Santos 'will NOT resign'; East Side Access project delayed again due to vent problems; plus more

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Wednesday January 11, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT ['I will NOT resign': George Santos defiant as Long Island GOP leaders call for him to step down]( [Republican Rep. George Santos (R), currently under federal investigation, leaves following a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on January 10.]( [Santos, who represents the 3rd Congressional District covering northern Long Island and a portion of Queens, tweeted that he was "elected to serve the people of #NY03 not the party & politicians."]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A photo of the MTA's Grand Central Madison station.]( [MTA's East Side Access project delayed again due to vent problems]( [It's the latest hiccup for the project, which is running more than a decade behind schedule and more than $7 billion over its original budget.]( [Nurses from Montefiore Medical Center march during their strike in front of the medical center in the Bronx, on January 10, 2023.]( [NYC nurses' strike day 3: Montefiore inches closer to a contract as it scrambles to staff units]( [On Wednesday, Montefiore representatives shared some of the latest offers it had put on the table.]( [Nurses on the picket line at Mount Sinai Hospital.]( [Nurses detail turmoil inside NYC hospitals amid strike: ‘People don’t know what they’re doing’]( [Sources described out-of-practice physician assistants triaging patients, non-union nurses working marathon shifts and ambulances stuck in traffic.]( [A photo of the US Supreme Court building]( [U.S. Supreme Court allows New York to continue to restrict guns in 'sensitive places' — for now]( [The high court ruling means the state can prohibit firearms from places like Times Square, Madison Square Garden and neighborhood playgrounds while several court cases play out.]( [Passengers were delayed Wednesdays due to an FAA computer outage]( [NYC-area airports temporarily halt takeoffs as FAA grapples with nationwide computer outage]( [Flights resumed around 9 a.m., hours after an early warning system for pilots malfunctioned, according to the federal agency]( [Two people lay on a Manhattan sidewalk.]( [What you need to know about NYC’s upcoming street homeless count]( [The annual count of people living on city streets begins Jan. 24.]( [New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, in Albany. She proposed automatically raising the state's minimum wage with the rate of inflation.]( [As costs rise, Gov. Hochul proposes linking minimum wage to inflation]( [Research has found inflation-adjusted pay increases do not significantly reduce job numbers or impact inflation.]( [In 2015, DEP invested $30 million to make energy efficiency upgrades at a separate wastewater facility in Port Richmond, which included the installation of rooftop solar panels.]( [Who will be Staten Island’s next top sludge thickener?]( [The $79 million project will replace decades-old equipment with more efficient alternatives.]( [Little Island in the evening fog]( [Extra Extra: 'The fat cats get fatter']( [Because Goldman employees are on edge about their looming layoffs, here are your end-of-day links: Prince Harry thought cocaine was panettone sugar, the BQE still doesn't have weight sensors, you can smoke in congressional offices again and more.]( [New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.]( [Experts say the success of Gov. Hochul’s plan to house New Yorkers with mental illness will hinge on staffing, long-term options]( [We found three cities that have enacted similar plans and asked how it went.]( [New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy meets with Senate President Nicholas Scutari, right, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, second right, before he delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton.]( [Liquor, taxes, guns: Lots of questions after NJ's State of the State for 'Ask Governor Murphy']( [The governor returns to WNYC at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the monthly call-in show.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.