January 3, 2024: Midday News

The New York City Department of Buildings is paying a private engineering firm almost a million dollars to investigate the cause of the deadly parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan last April. Meanwhile, Democrat Tom Suozzi says he wants the upcoming special election on February 13th for the house seat vacated by George Santos, to address issues like immigration. Finally, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ strict rules limiting when migrant buses can enter New York City, Texas Governor Abbott has begun sending migrants to city bound train stations in New Jersey. WNYC’s Sean Carlson sat with New Jersey reporter Nancy Solomon to explain.