Parent Coordinators
Monday, September 22, 2003
This fall, each of the city's 12-hundred schools has a new Parent Coordinator. These coordinators are seen as a potential catalyst in the chancellor's reform of the school system. In our ongoing series, Reading, Writing and Reform, WNYC's Beth Fertig has this profile of one parent coordinator in Bedford Stuyvesant.
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Labor Days: Part 3
Friday, September 19, 2003
Former clients of the Elizabeth Seton Childbirthing Center in Manhattan are mourning the demise of the pioneering institution. It closed late last month, but the center might still be setting trends: other nurse-midwife practices around the city -- and around the country -- say economics could drive them out of ...
Afrobeat Music Gains New Audience
Friday, September 19, 2003
Nigerian Afrobeat music from the 1970's is gaining a brand new audience in New York. There are now a dozen young Afrobeat bands around town. Its creator Fela Kuti died in 1997. Judith Kampfner reports on the evolution of a new cultural icon.
Kampfner: Vivien Goldman a music writer traveled the ...
Kampfner: Vivien Goldman a music writer traveled the ...
Kathy Boudin Released on Parole
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Former Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin spends her first full day on parole after 22 years in prison. Her case won national attention when the Bryn Mawr graduate turned fugitive was involved in a robbery that left three people dead. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.
The Kathy Boudin case has always ...
The Kathy Boudin case has always ...
Hurricane Isabel
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
A tropical storm warning remains in effect for portions of the metro area. A wind advisory is also in effect through this morning. A high surf advisory continues out to Montauk Point. Isabel is moving toward the north-northwest near 23 mph. The center of Isabel is expected to ...
Zankel Halls Opens
Friday, September 12, 2003
One hundred and twelve years ago, the first notes of a piano recital rang out from Carnegie Hall - not from the main auditorium - but from a subterranean concert space, below West 57th Street. Tonight, after many different incarnations and renovations, a new performance space, Zankel Hall, opens. WNYC's ...
9/11: Two Year Anniversary
Friday, September 12, 2003
There were memorials and ceremonies throughout the city yesterday marking the second anniversary of the September 11th attacks. WNYC's Beth Fertig has this look at how the city and New Yorkers were mourning the event two years later.
Two years ago, the corner of Bleecker and Laguardia Place in Greenwich Village ...
Two years ago, the corner of Bleecker and Laguardia Place in Greenwich Village ...
Immigrants Struggle in Garment Industry
Friday, September 12, 2003
The largest manufacturing industry in New York city remains apparel. But the economic down turn that worsened after the 2001 terrorist attacks dealt a large blow to an industry already shrinking. The immigrants employed in garment factories say two years later they continue to struggle to keep steady work. WNYC's ...
Rebuilding: Plans for the World Trade Center Site
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Two years ago this month, the world literally looked on in horror as the twin towers collapsed. New Yorkers - and the world shared a communal sense of loss. As the months and years have passed, the effort to decide what to do with the site has also been very ...
Ridgewood, NJ: Two Years Later
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
As residents of the NY Metro area quietly reflect on how the world around them is different since the attack which brought down the Twin Towers -there are small memorials and services planned in many of the towns that circle the city. Close to 700 of those killed on 9-11 ...
Reading, Writing and Reform: Part 3
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
New York City is home to the nation's largest school system. The start of school yesterday was even more of a challenge. Under the leadership of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the school system has launched a whole new curriculum. Bloomberg has also overhauled its management structure. Beth Fertig of member station ...
Insurance Industry Continures to Feel Sting of 9/11
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
The attacks of September 11th dealt the largest blow to the insurance industry in history, forcing insurers to pay out forty billion dollars in claims and changing the way they do business. Two years later, many businesses continue to feel the sting. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman reports.
AZ: Leon Eastmond's ...
AZ: Leon Eastmond's ...
9/11 Anniversary Ceremony
Monday, September 08, 2003
WNYC AM and FM is altering its schedule on September 11th to carry live coverage of the 9/11 Anniversary Ceremony in the morning. The ceremony will be re-broadcast at 8:00PM on AM 820.
On AM 820
5:00am -- Morning Edition, hosted by Soterios Johnson.
8:30am -- ...
FDNY Issues Commemorative Medals
Monday, September 08, 2003
If you see any New York City firefighters wearing their navy blue dress uniforms, you may be able to tell where they were on September 11th. This year, the fire department gave out commemorative medals to every firefighter who was working during the attack on the World Trade Center. But ...
Labor Days: Part 2
Friday, September 05, 2003
Why c-sections are coming back strong after years of declining.
About one in four American women deliver babies by cesarean section. Many care-givers, health officials and patient advocates think that's too many. Through much of the 1990s, c-section rates were declining, but in recent years they have started to increase again. ...
Saving for College
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
In a city where parents of newborns fret about which pre-K program will set their child on the right path to a good university, it's never too early to plan how to pay for that higher education. WNYC's Soterios Johnson spoke with financial journalist Beth Kobliner to get some tips ...
Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
On Thursday September 4 at 8PM on AM 820, WNYC will air a debate among all 9 of the presidential candidates. The debate is courtesy of PBS, Univision and Thirteen/WNET and can be seen live on Thirteen/WNET.
The debate takes place ...
An Ikea in Red Hook?
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Click here to view a slideshow of Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.
IKEA, the Swedish furniture store, is known as much for its huge stores as its inexpensive, stylish, ready-to-assemble products. Plans to open IKEA stores in New Rochelle and near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn raised a public ...
Reading, Writing and Reform: Part 2
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Though classes won't start until next week, New York City's 80-thousand teachers are returning to work today. They're learning the new curriculum for math and literacy - which will be used in all but a couple of hundred exempted schools. Creating a unified curriculum is key to the Bloomberg administration's ...
Commentary: Non-Partisan Elections?
Monday, September 01, 2003
Last week, Mayor Bloomberg's Charter Revision Commission approved a ballot question for this November: Should the city institute non-partisan elections? The mayor says it's a way to increase voter turnout and weaken entrenched machines. But WNYC's Brian Lehrer is wondering: is this all there is?
Brian: Let me make clear ...
Brian: Let me make clear ...