{"id":9258,"date":"2025-10-20T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9258\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:54:11","slug":"morning-briefing-oct-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9258\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: Oct. 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, New York City. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>The workweek is off to a cool start.<\/p>\n<p>Expect partly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and highs in the mid-60s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/buf_sun_today-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highs:\u00a0Mis-60s<br \/>Lows:\u00a0Upper 40s<br \/>Cloudy and breezy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\/interactive-radar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIntroducing Spectrum News+<br \/>Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around NYC<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/more-than-150-000-nyc-students-were-homeless-during-the-last-school-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More than 150,000 NYC students were homeless during last school year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than 154,000 New York City public school students were homeless at some point during the last school year \u2014 the highest number ever recorded and equal to one in seven students.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates warn that housing instability creates steep barriers to learning, with 67% of shelter residents chronically absent. Nearly 40% of families are placed in shelters outside their child\u2019s borough, complicating commutes and stability.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/cuomo--mamdani-and-sliwa-trade-jabs-ahead-of-final-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa trade jabs ahead of final debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just days before early voting begins, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa are ramping up their campaigns and their attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani and Cuomo sparred over housing and mental health at a Queens College forum over the weekend, while Sliwa fired back at Cuomo\u2019s claim he\u2019s acting as a spoiler. The former governor insists the race is between him and Mamdani, but both rivals brushed off the suggestion as they made final pitches ahead of Tuesday\u2019s NY1 debate.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/transit\/2025\/10\/20\/car-decouples-on-4-train-in-the-bronx--officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Service returns after 4 train car separates in the Bronx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subway service on the 4 line is back to normal after one of its cars detached in the Bronx on Sunday evening, halting trains near East 149th Street and Grand Concourse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/more-than-150-000-nyc-students-were-homeless-during-the-last-school-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About 60 passengers were safely evacuated with help from firefighters and MTA workers. No injuries were reported, though downtown 4 and 5 trains faced major delays as crews investigated what caused the car to separate from the rest of the train..<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/george-santos-prison-trump-clemency-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">George Santos says he&#8217;s humbled but dismisses &#8216;pearl clutching&#8217; critics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/thieves-strike-louvre-in-brazen-jewel-heist-as-the-world-s-most-visited-museum-shuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/israel-strikes-gaza-after-it-says-hamas-attacked-across-ceasefire-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel says transfer of aid into Gaza is halted &#8216;until further notice&#8217; as ceasefire faces major test<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. 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