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Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n Around NYC<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0City budget dramatically expands eligibility for half-price transit program<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n A budget agreement between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council makes 340,000 more people eligible for the half-priced Fair Fares transit program.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are making public transit more affordable for low-income New Yorkers by increasing the baseline for fare fares by $54 million,\u201d Mamdani said yesterday.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0SCOTUS ruling sparks protest at Stonewall<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Transgender athletes are now banned from girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sports in more than half the country.<\/p>\n New York isn\u2019t one of those states, but last night, people gathered at the Stonewall National Monument worried the decision reaches much farther than the playing field.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Mamdani and City Council agree on new housing voucher program<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n A massive divide between the City Council and Mayor Zohran Mamdani over how to fund an expensive housing voucher program almost kept the city\u2019s budget from being passed on time.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, the socialist mayor argued it was too expensive for the city to keep paying for it \u2014 while the City Council got him to agree to add a new program that lawmakers say will actually curb cost increases.<\/p>\n Around the Nation<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Serena Williams loses in opening round at Wimbledon in her 1st singles match in nearly 4 years<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\")
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