{"id":188111,"date":"2026-04-07T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188111\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:02:09","slug":"morning-briefing-april-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188111\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: April 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Be ready for chilly winds today.<\/p>\n

We can expect readings to reach the 50s but feel like the 40s, with dry skies.<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a0Low 50s
Lows:\u00a0Mid-40s
Chilly wind conditions<\/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.\u00a0New metric says ‘true cost’ of NYC is unaffordable for most<\/a><\/p>\n

A new way to measure the economic well-being of New Yorkers shows millions fall short. The metric is referred to as the “True Cost-of-Living,” detailed in a new report that City Hall released.<\/p>\n

The report was drafted as part of a citywide ballot measure voters approved more than three years ago, along with a report to address racial inequities.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Knife-wielding man in stable condition after being shot by police in Harlem<\/a><\/p>\n

A man is in stable condition after being shot by police early Monday morning in Harlem. The man is currently in custody at Harlem Hospital. His name has not been released, and as of 6 p.m. Monday, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video shows the moments before police shot the knife-wielding suspect outside a supermarket.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Hundreds mark Passover with anti-ICE protest<\/a><\/p>\n

On the sixth night of Passover, hundreds, of all ages, gathered in Union Square not just to celebrate, but to demand change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t really celebrate a holiday of liberation when so many of our neighbors are in captivity,\u201d Sophie Ellman-Golan of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice said.<\/p>\n

Their demand is to pass the” New York for All Act,” which would limit how much state and local agencies cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Key Fed official sees possible rate hike amid higher gas prices, inflation concerns<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Man cleared in the killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay could soon be freed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Be ready for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[577,25,313,9,24,56,63,65,64,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-188111","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-deanna-garcia","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\/188111","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=188111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}