NYC NOW - October 31, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: October 31, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD is still searching for a suspect in connection to a double murder that happened in East Flatbush late Sunday. Also, New York City’s Planning Department is asking Bronx residents what they’d want for the future of the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Plus, the MTA has begun activating on the subway's first OMNY vending machines.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Tuesday, October 31st. Here's the morning headlines from David First. The NYPD is still searching for a suspect in connection to a double murder that happened in East Flatbush late Sunday. Police say the incident stemmed from a dispute between neighbors. They say it started out as an argument but quickly escalated with the suspect allegedly. shooting and killing 47-year-old Bladamy Matarin and his stepson, 27-year-old Chinwai-Mode. He then fled the scene. Marie-Luc DeLeal says she lost her husband and son. The pen is so hard.

I don't know if I can survive. It is pain. The 67th precinct, which includes East Flatbush, has seen eight other fatal shootings this year, according to data from the NYPD, compiled by WNYC. New York City is looking at ways to reimagine the Cross Bronx Expressway. The City Planning Department is asking Bronx residents what they want for the future of the expressway in a series of walking tours this fall. Spokesperson Casey Berkovits says lots of ideas have already been put forward.

It's early stages so far, but there is really a clear desire to remedy some of the harms that the Cross Bronx has imposed on the Bronx in the past. The expressway cuts through largely black and Latino neighborhoods in the Bronx. It has been linked to high air pollution and some of the highest asthma rates in the U.S. The study is funded by a $2 million grant from the Federal Department of Transportation. The next so-called the walk shop is this Saturday. A bike tour is scheduled for the 11th. The MTA is turning on the subway's first Omni vending machines.

They are now at six stations and sell reusable plastic cards for the tap and pay fair system. The new machines are shorter than a typical metro card machine and sell the new Omni cards for a dollar surcharge the same cost of buying a new Metro card. The MTA plans to eventually fully replace Metro Card with the Omni system, but New York City Transit President Richard Davy says that won't happen this year. I mean, I don't see the Metro Card being retired probably for another 18 months or so, but in the meantime, it's incumbent that these machines work and that we get them rolled out as quickly as possible. The MTA says the vending machines open up Omni to riders who prefer paying with cash or don't have a smartphone or credit card to tap.

For a full list of stations with Omni vending machines, check out the story on our news website, Gothamist. 48 degrees now, just going up to a high around 50 today with mostly Sunday skies. It'll be mostly cloudy tonight with a low of 41 and chance of showers overnight as well. 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.

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