August 14, 2024: Evening Roundup

Interfaith activists are expressing alarm over a float in this weekend's India Day Parade in Midtown, Manhattan. Plus, WNYC’s Janae Pierre talks with Mike Bobbitt, Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development about its newly awarded funds from the Adams administration to enhance summer programs in underserved neighborhoods. Also, WNYC’s David Brand reports on a housing complex in Queens that happens to be the site of more evictions than anywhere else in the city; the landlord is suing to speed up the process. And finally, real estate listings site, StreetEasy, finds more condos, co-ops and houses are hitting the market, and interest rates could soon start dropping in New York City.