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Today's Big Stories
1. Mayor, city leaders split on tourist helicopter ban after fatal crash
A day after a helicopter crash in the Hudson River claimed six lives, Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials addressed the tragedy, while weighing in on a potential ban on nonessential flights over New York City.
In separate interviews with “Mornings On 1” today, Adams — joined by FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker — and Manhattan Councilman Erik Bottcher praised the work of first responders but offered different takes on helicopters in the city.
Meanwhile, in another interview this morning, Melissa Elstein, board chair of Stop the Chop NY and NJ, urged lawmakers to take action on legislation banning tourist and commuter helicopter flights.
Police and fire department divers are still searching for the main and rear rotors of the helicopter that crashed Thursday. Officials have also identified the pilot.
2. Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be kicked out of the U.S. as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana found this afternoon during a hearing over the legality of deporting the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
The government’s contention that Khalil’s presence in the United States posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences” was enough to satisfy requirements for his deportation, Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans said at the conclusion of a hearing in Jena.
3. Judge refuses to dismiss Central Park Five's defamation case against Trump
A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump's effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him filed by the men formerly known as the Central Park Five who were exonerated after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1989 rape and beating of a woman who was jogging.
U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia denied Trump's motion to dismiss in a brief Thursday night order.
New York brought in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of medical equipment during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that went unused and is now sitting in storage facilities without getting recommended maintenance while costing taxpayers storage expenses, according to a report released today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office.
Auditors discovered the state paid $453 million to purchase nearly 250,000 items of durable medical equipment in 2020, including ventilators, X-ray machines, CPAP/BiPAP machines, oxygen tanks, pulse oximeters, oxygen concentrators and infusion pumps.
5. U.S. says it needs more time to plan return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison
A federal judge said today that it is "extremely troubling" that a government lawyer couldn't explain what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The U.S. government attorney also struggled to provide any information about the exact whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite Thursday's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that the Trump administration must bring him back.
6. U.S. stocks jump, bond market swings to cap Wall Street's chaotic and historic week
U.S. stocks jumped today in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggested fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump's trade war with China.
The S&P 500 rallied 1.8%, after veering repeatedly between gains and losses, to cap a chaotic and historic week full of monstrous swings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went from an early loss of nearly 340 points to a gain of 810 before settling at a rise of 619 points, or 1.6%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.1%.
7. Things to do during spring break in New York City
New York City public school students will be off from Monday, April 14 through Friday, April 18 for spring break — and there’s no shortage of free or low-cost ways to enjoy the week around the five boroughs.
Whether you’re looking for outdoor adventures, museum visits or just an easy afternoon out, here are some options for families during spring break.
In Case You Missed It
For the first time, visitors are now invited to ascend to the second floor of the Frick mansion. (Spectrum News NY1/Roger Clark)
Frick Collection reopens with a hidden gem
The Frick Collection reopens to the public in its home on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on April 17. The former home of industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick has been closed to the public for a multi-year renovation project.
The mansion's second floor will be open to the public for the first time with a new suite of galleries. NY1's Roger Clark got an inside look.
