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September 13, 2023: Midday News

NYC NOW
NYC NOW
Episode • Sep 13, 2023 • 10m
Amidst Mayor Adams' warning of 15% budget cuts due to migrant arrivals, the Biden administration stresses its support for New York City. Meanwhile, Sandra Lindsay, the first to receive a COVID vaccine, is now the inaugural recipient of the now updated Pfizer booster, her sixth COVID shot. In Corona Plaza, Queens, the community still grapples with the effects of a street vendor market's closure by NYC sanitation police. Lastly, Leonard Mack, nearly 50 years on, was exonerated in Westchester for a wrongful rape conviction, with The Innocence Project's crucial intervention. Amanda Wallwin, senior policy advocate for The Innocence Project speaks with WNYC's Sean Carlson about the case.

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