a pair of applicants because those applicants wanted to use government housing vouchers or subsidies to pay their rent. The State Human Rights Commission says the payouts, in addition to the $1 million, Parkchester agreed to pay in August, had followed a probe into source of income discrimination as part of the agreement with the City Commission on Human Rights and the Fair Housing Justice Center, Parkchester agreed to reserve 850 units for tenants using housing subsidies like Section 8 vouchers.

The phone call seeking comment from Parkchester has not been returned. New York Liberty fans are hoping their team can bounce back from a crushing loss in game one of the WNBA finals last night. The Liberty blew a big lead and lost to the Minnesota links in overtime. 95 to 93. Fans went to Barclays Center to cheer on their team all over the Tri-State, including Jasmine Medina Ilya, who drove to Brooklyn from New Jersey. She says she's been getting more into the WNBA in the last few years. As I've been getting more into just watching women's sports and supporting women,

it's been very excited. Despite the fans' support, Minnesota now holds a 1-0 series lead, storming back from an 18-point deficit. It's a best-of-five series, though, that Liberty will try to tie it up on Sunday in Brooklyn. The Liberty is seeking its first WNBA champion. shit. 49 and clear, sunny and 68 today. Then tomorrow, mostly sunny and 75. Sunday, chance of showers, partly sunny and 70. Again right now, 49 and clear. Thanks for listening. This is NYC now from WNYC.

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