Evening Roundup: Nadine Menendez Sentenced to Prison, City Launches New Community Service Program, Students Adjust to Cellphone Ban, and Upstate ICE Raid Sparks Debate

Nadine Menendez, wife of former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for colluding in her husband’s corruption schemes. Meanwhile, New York City is launching the Civic Corps, a new AmeriCorps-style program that pays residents to work in community service roles. Plus, WNYC checks in with high school students on how they’re coping after the first week of New York’s statewide cellphone ban. Finally, Federal agents arrested dozens of people at a food processing plant in Central New York last week. WNYC’s Jimmy Vielkind reports on how the raid became a critical moment in the immigration debate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.