NYC NOW - October 12, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 12, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Watch Dogs are blaming NYPD delays as the reason why internal charges have been dropped against two police officers who killed Kawaski Trawick at his home in 2019. Also, scientists at the EPA have identified four hazardous waste sites in New York City and New Jersey at risk of flooding by the year 2100. Plus, the New York Liberty face elimination after going down 0-2 against the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA finals.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, October 12th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Watchdogs are blaming NYPD delays as the reason internal charges have been dropped against two police officers who killed a man in 2019. WNYC's Charles Lane, Explanance. Police killed Kawoski-Treywick in his home after he jumped at them with a number. knife. But prosecutors with the civilian complaint review board had to wait until the criminal

investigation finished before gaining access to evidence. Arva Rice, CCRB's interim chair, says that took over a year. This case reemphasizes the need to have direct access to body-worn camera footage and the importance of Speaker Adrian Adams bill to grant the CCRB that direct access. The two officers involved were clear of criminal charges, and Rice says the statute of limitations. ran out before CCRB could wrap their investigation. Sea level rise and storm surge could threaten toxic waste sites in New York City and New Jersey over the coming decades. Scientists at the EPA identified four hazardous waste sites in our area that are at risk of flooding by the year 2100. These sites are plants that manage tens of

thousands of tons of dangerous leftover chemicals, and because they're located right on the coast, A flood could send all those nasties into local waterways. Columbia University professor Benjamin Bostick explains. Water both can carry contaminants and can help them move from where they are, a hazardous waste site, the places you don't want them to be like your neighborhood. The EPA says cities should include the toxic waste plants and their climate change resiliency plants, flood walls, landfill caps, and electrical work and all help prevent contamination during future storms.

You can see a map of the way sites on our news website Gothamist. The New York Liberty are on the brink. The defending champion Las Vegas Aces are now up two games to none in the best of five WNBA finals. If the Liberty are going to win their first ever championship, we'll have to win all three remaining elimination games. The series now shifts to Brooklyn for games three and four. 55 and mostly clear out there right now, sunny and 74.

A high today. Cool tonight, back down near 50, and then tomorrow we begin to cool off, sunny and 64. Shows and rain on Saturday, and then Sunday, some of the same in the high near 60. 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 podcast. See you this afternoon.