{"id":203148,"date":"2026-04-20T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203148\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:00:15","slug":"morning-briefing-april-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203148\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: April 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Expect a few sprinkles, even some flurries, during the morning commute.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be below average.<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a0Low 50s
Lows: Mid-30s
Partly cloudy day<\/p>\n

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

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

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0NYPD probes reckless driving, fire at overnight Queens car gathering<\/a><\/p>\n

Security video captured cars drifting around a fire in the middle of the intersection at Eliot Avenue and 69th Street around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, as loud music and screeching tires echoed through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The gathering drew concern from residents online, particularly because the activity took place in front of two gas stations.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Judge declines to dismiss case in 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, setting up 3rd trial<\/a><\/p>\n

The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz is on track for a third trial, after a judge declined Friday to dismiss charges against the onetime New York shop clerk charged with abducting and killing the boy on his way to school.<\/p>\n

Etan was among the first vanished kids to be pictured on milk cartons, and the May 25 anniversary of his disappearance became National Missing Children\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Brunson and Towns lead the Knicks past the Hawks 113-102 in Game 1 of their series<\/a><\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 of his 25 in the second half and the New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-102 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series.<\/p>\n

The No. 3 seed in the East again this season hosts Game 2 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Obama meets Mamdani in New York City before reading to preschoolers<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Mamdani endorses Lindsey Boylan, first Cuomo accuser, in special election<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Former NYPD officer sentenced in cooler-throwing death granted bail as he appeals conviction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Expect a few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[577,25,9,24,56,63,65,64,73913,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-203148","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-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-sarah-ng","17":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203148","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=203148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}