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Today's Big Stories
1. MTA to defer $16.5B in work after congestion pricing pause
At its first meeting since Gov. Kathy Hochul indefinitely halted the rollout of congestion pricing, the full MTA board unveiled a plan to defer around $16.5 billion in work out of the transit agency’s $55 billion capital program.
The plan will affect some ADA accessibility projects, including elevator installation at 23 subway stations, which has been postponed until further notice. Construction on the second phase of the Second Avenue subway expansion has also been halted, and the MTA will no longer be purchasing 250 electric buses.
2. City to offer free 4th of July fireworks tickets again after website crashes
New Yorkers who got an error message when they tried to score free tickets for front-row views of the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show will have a second chance to get them Thursday.
More than 1 million people attempted to secure tickets when the city began offering them online this morning, but only 2,000 managed to due to a website crash, a City Hall spokesperson said.
3. Chancellor teases 'big' announcement restricting cell phones in schools
As the legislature mulls restrictions on cell phones in public schools, New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks said the city will make an announcement on the matter sooner rather than later.
“In about two weeks, you’re going to hear a big announcement from us,” Banks said in a “Mornings On 1” interview today.
4. Early and historic, Biden and Trump set to face off in first debate of election cycle
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will square off in a historic debate Thursday night as they look to distance themselves in a close race for the White House.
The debate marks the first time ever that a current president will debate a former one. It will also be the earliest general-election presidential debate in history and the first since 1988 not to be sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
5. Supreme Court sides with Biden administration over Republican-led states in social media dispute
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Wednesday against Republican-led states over combatting misinformation about controversial topics, including COVID-19 and election security, on social media.
In a 6-3 decision, the high court rejected the effort to limit contact between White House officials and other federal employees and social media companies, arguing that the states lacked standing to challenge the administration.
6. Report: Supreme Court poised to dismiss emergency abortion case, a win for the Biden administration
The Supreme Court is poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to a copy of an opinion briefly posted on the Supreme Court’s website and reported on by Bloomberg News.
The case involved a federal law known as Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires that all Medicare-participating hospitals provide emergency services regardless of ability to pay, and an Idaho abortion restriction which says that performing the procedure is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, outside of very narrow exceptions.
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Alex Morgan left off U.S. Olympic soccer roster
Veteran forward Alex Morgan won't be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes.
Morgan, a three-time Olympian and two-time Women's World Cup winner, was the most notable absence on the 18-player list announced today by Hayes.