NYC NOW - October 30, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 30, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Police are investigating five shootings across New York City that left five teenagers dead over the past week. Meanwhile, a Queens judge has ruled New York City’s cannabis law unconstitutional. Plus, the Yankees avoided a World Series sweep with an 11-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 on Tuesday.

NYC now. Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Wednesday, October 30th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Police are investigating five shootings across New York City that left five teenagers dead over the past week. The NYPD has yet to report any arrest in the shootings and says it's still looking into whether the shootings are related. Tanik Waukwashi is the aunt of 15-year-old Tristan Sanders shot and killed Sunday in Crown Heights.

I would hope that they can, that they really put in the work to change what's going on and to find out what happens to these kids. According to WNIC's analysis of NYPD data, 21 teens have been shot and killed in the city so far this year. That's out of more than 170 people overall who have died from gun violence in the five borough. this year. A Queen's judge has ruled New York City's cannabis law is unconstitutional. WNYC's Caroline Lewis reports. Justice Kevin Kerrigan says New York City is violating business owners' due process rights with a law that has been used to shut down more than a thousand stores accused of

selling cannabis without a license. Under the law, any business that has been padlocked by the sheriff's office for unlicensed weed sales is in time. entitled to an administrative hearing with the city. The hearing officer then makes a recommendation as to whether the store should reopen, but the sheriff doesn't have to listen, and he has the final say. The ruling calls into question the legality of Mayor Eric Adams' weed enforcement operation, but the city is already moving to appeal the judge's decision. The New York Yankees are still alive. The bombers beat the L.A. Dodgers 11 to 4 last night in game 4 of their Best of Seven World Series. He'll have to be perfect from here on out if they want to win their first

title since 2009. Vinnie Milano is a member of the boisterous bleacher creatures who cheers on the Bronx team. He says he and his fellow diehards remain behind the team. Real fans cheer. That's what you do. You get behind the guys who are struggling and that's why they call it home field advantage. This morning some baseball writers suspect the Yankees had built such a big lead last night that the Dodgers kept their best pitchers and relievers in the bullpenning off the mound, saving them for game five tonight at 8 o'clock in the Bronx. 59 and mostly clear out there now. That fog should clear up, mostly sunny and a warm 73 today,

and then Halloween tomorrow even warmer, mostly sunny and all the way up near 80 degrees. 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.