The Update- October 9th

The Update with Brandon Julien

Is this one-word response worse than “K”? It surely seems so. Apparently, replying to a text message with only the word “sure” is interpreted as passive aggressive or uncertain, especially when asking a friend to get together or hang out. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in our continuing coverage of The Turmoil At City Hall, a former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence in a sweeping federal investigation that led to Mayor Adams’ indictment on charges he took bribes and illegal campaign cash from foreign interests. An MTA subway operator is “fighting for his life” after he was stabbed multiple times in Brooklyn by a transit recidivist, union officials said. And in Florida, Hurricane Milton churned toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving.