{"id":153794,"date":"2026-03-05T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153794\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:24:09","slug":"morning-briefing-march-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153794\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: March 5, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Bring out the umbrella.<\/p>\n

Rounds of cold rain are in store today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a0Low 40s
Lows:\u00a0Upper 30s
Cold showers<\/p>\n

Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIntroducing Spectrum News+
Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Mother continues to fight for son\u2019s release from ICE<\/a><\/p>\n

Through tears, Raiza Contreras told of the pain she\u2019s been living through as her son remains in U.S. Immigration and Customs detention.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been nearly 10 months since she last saw her son, Dylan Contreras. The now 21-year-old was detained back in May at 26 Federal Plaza, becoming the first public school student from the Bronx to be held by ICE.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Hochul lobbies rolling back N.Y. climate law, cites high costs<\/a><\/p>\n

After years of defending the state\u2019s landmark climate change law that was passed in 2019, Gov. Kathy Hochul is now making the case to roll it back \u2014 arguing\u00a0the fast-approaching deadlines\u00a0aimed at curbing emissions could be too costly for New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Hochul says the benefits of the state\u2019s climate laws don\u2019t outweigh the cost \u2014 at least not right now \u2014 citing new price estimates released by the state\u2019s entity conducting energy research, NYSERDA, which found New Yorkers and businesses will face \u201chigh costs\u201d if the current law isn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

3. Upper West Side school to remain open after hot mic incident<\/a><\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Department of Education is reversing course and no longer moving forward with a proposal to close a middle school on the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n

Parents say they believe the reason is because of\u00a0an alleged racist comment\u00a0made by a parent during a community education council meeting.<\/p>\n

NY1 spoke with\u00a0Janette Waugh, the mother of the 8th-grader who was speaking at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0House Oversight Committee subpoenas AG Bondi for her testimony in its Epstein probe<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Gov. Tim Walz tells House panel Trump immigration crackdown hampered Minnesota’s fraud fight<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz dies at 89<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Sen. Myrie discusses white-collar crimes bill in N.Y.<\/a>
\nMiddle East tensions push gas prices higher for NYC drivers<\/a>
\nNYPD makes top religious leaders chaplains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Bring out the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[577,25,55625,9,24,56,63,65,64,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-153794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-erin-pflaumer","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}