NYC NOW - September 17, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: September 17, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Federal authorities arrested Sean “Diddy” Combs late Monday in New York on a sealed criminal indictment following a series of recent sexual assault accusations from multiple women. Meanwhile, two people remain in critical condition after a chaotic police shooting at the Sutter Avenue subway station in Brooklyn on Sunday. Police opened fire during a fare evasion pursuit, hitting the suspect, two bystanders, and an officer. Plus, a new survey shows the majority of New York City public school teachers support a citywide ban on cellphones in schools.

Welcome to NYC now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Tuesday, September 17th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Federal authorities arrested Sean Diddy Combs late yesterday in New York, where he faces a sealed criminal indictment. A stream of women in recent months have accused the hip-hop mogul of sexual assault. Combs' lawyer told the New York Times he believes the grand jury indicted Combs for

racketeering and sex trafficking. The attorney called the prosecution unfair. The charges come from an investigation of Combs that was revealed when Homeland Security agents raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami back in March. Two people are in critical condition after a chaotic police shooting Sunday inside a Brooklyn subway station. Police say officers open fire striking a man in a fair evasion pursuit, plus two bystanders and an officer. Officials say, they'd been chasing Daryl Mickels when he refused to stop officers. Say they tried to tase him, which proved ineffective, and Mickles pulled a knife. Gloria Holloway's Mickles' mother, she says when she arrived home from her night shift as a security guard,

she found an NYPD business card at her door. They shot him at the train station? So they just shot him and didn't bother to get in touch with nobody who's related to him and leave a card here at the damn door? Police say both Mickles and a bystander had been shot in the head remain in critical condition this morning. Police officials have not shared details on what caused the gunshots to wound multiple people. A new survey finds a majority of New York City public school teachers support a citywide ban on cell phones in school. WNYC's Jessica Gould reports.

According to the Teachers Union survey, 63% of respondents say therefore a system-wide ban on cell phones. at schools. However, 40% of teachers at schools that already do have bans in place say they aren't working because of poor planning. Going forward, educators say they don't want to be the only line of enforcement. Consequences need to be clear and consistent, and the education department should cover costs, not individual schools. After signaling this summer that a ban announcement was imminent, Mayor Eric Adams pumped the brakes. He now says officials are reviewing best practices with a broader policy possible next September. 67 and overcast now we have a high risk for a rip current on New Jersey,

New York Beach, so be careful if you're going there, mostly cloudy and 78 today. 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. Thank you.