What to Know
- New York passed a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags and planned to approve tolls for driving into the busiest sections of Manhattan
- The man accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride had turned on the child locks in his backseat
- A man was thrown on the subway tracks during a fight on a platform in Brooklyn, police said
Monday, April 1, 2019
Happy Monday! You are going to want to bundle up like it's winter again. Highs will be in the 40s, but wind chills will make it feel much colder. As always, get the latest forecast at nbcnewyork.com/weather.
1. Manhattan Tolls, Plastic Bag Ban Approved in NY Budget
New York's Democrat-controlled Legislature passed a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags and planned to approve tolls for driving into the busiest sections of Manhattan starting in 2021 as part of a $175.5 billion state budget agreement worked out with Gov. Cuomo.
The Assembly and Senate passed the plastic bag ban legislation Sunday afternoon to start what was expected to be an all-day session that could spill into early Monday, when the spending plan for the 2019-2020 state fiscal year is due to be in place.
Other agreements in the budget include the closure of up to three yet-to-be-determined state prisons, eliminating cash bail for misdemeanor and non-violent felony arrests, a permanent, annual 2 percent cap on local property taxes, and another $1 billion for public education.
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2. Ride Share Mistake Led to Death of S. Carolina Student
The man accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride had turned on the child locks in his backseat so the doors could only be opened from the outside, police in South Carolina say.
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook also said investigators found the victim's blood in Nathaniel David Rowland's vehicle.
Rowland, 24, was arrested and charged in the death of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey.
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3. Man Thrown on Subway Tracks in Brooklyn: Police
A man was thrown on the subway tracks during a fight on a platform in Brooklyn, police said.
The 29-year-old victim got into a dispute with the man in the 95th Street Subway Station that turned physical, the NYPD said.
The suspect threw the victim onto the R train subway tracks, police said.
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