September 5, 2024: Midday News

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Two of New York City's largest landlord trade groups, the Community Housing Improvement Program and the Rent Stabilization Association, are joining forces to form the New York Apartment Association. The group is lobbying to push for rollbacks to state rent regulations in order to raise prices on about a million rent-stabilized city apartments. Meanwhile, Times Square shuttle riders now have full cell phone service and internet access between Grand Central Terminal and Times Square. Plus, police are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a man at the Rockaway Avenue station in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, on Wednesday night. Finally, more than 900,000 New York City public school students start classes this Thursday. WNYC's Jessica Gould previews the academic year.