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Today's Big Stories

1. Arrest expected in subway chokehold death: Manhattan DA

Daniel Penny is expected to be arrested in connection to the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, the Manhattan district attorney's office said.

He will be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree, according to the office.

2. 'The right decision': Adams defends suspending 'right-to-shelter' rules

Mayor Eric Adams defended his decision to suspend parts of the city’s “right-to-shelter” law on Thursday, calling it a difficult choice forced by a “real-life humanitarian crisis.” 

Speaking to reporters a day after he issued an executive order suspending sections of the law, which requires the city to provide shelter to anyone in need, the mayor said his administration was “doing the right thing.”  

3. Reps. Ryan, Lawler call on Biden to declare state of emergency for New York over 'migrant crisis'

The three congressmen representing the Hudson Valley — two Republicans, one Democrat — are demanding that President Joe Biden declare a state of emergency for New York because of the large numbers of migrants arriving in the state from the southern border.

Reps. Pat Ryan and Mike Lawler joined Thursday in calling the migrant surge “untenable.” Rep. Marc Molinaro argued the current situation “cannot continue.”

Two buses of migrants sent from New York City arrived in the town of Newburgh, Orange County, Thursday morning.

4. U.S. Supreme Court tosses convictions of Alain Kaloyeros and former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco

The bribery and fraud conviction of a former close aide and confidant to ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was tossed by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in a decision upending a milestone corruption case.

The court's decision also overturned the conviction of Alain Kaloyeros, the former top official of SUNY Polytechnic who was convicted as well in a sweeping bribery and fraud case. 

5. Two more people die from injuries in fire in Washington Heights: officials

Two more people who suffered critical injuries in a fire in Washington Heights Sunday have died from those injuries, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said Thursday.

The death toll of the fire now stands at four. Fire officials said on Tuesday that two other people died of injuries sustained in the blaze.

6. NYU researcher calls attention to lack of health research on Asian American community

When it comes to improving health problems that affect the Asian American community, Stella Yi says the solutions can be found in research, but that becomes a problem when the data just isn’t there.

She says she’s trying to change that through her work in studying health disparities by calling attention to problems in the way health data is gathered, categorized and aggregated by race and ethnicity, especially as it pertains to the Asian diaspora.

7. White House: Debt limit meeting pushed to next week as staff talks continue

President Joe Biden’s follow-up meeting with congressional leaders on averting a potential default was postponed on Thursday to next week, the White House House said, presenting the news as positive as staff-level talks on raising the debt limit continue.

The meeting was originally set for this Friday after Biden met Tuesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Since then, their staffs have been meeting on finding a way forward to ensure the government can meet its funding obligations — while also considering deficit cuts for the coming fiscal year.