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"In Sacramento. This is NPR news. Support for NPR comes from member stations and from we work we work all access membership is designed to provide the flexibility to avoid work from home distractions by offering access to workspaces nationwide. Learn more at we work dot com slash NPR and Ipsco together with its content partners, providing resources and expanded access to content to help library and healthcare staff support their institutions during the covid 19 pandemic. Pepsico dot com. It's morning edition on W. N. Y C. I'm Carrie Nolan. We have some breaking news this morning. The Associated Press is reporting that Haitian President Juvenal Moyes has been assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his home. First lady Martin Moise is hospitalized and we'll have more on that as more information becomes available. Meanwhile, as you've been hearing on W N Y C. Eric Adams declared victory in the New York City Democratic primary for mayor. That was after the city's embattled board of elections released the latest tally of ranked choice results. Including more than 125,000 absentee ballots. Joining us now with more is w n.
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"Interest, 93.9 FM and AM a 20 NPR News and the New York conversation. Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingly. The Pentagon is dismissing reports that U. S troops withdrew from the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan without telling the Afghan military NPR's Tom Bowman reports. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says both Afghan military and civilian officials were given 48 hours notice that Bagram air Base would be turned over to Afghanistan and some officials were given a tour of the base. Kirby says the exact time the final US flights took off from Bagram was kept secret for security reasons. Afghan officers also said the lights and generators were turned off. When the Americans left, Kirby referred those questions to the American command in Afghanistan. Bagram was the last major base held by the American military officials say that what the airbase closed some 90% of US supplies and equipment have left Afghanistan. Tom Bowman. NPR NEWS The Pentagon Tropical Storm Elsa, with its heavy rains and strong winds continues to move northward along the west coast of Florida. The storm is expected to make landfall on the state's northern Gulf coast late this morning or early this afternoon. Currently, Elsa's top sustained winds are 65 MPH officials in South Florida say 36 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a partially collapsed high rise condo building near Miami Beach. Efforts continue to locate more than 100 people who were still listed as missing there. This is NPR news from Washington. And this is morning edition on W. N. Y. C in New York at 6 31. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is declaring victory in the Democratic primary for New York City Mayor. Updated numbers from the city Board of Elections show he's solidified his lead over former city sanitation Commissioner Catherine Garcia. Elections officials released their latest tallies last night, which for the first time included more than 125,000 absentee and affidavit ballots. The latest figures all but assured Adams will be the next mayor of New York and will be the second black mayor in the city's history. Garcia's campaign declined to comment while they consult with their lawyers. W N Y C is Bridget Bergen will be here to walk us through all of this in just a few minutes. Besides declaring at Eric Adams, the winner in the race for New York City mayor many other races were decided last night, according to the latest tallies from the Board of Elections. W N. Y. C is Gwynne Hogan has more City Council member Brad Lander maintained his lead over Speaker Corey Johnson in the race for city comptroller, the city's top fiscal watchdog, who also oversees the public pension funds. Public advocate Toumani Williams easily beat back a challenge to hold his seat and in races for borough president. Apparent winners were Vanessa Gibson in the Bronx. Mark Levine in Manhattan, Donovan Richards in Queens, Antonio Reno. So in Brooklyn and Mark Murphy on Staten Island, The next City council is on track to be more diverse and to have more women elected to the body than ever before. The Metropolitan Opera and the Union, representing its stage and shop crew have reached a tentative agreement after a months long lockout over pandemic wages, the more than 300 stagehands who were represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees. Had disagreed with the Met executives over nearly 20% reduction in take home pay. Workers were locked out as a result, and the opera house outsourced the set building two stagehands in California and in Wales. But with the season rapidly approaching, the opera's executive director, approached the union last month. Union says If the agreement had not been reached, the upcoming opera season would have been postponed or even cancelled. Heat advisories in effect until eight o'clock this evening. It'll be hazy, hot and humid today with highs in the mid nineties, it'll feel like in the lower one hundred's, however, tonight mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and overnight lows in the lower seventies. It's 73 degrees and clear in New York City. Support for NPR comes from W. N. Y C members and from Dr Steven Ungerleider, a member of the NPR Foundation board of trustees, working to help provide the highest quality public service journalism to communities across the USA. And the Lang Lost Foundation supporting Justice, Equity and Opportunity for all people to foster and sustain safe and healthy communities. Learn more at.
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"And the New York conversation. Hmm. Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingly. Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to get stronger before it comes ashore along the West Coast of Florida tonight or early tomorrow. The National Hurricane Center says Elsa will likely be near hurricane strength when it makes landfall north of Tampa. Currently, the storms top sustained winds are at 60 MPH, a dozen counties in Florida are under a state of emergency. In South Florida. Teams have recovered 28 bodies from the rubble of a partially collapsed high rise condo near Miami Beach. It gave way 12 days ago. 117 people are still listed as missing. NPR's Adrian Florido says rains and winds from Tropical Storm Elsa have been slowing efforts at the site. The storm has also brought outbursts of lightning and it's at those times that Miami Dade County Mayor Daniel Levine Cava said search efforts have had to stop temporarily. But she said rescuers have been getting back on the pile. As soon as it's safe again. They've worked under this great difficulty, and they have pulled shifts to rotate because that's how much they want to be out there. Searching the first responders are the most frustrated by any delays we have experienced while hope for survivors has dimmed, it is still officially a rescue mission. The mayor has not said when the primary focus will turn to the recovery of bodies. Adrian Florido NPR NEWS Miami This is NPR news. This is morning edition on W N. Y. C at 8 31. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. The NYPD is preparing for tomorrow's ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes. To honor essential workers during the pandemic. The parade goes up Broadway in Lower Manhattan and ends at City Hall, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told New York one It will be personal for his department. To me. It's just an opportunity. Pause reflect on on the tremendous tall that really the whole country. But certainly this city has had over the last year year and a half 57 members of the NYPD died from Covid 19. The parade will start at 11 o'clock, and Nurse Sandra Lindsay of Queens who was the first person in the US to receive the coronavirus vaccine will serve as grand marshal. And there's good news for patrons of the New York Public Library. Starting today, Nearly all branch locations will reopen with close to full service. That means general library use and seeding, unlimited browsing and computer access. But the library says masks are still mandatory in all.
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"Play NPR or just ask for your local station by name. This is NPR news. Support for NPR comes from member stations and from Ecmc Foundation, working to improve post secondary educational outcomes for underserved students through evidence based innovation. Learn more at the CMC foundation dot org and the Kritzky Foundation, expanding opportunities in America's cities through grant making and social investing. More at crazy dot org. It's morning edition on W. N. Y C. I'm Carrie Nolan today on the Brian Lara Show. Hear more about the vote count in the New York City mayoral primary and catch up on post Independence Day. National politics with PBS White House correspondent and Washington Week host. Yeah. Michelle Cinder. That's this morning, starting at 10 o'clock on the Brian Lara show right now, Here's Jon Schaffer. With today's gig alert to baseball fans, The Big Red machine will always be the Cincinnati Reds of the mid seventies. But for music fans these days, big red machine is a revolving supergroup centered on the Cincinnati born Aaron Destiny from the national and Justin Vernon from Bonnie. There They've just started releasing a string of singles baseball pun intended and one with Taylor. Swift could be a you know a hit, but this one featuring Anais Mitchell of Hades Town fame could be the real star in this lineup. Recall horrible how we found swimming with around each other. The latter days by big Red Machine featuring a Neha's Mitchell. The song is in our weekly music round up, See the whole thing at new sounds dot.
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"Tulsa massacre, as well as a mystical piece by Alice Coltrane and this celebratory work for strings by Jessie Montgomery. Her piece Cold Star burst. That star burst by Jessie Montgomery, one of the works to be played on tomorrow evening's Juneteenth event in the Green space soprano Jeannie Bridges, harpist, Ashley Jackson and others. All joined the Harlem Chamber Players find out more at new sounds dot org Mhm. It's 66 degrees under sunny skies in New York City, Beautiful day ahead of us with highs in the mid eighties, we could see a chance of a shower or thunderstorm after midnight tonight with lows in the upper sixties. Will be kind of muggy tomorrow but Sonny with a chance of showers and highs near 90, the humidity retreats a bit on Sunday sunny skies highs in the upper eighties. Support for NPR comes from W N. Y C members and from C three A. I C three AI software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence at Enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable problems. C three A. I. This is Enterprise Ai and duck Duck Go a privacy company committed to making privacy online Simple. Used by tens of millions. They offer private search and tracker blocking. With one download. Duck duck. Go privacy, simplified. This is morning Edition. I'm Carrie Nolan. As of this week, more than 70% of New Yorkers have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. The milestone has meant that the state lifted most capacity restrictions, and so many people are thinking of this summer as the beginning of post pandemic life. But when you kick the tires on that 70%.
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"Morocco of aggression and blackmail following the influx of thousands of migrants into the Spanish and clave of theater. Moroccan border guards apparently did not try to stop them. Here's Guy Hedge Co. The Moroccan government has suggested that it relaxed controls at its border was sail to as a Reprisal against Madrid for allowing the Western Sahara and rebel leader Brahim Garley to be treated in a Spanish hospital. Until now. The Spanish government had played down the diplomatic dispute. But defense Minister Margarita Roadless has accused Morocco of using the migration issue to blackmail it on the violating international law. The integrity of Spain is not negotiable, she said. Spain has repatriated more than 5000 of the migrants. Officials in Nigeria say At least eight worshippers were killed when their church was set on fire in the state of Kaduna. Say armed bandits burned down several other buildings need the Assemblies of God. Church World News from the BBC. This is w. N. Y. C in New York at 904. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Police are investigating after a shooting injured a child and two others in Queens last night. The incident happened shortly before 10 o'clock on 178th Street and ST Albans. Police say the suspects fired shots from a car hitting an eight year old boy in the shoulder. The boy's father and a third victim were also hit. All three were brought to local hospitals and are expected to recover. There've been no arrests made. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is adding some new incentives to encourage residents to get vaccinated. Those who get their first dose this month can visit one of nine participating wineries for a free glass of wine or sign up online to win a dinner with the governor and first lady at the official governor's residence in Princeton or the governor's Beach House in Island Beach State Park. We're pulling out all the stops to make this the best summer ever in New Jersey. Anyone who has been vaccinated or gets their first dose by July, 4th will also be able to get a free season pass to all of the state's parks. Those have already purchased the $50 season pass can get reimbursed. New York State regulators have approved a deal that clears the way for Decommissioning. The recently idled Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County Governor Andrew Cuomo says the State Public Service Commission approved the transfer of the plant from Energy Corp to hold Tech international Decommissioning of the site along the Hudson River is projected to cost $2.3 billion and take it least 12 years. The power plant stopped producing nuclear power last month. We've got a beautiful day in front of us here in New York City with sunny skies all day long and ah, high in the mid seventies, we could see some clouds tonight with a low of about 60 and sunny again tomorrow with a high near 80 right now, 67 degrees and sunny in New York City. As restrictions ease, and we all start looking forward to seeing each other smiles and riding on the subway and dare I say, hugging our friends. We had w N Y C. Want to let you know what else you could look forward to.
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"The variant of covert 19 1st reported in Britain has come to California. The same strain was also confirmed in Florida and Colorado. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say nationwide more than 346,000 people have died. The New year could be a time of healing for the nation's pandemic scarred economy. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on what economic forecasters expect from 2021. Business. Economists are increasingly optimistic about prospects for the new year. Nearly three out of four surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect GDP to recover all the ground that was lost to the pandemic sometime in the second half of this year. Likewise, officials at the Federal Reserve have raised their outlook for 2021. On average. They expect the economy to grow more than 4% this year, while unemployment should continue to fall, hitting 5% by year's end. Much depends, of course, on getting control of the coronavirus. Forecasters are encouraged that effective vaccines are now in hand, even if those shots are not yet in very many people's arms. Scott Horsley. NPR NEWS Washington The United Kingdom has completed its formal separation from the European Union, ending a year long transition period. The new era means a new kind of border with custom checks reinstated between the UK in mainland Europe for the first time since 1993 Rebecca Rossman reports the first ferry to sail the English Channel under the new regulations arrived in Cali Friday morning. While there were no incidents, Port authorities warn things could get messy, comma January when traffic on the channel is expected to pick up Under the new regulations, and estimated 220 new customs rooms will have to be filled out every year. In order for trade to flow between the UK and you countries. The French government has hired an additional 700 customs officers and invested €13 million an infrastructure to ensure traffic continues to run smoothly along the world's busiest shipping route. For NPR News on Rebecca Rossman in Calais, France. This is NPR news. And this is W. N. Y. C in New York at 11 04. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Five women anchors and reporters who sued New York one's parent company for agent gender discrimination, have departed the local cable station as part of a settlement ending their lawsuit. In June of 2019, Roma, Torrey, Amanda Farinacci, Vivian Leigh, Janine Ramirez and Kristin Shaughnessy claimed charter communications had reduced their on air time due to their ages. Pushed for younger looking female reporters. The five women issued a statement saying it was in quote everyone's interest to resolve the dispute and part ways but they would not disclose whether they received payments in a statement. Charter Communications thank the former employees for their quote years of dedicated service. Was a quiet New Year's Eve in Times Square last night is the usual shoulder to shoulder crowds were encouraged to stay away to limit the spread of coronavirus. Ali Jameel, who owns a store near Times Square, said he misses the revelry. He's hoping the new year is better. We are dreaming for to come back.
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"Rahm members of the Senate or a meeting In a rare New Year's Day session, lawmakers were in the process of overriding President Trump's veto of the annual defense spending bill as the end of the congressional term approaches. NPR's Dave Mystics reports. Both the House and Senate initially passed the National Defense Authorization Act with two thirds majorities. But President Trump rejected the bill taking issue with the continued shielding of social media companies over content posted by users, among other objections. House secured their part in the veto of right earlier this week. The Senate is set to move forward on a series of procedural votes today this on the heels of maneuvering by Democrats to increase the amount of direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2000, a proposal backed by Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tied the proposed amulets increases to repeal this section of code that shields the social media companies, leaving the fate of that effort in question. Gave Mystic NPR news U. S. Health officials had hoped to vaccinate 20 million people against the coronavirus by now, that hasn't happened. NPR's Richard Harris explains. Why, well, what happened is there lots of reasons and let's start with expectations. The Trump administration has long promised quick fixes to the Corona virus pandemic, including a vaccine that would be widely available in 2020 Remember that And did you know the administration did back an effort that produced produced these vaccines in record time? But I spoke yesterday with Dr Marcus Plush, who is the chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health officials, and his take is that the timetable for vaccination was largely aspirational. NPR's Richard Harris reporting One of the most iconic games in college football. The Rose Bowl will play outside of Pasadena, California for the first time since World War two Matchup between Notre Dame and Alabama today will be in Arlington, Texas. A change in venue comes because California would not allow in person Spectators at the game. Miranda Suarez of member station K R a reports The Rose Bowl isn't the first big sporting event to seek sanctuary in Arlington during the pandemic. Major League Baseball held the entire world Syria's there last year. University of North Texas Health Science Center epidemiology professor Rajesh Nandi warns these big events could easily become cove in 19 super spreaders. So if there is a large congregation off hands and if the collectively attend bars in large numbers It's likely that that would give rise to an increase in new corporate cases and hospitalized since obviously follow, Nandy says with covert 19 numbers so bad in North Texas right now, there's no safe way to go to games. I'm Miranda Suarez in Fort Worth in the other college football playoff semifinal, Clemson will play Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. It takes place tonight in New Orleans. This is NPR. This is w. N. Y. C in New York at 10 04. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Mayor De Blasio's says he wants to vaccinate a million New Yorkers against covert 19 by the end of January, he told CNN yesterday the city is preparing to kick efforts into high gear. Going to say, toe every part of the healthcare world. We need you local community clinics were gonna put up pop up sites. We're going to use our schools. You name it, whatever it takes. To reach a million people were ready to go. So far more than 88,000, New Yorkers have received a dose of the covert 19 vaccine. That's about a quarter of the more than 347,000 doses. The city's received Vaccine is currently being given to health care workers and nursing home residents and staff. And Mayor de Blasio has declared March 14th as a day of remembrance for victims of the covert 19 pandemic. Today's the first anniversary of the first confirmed death of the New Yorker from covert 19, the mayor says it will be a day to honor frontline workers. Police say 39 year old man has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief is a hate crime after derogatory graffiti was found on four Brooklyn synagogues a meal Benjamin of Brooklyn was accused yesterday of scrawling graffiti with a marker pen damaging to cabinets and stealing $20 from one synagogue. It's unclear whether he has an attorney Governor Cuomo has directed the state police hate Crimes task force to assist.
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"Using technology to scratch the travel edge. All of that coming up after the news. It's being no disruption to afraid to cross the channel between England and France on Britain's first day outside the European Union, single Market and Customs union. Bethany Bell has the details. Here in Cali, the new customs formalities and now in Operation Lorries have to present the correct documents in order to enter France or to go the other way across the channel. There's not much freight traffic today because of the New Year holiday on the upcoming weekend. Officials say heavy stockpiling by British companies in December should mean that freight volumes will be lower for the next couple of weeks. The French authorities say they are prepared for the new system, but that some businesses won't be ready. There are concerns about delays later this month when freight traffic returns to normal levels. Sudan's acting foreign minister Omer is, Miles told the BBC that his country's army has changed on will protect civilians in Darfur, despite fears voiced by local people. Mr is, Miles said he understood the concerns based on the actions of the previous government, but that the situation was no different. We give the guarantees that this army had changed and it is going to protect them. Besides the fact that it's a joint effort Between the Army and the new police and Monday other agencies are involved in this. Mr Esma was speaking after the Sudanese army took over security in the region after a 13 year United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission came to an end at midnight local time. Today marks the official start of a new era era of trade between African countries. The African continent of Free Trade area brings together 1.3 billion people into an economic block worth more than $3 trillion member states are expected to phase out to Arabs over the next few years. New analysis of the Corona virus. Variant, first identified in the UK has confirmed it has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain of the virus. The new version is spreading rapidly across England. Cases have been found worldwide, pal of Goche reports. Between North Point for a North 0.0.7 may seem like a very small amount, but in terms of the spread of the virus, it makes a huge difference, according to the research team. In November. Are was not 0.9 for the earlier version of the virus, enough for the lockdown in place, then to reduce cases by 30%. But with a new variant. Those same restrictions would have seen a tripling of infections. The scientists say it's now Maury important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines. Where masks were required and to regularly wash their hands. World News from the BBC This is W. N. Y. C in New York at 904. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Mayor De Blasio says he wants to vaccinate a million New Yorkers against covert 19 by the end of the month, he told CNN yesterday the city is preparing to kick efforts into high gear. Going to say, toe every part of the healthcare world. We need you local community clinics were gonna put up pop up sites. We're going to use our schools. You name it, whatever it takes. To reach a million people were ready to go. So far more than 88,000, New Yorkers have received a dose of the covert 19 vaccine. That's about a quarter of the more than 347,000 doses. The city is received. Vaccine is currently begin given to health care workers and nursing home residents and staff and the mayor has declared March 14th is a day of remembrance for victims of the pandemic. We need to recognize 25,000 or fellow New Yorkers gone, That's something we have to always mark going forward. That day's the anniversary of the first confirmed death of a New Yorker from covert 19, the mayor says it will also be a day to honor frontline workers. And police say a 39 year old man has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief is a hate crime after derogatory graffiti was found on four Brooklyn synagogues a meal Benjamin of Brooklyn was accused yesterday of scrawling graffiti with a marker pen damaging to cabinets and stealing $20 from one synagogue. It's unclear whether he has an attorney Governor Cuomo has directed the state Police hate Crimes Task force to assist the NYPD in the investigation. Well, we've got a pretty start to.
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"Bruce Springsteen has written his autobiography and next time on The New Yorker radio hour, he tells all or almost all what did you feel that you couldn't write about? Because it's a pretty Brutally honest book about yourself that I couldn't write about. I don't want to talk about that on our Bruce Springsteen's That's next time on The New Yorker Radio Hour tomorrow morning at 10 on 93.9 FM W. N. Y C Oh, This'd is W N. Y. C. FM, HD and AM New York. Good morning After the recent massive hack into U. S agencies and companies was exposed, Microsoft said the breach was not a threat. Now they've discovered a problem. The attack. Let hackers get too closely guarded Source code. This'd just one more shooter drop in this particular case, there'll be many more over the coming months. I'm Carrie Nolan. It's morning edition from NPR and W. N. Y. C. With Britain now truly out of the European Union borders are going to start looking different. The Trump Administration is selling oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and it's public Domain Day. Creative works from 1925 entered the public domain. It's Friday, January 1st Happy New Year. The news is next. Live from NPR News. I'm nor Ron. The Senate is holding a rare New year's Day session to consider the defense bill. It was passed by both houses by large margins, but President Trump vetoed it. Because it does not repeal certain legal protections for social media companies. He also object to a provision that allows the renaming of military bases that honor Confederate leaders. The House voted Monday to override the veto. Today, senators are to cast the first of two procedural votes, which would clear the way for a veto vote tomorrow. President Trump is extending a freeze on new temporary work visas for tech and other highly skilled workers. MPR's Franco Ordonez has more. The extension means hundreds of thousands of foreigners looking to work in the United States will continue to have to wait until at least the end of March before having another chance to attain the coveted visas. Trump signed the original proclamation in June, citing the need to protect the U. S labor force during the pandemic. It impacts workers in a variety of fields, including tech workers who entered the country on each one B visas, seasonal workers in the tourism industry and certain all pairs. The help was set to expire today, and there was a clash within the White House about what to do about the expiring moratorium. It was aggressively opposed by business leaders Franco or Dona as NPR news. Minneapolis officials released a video yesterday showing the deadly police shooting of a man during a traffic stop Wednesday night. Police say the man had fired on them first, and a gun was found on the scene. Video shows a man trying to drive away from police, but it's hard to make out details. Mayor Jacob Fry says no matter what prompted the shooting, the city mourns the loss of life. We need to acknowledge that our city is Experiencing a lot of raw emotion right now. You know, that's especially true for our Somali community who has lost a young man. Gun violence has gripped our city and today is no exception. KSTP TV provided that audio Brexit. The long torture divorce between the United Kingdom and the European Union is now complete. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from the English port of Dover. After a decade of practically seamless.
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"Brexit with the child of a European malice and lies, so he also made this appeal to French citizens Now to really stick with Europe and the people I've been speaking to here in Calais agree with back home. Rebecca Rossman reporting. You're listening to NPR news. This is W. N. Y. C in New York at 704. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan. Mayor De Blasio's says he wants to vaccinate one million New Yorkers against covert 19 by the end of January, he told CNN yesterday the city is preparing to kick efforts into high gear. Going to say, toe every part of the healthcare world. We need you local community clinics were gonna put up pop up sites. We're going to use our schools. You name it, whatever it takes. To reach a million people were ready to go. So far more than 88,000. New Yorkers have received a dose of the covert 19 vaccine, and that's about a quarter of the more than 347,000 doses. The city is received. Vaccine is currently being given to health care workers and nursing home residents and staff. Five women anchors and reporters who sued New York one's parent company for aged and gender discrimination, have departed the local cable station as part of a settlement ending their lawsuit. In June. 2019 Roma Torrey, Amanda Farinacci, Vivian Leigh, Janine Ramirez and Kristin Shaughnessy claimed charter communications had reduced their on air time due to their ages and pushed for younger looking female reporters. Five women issued a statement saying it was quote in everyone's interest to resolve the dispute and part ways but they would not disclose whether they received payments in a statement. Charter Communications thank the former employees for their quote years of dedicated service. Police say a 39 year old man has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief as a hate crime after derogatory graffiti was found on four Brooklyn synagogues a meal Benjamin of Brooklyn was accused yesterday of scrawling graffiti with a marker pen. Damaging to cabinets and stealing $20 from one synagogue. It's unclear whether he has an attorney governor Cuomo has directed the state Police hate Crimes task force to assist the NYPD in the investigation. Mayor De Blasio has tapped Edward Grayson to officially be New York City's new sanitation commissioner, A 21 Year veteran with the sanitation Department Grayson has been serving is the department's acting commissioner since September, when former commissioner Kathryn Garcia stepped down pried her leading the agency. Grayson oversaw the day to day operations since 2017. As the director of the Bureau of Cleaning and Collection the job runs in his family. His father was a sanitation worker and supervisor and his mother worked as an outreach coordinator for New York City's recycling program in.
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"A M A 20 w NYC This'd is W N. Y. C. FM, HD and AM New York. Good morning. The rollout of vaccines for covert 19 has so far been slower than expected Reasons include local logistics, Ah, lack of funding and staffing struggles. What it'll take to speed things up public health systems of the state local level need much more support going forward if we're going to return to any sense of normal soon. I'm Carrie Nolan. It's morning edition from NPR and W N. Y. C. The economy impacted people very unevenly in 2020 will look at what the new Year may hold. Vaccine distribution is underway in nursing homes and long term care facilities across New York City this week. And we'll have a remembrance of the late, enigmatic rapper MF Doom. It's Friday, January 1st Good morning, 2021. The news is next. Live from NPR news. I'm nor Rahm. The Senate is beginning the New year with a rare and New year's Day session. Unfinished business must be concluded before the new Congress begins Sunday. Senators are to cast procedural votes today and tomorrow, which would clear the way to vote tomorrow on whether to override the president's veto of a major defense fill. The House voted to override it Monday. Senator David Perdue of Georgia has gone into quarantine after close exposure to someone infected with Cove in 19. Purdue is engaged in a tough runoff race. The quarantine takes him off the campaign trail just days before the election. From member station W A. B lily Oppenheimer reports. The Purdue campaign says the senator and his wife both tested negative for the virus Thursday. Even so, per do his wife and his campaign team say they'll follow CDC guidelines. Senator who faces Democratic challenger John Ausaf in Tuesday's election runoff plan to attend a rally with President Trump this weekend in Georgia. Trump will be there in an effort to boost Republican turnout for what is expected to be a very tight contest. The outcome of two U. S Senate run offs and Georgia will determine which party controls the Senate in the next Congress for NPR News. I'm the Lee Oppenheimer in Atlanta. Ah study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a rapid test to detect the coronavirus gives incorrect results more frequently than people who use it may expect NPR's Richard Harris reports rapid test called an urgent tests can give results in 15 minutes, so they're handy for screening large populations like university campuses, nursing homes in prisons. Researchers studied to college campuses in Wisconsin to measure the accuracy of one common indigent test. They compared results with a PCR test, which is the gold standard. They found that the Energon test only detected about 40% of the infections and people who had no symptoms at the time. It did better picking up covert in people with symptoms correctly identifying infections. 80% of the time, the researchers say, Even people with a negative entity in test results should still take precautions, like wearing masks and standard time. Seven hours, three minutes 15 seconds. Universal and a new start for Europe. Now that Britain has left the European Union, Rebecca Rossman reports from Kelly, a port city in northern France. I would say there's a lot of sadness and also a little bitterness. French President Emmanuel Macron gave his annual New year's Eve address yesterday to the French people. And he talked about Brexit. In his speech, he said, You know that the UK will always remain a friend and neighbor of France. But.
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"Edition on W N. Y C at 5 42. Good morning. I'm Carrie Nolan sunrises at 7 20 this morning and we'll see a partly sunny morning Mostly cloudy this afternoon with highs in the upper thirties. Time to check in with John Shaffer for today's gig alert. As we start the new year, I realized the last thing you probably want to something from the old one. But bang on a can, the upstart contemporary music organization that's been doing annual marathon concerts in New York, since 1987 has been offering free streams of its four online marathon concerts done during the pandemic. And today is the last day you can see and hear them. Together. They offered dozens of world premieres and recent works representing composers from around the world. Among them New York's own Missy Mazzoli with her vespers for violin. That's Olivia to Prato playing Vespers for violin. Written by Missy Mazzoli. That's just one of the dozens of works available to stream today from the Bang on a can marathon online concert series. Details or at new sounds dot Warg We've got some wet weather in front of us, but a partly sunny morning, then a chance of rain this afternoon tonight. The rain continues with lows in the upper thirties. Clouds start you Saturday than sunshine in the afternoon, but Sunday's a washout rain all day. With highs in the lower forties 35 clear in New York City right now. Support for NPR comes from member stations.