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Today’s Big Stories
1. Where the candidates for mayor stand on child welfare issues
For months, day in and day out, the candidates for mayor have been stumping, repeating their priorities and campaign messages. But one topic they never touch on: child welfare.
In New York City, Julissia Batties, Jelayah Eason, Jameik Modlin and other children have been killed in recent years, allegedly by parents or caregivers — illustrating the high stakes for the city’s child welfare agency, the Administration for Children’s Services.
NY1’s Annika Pergament asked the candidates how they would manage the agency tasked with keeping children safe.
A New York man who was pardoned for crimes committed during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York State Police said today.
According to a felony complaint, Christopher Moynihan, 34, sent text messages on Oct. 17 saying “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live” and “Even if I am heated he must be eliminated,” followed by “I will kill him for the future.”
3. Affordability, housing and public safety top of mind for Riverdale voters
Situated in the Bronx’s northwest section, Riverdale’s total population as of the last census stands at just under 100,000 residents, with a large white and Hispanic population.
And while the neighborhood has a larger number of homeowners, residents told NY1’s Bernadette Hogan that affordability concerns are giving them pause as to whether they can afford to stay in the community for the long-term.
Meanwhile, Catherine Chen, CEO of the Asian American Federation, joined “News All Day” to discuss some of the top issues for Asian American voters ahead of the mayoral election.
And Elizabeth Glazer, the founder and co-editor of the publication “Vital City,” joined the show to discuss how public safety and Rikers Island factor into the race.
4. Mahmoud Khalil appears in appeals court as Trump administration continues efforts to deport him
Mahmoud Khalil appeared today in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia as he continues to challenge a deportation case brought by President Donald Trump’s administration over his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University.
The hearing before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals came as the government seeks to overturn a lower court order granting Khalil’s June release from a Louisiana immigration jail.
5. Vance visits Israel and says ceasefire in Gaza is going better than expected
Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism today about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new center in Israel for civilian and military cooperation.
Vance noted flareups of violence in recent days but said the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10 is going “better than I expected” after two years of war between Israel and Hamas. The Trump administration’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, added that “we are exceeding where we thought we would be at this time.”
6. White House: No Trump-Putin meet ‘in the immediate future’ after Budapest summit floated
President Trump’s plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been postponed with no summit set to occur “in the immediate future,” a White House official confirmed to Spectrum News today, the latest twist in his stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine.
The meeting was announced last week and was supposed to take place in Budapest, Hungary, in the near future. However, the idea was paused after a call between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to the official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Inside the play confronting antisemitism on a New York stage
“Playing Shylock” is making its New York premiere at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Written by Mark Leiren-Young and directed by Martin Kinch, the production explores themes of antisemitism, identity and artistic freedom.
The play stars veteran actor Saul Rubinek as a version of himself, addressing a canceled performance of “The Merchant of Venice.” The show runs through Dec. 7.