NJ Cuts The Arts
Monday, March 10, 2003
Not since World War II have so many state governments found themselves so deeply in debt. In New Jersey, Governor McGreevey says a multi-billion dollar budget gap left him no choice but to cut funding to the arts. These cuts amount to less than one tenth of one percent of ...
Fare Increase Voted In
Friday, March 07, 2003
New York City's subway and bus riders will have to pay 2 dollars a ride beginning this May, up from a dollar fifty. Cuts won't be as drastic for unlimited and discount cards. Tolls on bridges and tunnels will also increase, but drivers were not the ones who showed up ...
Mayor Arranges Talks To Settle Broadway Strike
Friday, March 07, 2003
Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally intervened to get musicians and producers back to the bargaining table on Monday for the first time since an economically damaging strike shut down Broadway musicals four days ago. Both sides will negotiate at Gracie Mansion around the clock starting Monday night, according to Bloomberg spokesman ...
Commentary: How We Face Fear
Friday, March 07, 2003
Even the calmest New Yorkers have plenty to worry about these days: the economy, the threat of war and -- perhaps most frightening -- the possibility of another terrorist attack. All of this uneasiness has writer Lisa Kron remembering the way she faced fear as a kid.
Lisa Kron:
I'm lying ...
Lisa Kron:
I'm lying ...
Off To War: Andrew Zilnik
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Military reserve units all over the country are being called to serve. One of the men JUST called up is a 24-year old from just outside of Binghamton New York. You may remember him -WNYC's Marianne McCune spent a day and a half on the USS Nassau as ...
Fare Hike
Thursday, March 06, 2003
The MTA approved a fifty cent hike in subway and bus fares today, the first transit hike in seven years. Subway and bus fares will now be $2. The hikes are set to take effect between May 1 and May 15.
Monthly unlimited-ride MetroCards:
from $63 to $70
Weekly cards:
from ...
Monthly unlimited-ride MetroCards:
from $63 to $70
Weekly cards:
from ...
Repertory Theater at BAM
Thursday, March 06, 2003
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is into the closing stretch of an eight-week run, their longest run for a visiting company. They are presenting The Donmar Warehouse company form London directed by Sam Mendes. The company performs Shakespeare and Chekhov plays in rotation. This is an example of a neglected ...
Off To War: Andrew Zilnik
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Military reserve units all over the country are being called to serve. One of the men JUST called up is a 24-year old from just outside of Binghamton New York. You may remember him -WNYC's Marianne McCune spent a day and a half on the USS Nassau as it came ...
Commentary: Stolen Prison Painting Highlights Changes
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
In 1965 Salvador Dali donated a painting of Christ on the cross to the New York City Department of Corrections. Since then, the painting has been hanging around Riker's Island. Until last week, that is, when someone stole it. The disappearance of the Dali has commentator and public defender David ...
State Has No Business Regulating Kosher Law
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
For 88 years, New York food inspectors had a say in which pastrami can call itself kosher and which corned beef can't. But last May, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York decided the state has no business regulating religious law. And yesterday, the Supreme Court declined ...
Commentary: A February We Won't Forget
Monday, March 03, 2003
Anchor:
Flip the page on your calendars, everyone. It's March first. WNYC's Brian Lehrer says for better or worse, the month just ended is one you'll never forget.
Brian:
To begin with the obvious:
The month began on Saturday the first with the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Welcome to February.
On Wednesday the ...
Flip the page on your calendars, everyone. It's March first. WNYC's Brian Lehrer says for better or worse, the month just ended is one you'll never forget.
Brian:
To begin with the obvious:
The month began on Saturday the first with the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Welcome to February.
On Wednesday the ...
Libeskind Design Chosen, But Will it be Built?
Friday, February 28, 2003
If all goes according to the winning plan to replace the WTC, lower Manhattan will be graced with a 1776-foot spire. Down below, 3-stories of the old World Trade Centers foundation will remain as open walls. The memorial section of the new plan will be free of shadow each September ...
Advisories
Thursday, February 27, 2003
New York City homepage
NYC Department of Emergency Management
New York State Office of Security
Deptment of Homeland Security "Ready Dot Gov"
Traffic advisories from the Department of Transportation
Traffic advisories from MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Is FDNY HazMat Ready?
Thursday, February 27, 2003
The fire department's Hazardous Materials unit was created over 20 years ago to handle industrial accidents with toxic chemicals. But ever since the first World Trade Center attack ten years ago, the department has also had to focus on terrorism. Today's potential threats include a chemical, biological or radiological attack. ...
African American Art at the Met
Thursday, February 27, 2003
For the first time in many years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has mounted an exhibit of African American Art. The show spans the years from 1929 to 1945, and includes prints, drawings and paintings -- some by artists whose names are unknown to mainstream audiences. The works offer illuminating ...
Libeskind Design Chosen
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Thursday at 11AM on AM 820
The design by architect Daniel Libeskind featuring a 1,776-foot spire and an open pit where the twin towers once stood was chosen as the final plan for the World Trade Center site. WNYC's Beth Fertig and New Republic architecture critic Martin Filler will host coverage ...
Terror Alert To Be Lowered
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Administration officials said today that the national terror alert will be lowered from orange to yellow. This suggests that the threat of a terrorist attack on the U.S. is less likely.
The anonymous official said the conclusion of the Muslim hajj holiday period had played a role in the decision to ...
The anonymous official said the conclusion of the Muslim hajj holiday period had played a role in the decision to ...
Keith Haring, The Musical
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
The artist Keith Haring made his name in New York. He began with chalk drawings in the subways and gravitated to murals, political posters and T-shirts. His barking dogs, flying saucers and winged creatures were his recognizable images. A new musical opening at the Public Theater called "Radiant Baby" tells ...
Counting The Homeless
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
The city's first official count of homeless who stay on the streets of Manhattan at night was completed early yesterday morning. About a thousand volunteers, many of them city workers and social service professionals, but others just average New Yorkers, braved the cold to see who they could find. WNYC's ...
Explosion at Staten Island Oil Storage Facility
Monday, February 24, 2003
The explosion at an oil storage facility on Staten Island caught the attention of the metro area on Friday morning. Residents of Staten Island were shaken, some thought of terrorism, others simply thought of safety. WNYC's Leticia Theodore reports.