NYC NOW - October 28, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 28, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day. New Jersey firefighters are still monitoring conditions in the state after spending the weekend battling a sprawling forest fire in Essex County. Next, the bike and walking path across the George Washington Bridge used to close from midnight to 6a. Now, it opens at 5a, giving morning commuters an extra hour. Finally, Aaron Judge says he's excited to get back to the Bronx and remains optimistic for game 3 of the World Series.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Monday, October 28th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. New Jersey firefighters still are monitoring conditions in the state after spending the weekend battling a sprawling forest fire in Essex County. The state fire service says the nearly 200-acre fire is 90% under control as of last night. But Eric Weber from the New Jersey.

As far as fire services, it'll be completely extinguished when we get some rain. So I would say the conditions we're currently experiencing are unprecedented. This is a dry spell and record for New Jersey. We're going into a drought. Probably this is the worst case scenario we've seen in potentially a lifetime. The Garden State has gone nearly a month without significant rain, and there's little in the forecast. Most of the state is at extreme risk of wildfires.

Bicyclists and pedestrians hoping across the Georgia, Washington Bridge overnight were given a morsel of what they wanted. Just a morsel, though, as WN. Myc's Charles Lane explains. The bike and walking path across the George Washington used to close from midnight to six in the morning. Now it opens at 5 a.m., giving morning commuters an extra hour. The Port Authority says it has to close for five hours a night, for cleaning, something no other bridge pathway does. Rich Jones says he doesn't buy it. He bikes across the bridge five days week and says that sometimes they unlock the gate late. There are usually a number of cyclists and we will then end up riding together down to the ferry,

but there's a bunch of people who would be walking and they're all quite out of luck. Jones is among over 800 people who have petitioned the Port Authority to keep the path open overnight. The New York Yankeers are down to two games to none in the World Series after losing to the Dodgers Saturday night in L.A. 42. The Dodgers struck out Aaron Judge three times Saturday night as he's struggled in this postseason. But the Yankee Slugger says he's excited to get back to the Bronx and remains optimistic. It's a seven-game series for a reason.

You know, and we got the group in here to battle the storm and, you know, end up where we want to. Game three of the series tonight at eight in the Bronx. Dodger star Shohei Otani is set to play after partially dislocating his left shoulder when he got tagged out trying to steal second base on Saturday night. 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,

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