Good evening, New York City. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know about for tonight and tomorrow, as well as your weather outlook.
Your Weather Planner
We’ll have a few clouds around tonight. Otherwise, it’ll be mild and comfortable with lows in the low 60s.
Tomorrow, look for increasing clouds and the chance for a few showers starting around mid-afternoon. Highs will be in the mid-70s.
Our Forecast
 |
Highs: Low 60s Lows: Mid-70s Cool and windy |
Hourly Forecast | Interactive Radar
Today's Big Stories
1. GOP gubernatorial candidates debate tonight on Spectrum News
The Republican gubernatorial candidates hoping to earn their party's nomination will participate in a Spectrum News debate Monday night at 7 p.m.
Rep. Lee Zeldin, selected by the state party as their preferred candidate, will be joined by businessman and onetime comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, former Westchester County executive and 2014 GOP nominee for governor Rob Astorino, and former Trump administration official Andrew Giuliani.
2. Multiple pedestrians struck at 29th Street and Broadway: NYPD
Three people were critically hurt and three others were injured when a yellow cab driver collided with a cyclist and jumped a curb in Manhattan Monday afternoon, the NYPD said.
The southbound cab driver was turning left onto Broadway, at the intersection of 29th Street, around 1 p.m. when he collided with a cyclist traveling southbound, NYPD Deputy Chief John Chell said at a news briefing.
In a separate incident Sunday, a six-year-old boy was struck by a car in Brooklyn.
3. 9 shot, 1 killed, after gunfire erupts in Harlem overnight: NYPD
One person is dead following a shooting in Harlem early Monday morning, according to the NYPD. Darius Lee, a 21-year-old Division I basketball player, was killed.
Police say seven men and two women were shot around 12:40 a.m. in the area of East 139th Street and 5th Avenue.
4. Hochul approves state-level version of John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Provisions meant to strengthen voting rights and ballot access were approved Monday by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul after similar efforts on the federal level have stalled.
The new law will implement a new procedure for political subdivisions, school districts or local governments, that have a history of voter disenfranchisement to apply for pre-clearance for any changes to procedures for holding elections. It will also bar tactics that are deemed to be efforts to intimidate voters and expand language assistance beyond federal provisions, and seeks to prevent the diultion of votes by protected classes of people.
5. Seventh inmate dies on Rikers Island in 2022: DOC
A person who was being held on Rikers Island died early Monday morning, marking the city jail system’s seventh death this year, officials said.
The person, whose name and age weren’t immediately released, was pronounced dead at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island around 1:30 a.m., the city’s Department of Correction said in a press release.
6. NYC firefighter killed by falling tree limb at Biltmore Estate
A New York City firefighter was killed when a tree limb fell onto the vehicle he was driving at the Biltmore Estate, officials said.
Casey Skudin would have turned 46 on Sunday, Fire Department of New York spokesperson Jim Long told a local newspaper. Skudin had 16 years of service and worked in the Rockaway area of Queens with Ladder 137, Long said
In Case You Missed It
Landlords, tenants anxious ahead of Rent Guidelines Board vote
The Rent Guidelines Board will meet on Tuesday at the Great Hall at Cooper Union in the East Village to vote on proposed increases to rent-stabilized units. For one-year leases, rents could go up 2% to 4%. For two-year leases, rents could go up between 4% and 6%.
Two life-long New Yorkers — one a tenant, the other a landlord — are hoping for different outcomes.