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January 29, 2024: Midday News

NYC NOW
NYC NOW
Episode • Jan 29, 2024 • 9m
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joins a chorus of elected officials criticizing the NYPD's recent stop of Councilmember Yusef Salaam. Also, New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects for being “severely outdated” and containing culturally sensitive items. Plus, the Department of Justice is out with its findings regarding former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo after his resignation in 2021 after a string of sexual harassment allegations. WNYC’s Sean Carlson sat with Albany reporter Jon Campbell on Friday of last week, to help break down the findings. Finally, WNYC’s Precious Fondren reports on a Lower East Side bookstore that does weekly Narcan training and hands out free overdose prevention kits but is now facing eviction.

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