Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: 14 New Jersey Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to create what some people are calling the Garden State’s first private school voucher program. Meanwhile, the first 5 battery charging stations for e-bikes are open in New York City. Also, a team of Bronx prosecutors is going to review former detainees’ claims of sexual assault on Rikers Island. That’s in response to a WNYC investigation into more than 700 lawsuits accusing jail staff of abuse. WNYC’s Samantha Max reports. Plus, Westchester County Executive George Latimer is out fundraising his opponent, incumbent representative Jamaal Bowman, in a tight Democratic Primary.
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