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Midday News: Upstate Town Awarded $27 Million in Water Contamination Suit, Rikers Inmate Dies During Hospital Visit, and Zohran Mamdani’s New Supporters
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The chemical company DuPont is agreeing to pay $27 million dollars to residents of Hoosick, New York whose water supply was contaminated with toxic chemicals. Meanwhile, New York City officials say a man who had been detained at Rikers Island died Wednesday while receiving treatment at Bellevue Hospital. Plus, on this week’s politics segment, WNYC reporters Brigid Bergin and Jimmy Vielkind give us an update on Zohran Mamdani’s new supporters, Andrew Cuomo’s future plans, and the governors race.