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<\/p>\nGood morning, New York.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n
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Warm and breezy with a chance of showers amd storms today. Isolated severe storms possible, especially west & north of Albany. Highs in the 70s\/80 for most.<\/p>\n
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Capital Region Hourly Forecast<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Hudson Valley Hourly Forecast<\/a><\/p>\n Around New York<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0New York’s power grid faces historically thin safety margin heading into summer<\/a><\/p>\n New York’s power grid will operate on its smallest-ever surplus capacity this summer, raising concerns about potential blackouts if the state experiences an extended heat wave, according to a new\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0from the New York State Independent System Operator.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Siena poll: Hochul sees drop in favorability, approval ratings, while lead over Blakeman in governor’s race grows<\/a><\/p>\n According to the poll, Hochul holds a 16-point lead over Blakeman, 49-33%, up three points from 47-34% in March.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Epstein survivors testify at N.Y. state Capitol to advocate for stronger survivor protections<\/a><\/p>\n For the first time, women who have publicly identified themselves as survivors of Jeffrey Epstein spoke before a legislative body at the New York State Capitol Monday.<\/p>\n Around the Nation<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Experts say high-profile Supreme Court shadow docket cases have increased, with major implications for Trump and the nation<\/a><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Gas prices up 35 cents a gallon over past week; volatility expected to continue<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0U.S. fights to reopen Strait of Hormuz as UAE comes under attack in test of Iran truce<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Warm and breezy with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[206,577,25,256,199,9,11,10,49,51,50,380],"class_list":["post-220504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-albany-capital-region","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-app-top-stories","tag-capital-region","tag-hudson-valley","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220504","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=220504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\")
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