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It will be a pleasant night for outdoor dining. Low temperatures this evening will be in the mid-50s.
Tomorrow, clouds and cooler temperatures will make a one-day, limited appearance, with highs in the low 60s. There is the risk of a few scattered showers as well.
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Today's Big Stories
1. City official defends plan to place migrants in suburb hotels
The city’s social services commissioner pushed back on criticism of Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to move hundreds of asylum seekers to suburban hotels at a City Council hearing today, responding to suggestions from political leaders in those areas that Adams was pawning off the city’s migrant crisis on their counties.
“This is not an abdication of city responsibility,” Molly Wasow Park, the commissioner for the Department of Social Services, said at a budget hearing. “This is an attempt by New York City to look for opportunities that go beyond the physical boundaries of New York City, but without relinquishing our responsibility to care for these individuals.”
2. Hudson Valley lawmaker assails Adams' plan to relocate migrants
Rockland County Rep. Mike Lawler today said New York City Mayor Eric Adams cannot "dump" migrants in the Hudson Valley region and called the mayor's actions hypocritical.
Adams announced plans Friday to send up to 300 single, adult men under the city's care — on a volunteer basis — to a hotel in Orangeburg in Rockland County and another in Orange Lake in neighboring Orange County.
3. Hochul says New York working to address mental health crisis
New York state's $229 billion budget is setting aside $1 billion in additional funding to address a broad array of mental health care needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The money, touted by Gov. Kathy Hochul in Buffalo today, is being highlighted as New York officias and advocates are making a renewed focus on the issue after the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car after he was held in a chokehold by Daniel Penny.
4. Hochul: Electric construction transition addresses affordability
Gov. Kathy Hochul shrugged off the potential of New York's plan to end natural gas hookups in newly constructed buildings by 2027 being impacted by a legal challenge to a similar provision in Berkeley, California, while also pointing to the rebates for consumers to help make the transition.
"There are court cases happening all over the country, whether they have an effect here is another question," Hochul said today in Buffalo.
5. New York lawmakers want to change how mixed martial arts tickets are taxed
Two New York state lawmakers are backing changes to how tickets for attending mixed martial arts events are taxed in order to bring them to parity with boxing matches.
Tickets to mixed martial arts events are taxed at 8.5%, the highest of any state in the country. The measure, backed by state Sen. Kevin Parker and Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, would set the gate tax on all combat sporting events to 3%.
6. Closing arguments start for columnist's claims against Trump
A lawyer told a jury today that Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking an advice columnist in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law.
Attorney Roberta Kaplan delivered the first closing argument in the federal civil trial, showing jurors video clips of Trump from his October deposition and replaying the "Access Hollywood" video from 2005 in which Trump said that celebrities can grab women's genitals without asking.
7. Biden pushes airlines to compensate travelers for cancellations, delays
President Joe Biden and his administration proposed new regulations today that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline's control.
The rulemaking pledge continues a push by the Democratic administration to require airlines to improve customer service, and it comes just weeks before the start of the peak summer travel season.
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Knicks legends reflect on 50th anniversary of last team championship
NY1's Dean Meminger spoke with two legends who played on the New York Knicks to discuss the 50th anniversary of their last championship.
"I always think our team embodied the best of selflessness, imagination and discipline," former Knick and U.S. senator Bill Bradley said.