August 22, 2024: Midday News
Episode Date: August 22, 2024New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin is issuing new guidelines for police interactions with individuals in mental health crises, advocating for a...
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2003 episodes transcribedNew Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin is issuing new guidelines for police interactions with individuals in mental health crises, advocating for a...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: A Bronx landlord is paying a record-high $1 million penalty to the city...
Longtime New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell has died at the age of 87. Plus, WNYC’s Liam Quigley reports a vacant lot in the Bronx that was supposed to bec...
A New Jersey farm workers’ nonprofit is suing the state, alleging laborers are being denied equal pay protections. Meanwhile, Cape May County’s Middle...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Thousands of migrant children and their parents living in New York City...
Governor Kathy Hochul hopes to release a new plan for tolling drivers through congestion pricing by the end of this year or early next year. Plus, the...
Police say officers are looking for a Uhaul truck driver involved in a fatal hit and run in Queens just after midnight Tuesday morning. Also, if you h...
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The family of a man who died at the Rikers Island Jail in 2022 is suing the city of New York, for allegedly allowing him to ingest a fatal dose of fen...
Police are investigating a triple stabbing in Brooklyn early Sunday that left one man dead and two others wounded. Meanwhile, the New York State Depar...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The number of evictions and booted cars surged in New York City in 2023...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams responds to subpoenas he and his team received as part of a sprawling federal investigation into his 2021 campaign. Plu...
Federal immigration authorities have arrested a Peruvian gang leader in upstate New York. He’s suspected of being involved in 23 killings in his home...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: A story first reported by The New York Times says that in July, New Yor...
Some New York City street vendors are calling on the city council to lift the caps on the number of vendor licenses and permits in the city. Plus, New...
A ban on face coverings in Nassau County is now official. County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who signed the ban into law Tuesday, is urging city and sta...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The 2025 New York City comptroller primary is already turning contentio...
Interfaith activists are expressing alarm over a float in this weekend's India Day Parade in Midtown, Manhattan. Plus, WNYC’s Janae Pierre talks with...
The Adams administration is facing criticism over tent encampments near a migrant shelter on Randall’s Island. Meanwhile, the City Council will vote T...
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Former Congressman George Santos was back in court on Long Island Tuesd...