NYC NOW - October 2, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 2, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Thousands of International Longshoremen's Association workers are on strike. WNYC's Liam Quigley reports from a picket line at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams held his first City Hall press conference since his federal indictment. WNYC's Elizabeth Kim was there. Also, officials in South Brunswick, New Jersey, have struck a deal to build over 1,500 affordable units after a nine-year court battle. Plus, the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 88-84, taking a 2-0 lead in the series. In baseball, the Mets won 8-4 against the Brewers.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Wednesday, October 2nd. Here's the morning headlines from David Furze. Thousands of workers with the International Longshoremen's Association are on strike. WNYC's Liam Quigley reports from a picket line at the port of New York and New Jersey. It's the first strike of its kind in almost 50 years. Workers are demanding higher wages and protection from

automation of their jobs. Harold Daggett is the president of the Longshoremen's Association. He rallied workers at a port entrance in Newark. Love all you guys. You got to stay strong every day. Don't give up. We're going to win this thing, believe me. God bless you all. I love you's all. The container port is the largest of its kind on the East Coast. Workers moved $238 billion of goods there in 2023. Governor Kathy Hokel says the state is maintaining a stockpile of essential goods. Mayor Adams held his first City Hall press conference since his indictment on federal corruption

charges. WNYC's Elizabeth Kim was there. Adams has made his weekly press conferences a performance ritual. There's his signature walk-on music and a procession of top aides who join him for the back and forth with reporters. But just about a week after his indictment, Adams changed the regular choreography. He walked to the steps of City Hall's Rotunda alone, without any AIDS or music. First of all, I just want to let all of you know all this is going in my book. It was a reminder of the mayor's legal and political crises, multiple ongoing federal investigations,

resignations by several top aides, and historically low approval ratings. Adams was asked multiple times how he can run the city while defending himself in court. He'll have his initial court hearing later today. A New Jersey town that fought against building affordable housing has struck a deal to create more than 1,500 low-priced units over the next decade. Officials in South Brunswick settled a nine-year court battle with housing advocates over how the town failed to meet its affordable housing requirements. New Jersey is rare in that the state mandates how many low-priced units each town has to build. Josh Bowers is an attorney with the Fair Share Housing Center, which reached the settlement, with South Brunswick.

We're really excited. There are a number of different affordable housing developments that are going to go under construction and are going to come online in the next few years. Later this month, state officials will hand down new affordable housing requirements for each town between now and 2035. In local sports,

playoff wins in baseball and basketball in the WNBA, the Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 88 to 84. The Liberty now have a two games to none lead in that best of five series. In baseball, the Mets won their first playoff game against the Milwaukee Brewers 8 to 4. They lead one game to none in that best of three series. 59 degrees right now in New York City. We're expecting a day of partly sunny skies, a high of 68 this afternoon. This is WNYC. 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.