A bill to protect New York’s beloved bodega cats?  January 23, 2026

 

Rise up, sunshine. Guess who's back? Back again. Just in time for Friday.

 

I'm Coy Wire. Happy Friday. So happy to see you and so happy to soak up some more knowledge and information with all of you.

 

We are going to start withthis impending winter storm for which many of us in the United States are preparing. It is a potentially historic storm with nearly half of the US in its sights.

 

impending [ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ] adj. 即将到来的; 临近的

in sight 看得见

 

The sprawling system is fueled by a blast of frigid air and is expected to bring major amounts of snow, ice and freezing rain to more than two dozen states from Texas all the way east up to the northeast.

 

Major cities like New York and Philadelphia could see their most snow in at least four years. And much of the south is bracing for devastating amounts of ice.

 

I went to Home Depot, they were completely out of ice.

 

I'm looking for rock salt. So then I went to Lowe's and they were completely out. And they called around to the other Lowe's and they were completely.

 

Governors across the country are declaring states of emergency and many cities could see bone-chilling cold as temperatures plunge to potential record lows.

 

31 years working for NOAA, there's only a handful of times that I can remember watches and warnings stretching 2,000 miles, right? And you know, you look at that and half the country's population is going to see some sort of winter weather impact. So you think about travel, you think of the dangers outside.

 

This, like you were saying, this is a triple impact, right? It's the snow. Some areas getting a foot of snow. Some areas getting the ice.

 

So south of that snow are areas that are going to get up to an inch of ice. That brings down power lines. That brings power outages to people.

 

More than 125 million people could be impacted by travel delays, prolonged power outages and dangerous conditions. So let's all pay attention no matter where we live to our local weather forecast so we can be as prepared as possible for the storm.

 

In New Zealand, a devastating landslide hita popular camping area on the country's North Island.

 

A landslide occurs when a massive amount of earth, rock and other types of debris suddenly barrel down steep areas like mountainsides, burying anything in its path. In this case, heavy rains caused a massive wall of debris to slam into this popular camping area at the base of Mount Manganui, burying campers under tons of rubble.

 

barrel [ˈbærǝl] v.【俚】高速行进

mountainside [ˈmaʊntǝnˌsaɪd] n. 山坡；山腰

camper [ˈkæmpɚ] n. 露营者，野营者; （装有露营设备的）露营车

 

This huge tree crack and all this dirt come off like behind me and then I look behind me and there's a huge landslide coming down and I'm still shaking from it now and um yeah and then I turn around and I had to jump out from my seat as fast as I could and just run and then I dived across the other pool and looking behind me and there was a caravan caravan coming like right behind me.

 

caravan [ˈkærǝˌvæn] n. 有篷卡车（或拖车）；露营拖车

 

It was like the scariest thing I've ever experienced in my life.

 

With people still missing as of this taping, authorities are calling the disaster a once in a century event and they continue to search for survivors who may be trapped beneath the debris.

 

Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc, just agreed to settle a lawsuit over social media impacts on young people just days before the start of a trial.

 

A 19-year-old American is suing Snap, TikTok, Meta and YouTube, accusing them of creating addictive features that harm young users' mental health.

 

The other three companies have not announced any settlements and are expected to face a jury in Los Angeles next week.

 

Some legal analysts are comparing this case to the historic lawsuits against tobacco and opioid companies warning of substantial financial loss and rule changes.

 

opioid [ˈopiɔɪd] n. 鸦片类药物

 

Pop quiz, hot shot.

 

About how long have cats been domesticated by humans?

 

2,000 years, 5,000 years, 10,000 or 20,000?

 

If you said 10,000, perfect. Ancient Egyptians are believed to be the first civilization to keep cats as pets.

 

They controlled rodents, protected grain stores and helped protect against snakes.

 

Have you ever been to a cafe or a restaurant where there's like these cats just hanging out inside? Well, New York's beloved bodega cats may soon face new parameters.

 

bodega cat 杂货店猫(是一种栖息在杂货店里的工作猫)

bodega [boˈdiɡǝ] n. 酒店；酒窖; a cellar or shop selling wine and food, especially in a Spanish-speaking country

 

A proposed bill would place them in a legal cat aguri, establishing official health and safety guidelines for cats living in retail food stores.

 

Local New York reporter Lindsay Tuckman has the story.

 

Lidia Aguabilla works at the flower stand at Clinton Fruit Market on 47th and 9th in Hell's Kitchen. Her partner in crime is the bodega's resident cat, Pancha.

 

partner in crime 犯罪搭档、同伙、死党

 

Animals are love, animals are happiness and animals has to be a responsibility for everyone.

 

Pancha and the rest of the city's likely thousands of bodega cats are the reason behind a proposed bill in the state legislature that would establish official health and safety guidelines for cats living in retail food stores.

 

Standards like regular vet checkups, vaccines and designated cat zones separate from food prep areas.

 

Assembly member Linda Rosenthal, who represents the Upper West Side, intro'd the bill last spring and it was moved to the agriculture committee just this month.

 

Assembly [ǝˈsɛmblɪ] n.（大写）立法机构；议会

 

If you adopt an animal from the shelter, they have to be spayed or neutered. You know, no telling where those kitties come from that live in bodegas, but just to make sure.

 

spay [spе] v. 切除…的卵巢

neuter [ˈnjutɚ] v.（委婉语）阉割

 

I mean, they work, you know, keeping mice and other vermin away, but they should also have access to a good place to rest, good food, water.

 

vermin [ˈvɝmǝn] n 害虫（指鼠、虱等）；寄生虫

 

This proposal is separate from city legislation introduced last year that would ease enforcement for stores with cats, which under current health codes are technically not allowed.

 

For New Yorkers who love bodega cats, they hope if the bill passes, the state makes it easy for small business owners to pay for health care.

 

Maybe they don't have, they don't want, you can't afford it maybe, I don't know, but it's something that they could probably make a collection or some people could voluntarily help out.

 

The bill still needs to go through hearings and a vote before anything becomes a law. But one thing is for sure, these guys aren't going anywhere.

 

It's just a matter of if and how they're regulated.

 

Tay-Tay has done it again. Taylor Swift is now the youngest female artist ever to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

 

To qualify, songwriters have to have a notable catalog of music, and they have to wait 20 years after the first commercial release of a song. At 36 years old, Swift is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her first single, Tim McGraw. Taylor released that when she was just 16 years old.

 

Her fellow inductees include Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, and Kiss bandmates Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons.

 

inductee [ˌɪndʌkˈti] n. 入选者; 获选人

 

The youngest artist ever inducted into the Hall of Fame? That would be Stevie Wonder at just 33 years old back in 1983.

 

induct [ɪnˈdʌkt] v. 正式吸收…为会员

 

Today's story, getting a 10 out of 10, a snake-bitten rodeo star.

 

rodeo [ˈrodɪˌo] n. 马术竞赛会；牧人套马表演会

 

10-year-old Juliet Schubert from Colorado is not only a rock star, she is an inspiration, bouncing back from a near fatal snake bite. Last June, she was playing with a friend, she opened a barn door, and bam, she was bitten by a rattlesnake. It was so serious, she had to be airlifted to a second hospital to get treated.

 

rattlesnake [ˈrætḷˌsnеk] n. 响尾蛇

 

Doctors used 18 vials of anti-venom to save her, but it was rodeo season and Juliet needed to get back on that horse to compete.

 

It's the thing that I love to do the most.

 

She rode almost the whole seasons on crutches and she had only one foot in the stirrup because her foot was still swollen from the bite.

 

crutch [krʌtʃ] n. 丁形拐杖，（支在腋下的）撑拐

 

She finished 2025 as the all-around champion in her age group for the Little Britches Youth Association.

 

all-around [ˈɔlǝˈraʊnd] adj. 全能的（同all-round）

britches [ˈbrɪtʃɪz] n. 半长裤，马裤

 

Tough as nails, Juliet now carries the snake's rattle with her as a reminder to never give up, and her mom got her a saddle made to look like what else? Snake skin. Way to not get rattled, Juliet.

 

rattle [ˈrætḷ] v. 使慌乱

 

You are fang-tastic.

 

Now, we have some shout-outs today. The first one, Nadir, go show them that right there.

 

Miss Freeman at the Margaret K. Lewis School in Panama City, Florida, thank you for this wreath, which you make to help raise money for extracurricular activities. Yeah, that's pretty sweet.

 

And Miss Johnson at Prairie Winds Middle School in Mankato, Minnesota, who sent this custom CNN10 word search with some of our trademark phrases and all of the students' names as well.

 

I see you. Well done. Thank you so much.

 

And from our YouTube channel comments, Mr. Green and all our historians at Newport High School in Newport, Kentucky, style is an attitude. Play that Friday music, Nadir. Make this world a better place this weekend.

 

Be the spark of joy that someone needs. I'm Coy, this is CNN10. It's been a blessing to spend this week with you.