Civilian Patrols in Brooklyn
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The leader of a radical Jewish group is causing a commotion in the city by calling once again for Jewish civilians armed with guns or baseball bats to patrol the streets of Borough Park and South Flatbush to deter terrorists. A man wanted by the FBI told 60 minutes those ...
Armed Civilian Patrols in Brooklyn
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The leader of a radical Jewish group is causing a commotion in the city by calling once again for Jewish civilians armed with guns or baseball bats to patrol the streets of Borough Park and South Flatbush to deter terrorists. A man wanted by the FBI told 60 minutes those ...
Armed Civilian Patrols in Brooklyn
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The leader of a radical Jewish group is causing a commotion in the city by calling once again for Jewish civilians armed with guns or baseball bats to patrol the streets of Borough Park and South Flatbush to deter terrorists. A man wanted by the FBI told 60 minutes those ...
Plenty of "180s" in the News This Week
Monday, June 10, 2002
ANCHOR LEAD: President Bush, who long opposed the idea of a homeland security department, now says that's the best way to prevent terrorism. If that seems like an unusual one-eighty, WNYC's Brian Lehrer says it was actually typical of this week's news.
BRIAN: remember the Woody Allen movie sleeper? In that ...
BRIAN: remember the Woody Allen movie sleeper? In that ...
Movie Reviews: Divine secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Thursday, June 06, 2002
It's Thursday and time for our weekly chat about films. today we've got a different spin on the French Revolution and dare I say the latest chic flick. With me here this morning is Entertainment Weekly's film critic Owen Gleiberman. So let's start with the Divine Secrets of the Ya ...
Visy Paper Mill Seen As Recycling Success Story
Wednesday, June 05, 2002
The Bloomberg Administration and the City Council are expected to miss today's deadline for a budget agreement. One of the sticking points in the negotiations has been the fate of the city's glass, metal and plastic recycling program. Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to suspend it for 18 months, saying it ...
Budget Axe Hangs Over Senior Center
Friday, May 31, 2002
New York City's Department of Aging hasn't escaped the budget axe. Plans to close seven senior centers are angering the elderly and their advocates. They say these facilities are a lifeline for the communities' older citizens. But city officials say with the looming deficit there are no sacred cows as ...
Recovery Efforts End At world Trade Center Site
Friday, May 31, 2002
Yesterday - the city officially ended recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site - even though workers will continue sifting through debris. Today - families will release details on the special family ceremony, which is scheduled for Sunday. A news conference is scheduled for this afternoon. Some victims' families ...
Movie Review: The Sum of All Fears
Thursday, May 30, 2002
The Sum of all Fears is a new thriller based on a Tom clancy novel. It is about a nuclear weapon that falls into the hands of terrorists. Here joining us is Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly.
Brian Lehrer: Andrew Cuomo His Own Worst Enemy?
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Carl McCall has won the backing of the New York State Democratic Party in his campaign for governor. But his endorsement was upstaged by the decision of his rival, Andrew Cuomo, to skip the party convention altogether and go right onto the September primary.
WNYC's Brian Lehrer wonders if Cuomo ...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer wonders if Cuomo ...
Priest Charged with Molesting a Young Girl in 1999
Friday, May 24, 2002
A Roman Catholic priest from India, who was studying and working in New York City, has been charged with sexually abusing a twelve year old girl. The alleged abuse took place in 1999, when Father Francis Nelson was working at St. Mary's Star of the Sea in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. ...
Carl McCall Named Democratic Candidate for Governor
Thursday, May 23, 2002
Carl McCall has been named the Democratic candidate for governor by a majority of delegates at the party's convention in Midtown today. WNYC's Allison Keyes reports.
Movie Reviews: Insomnia and Lagan
Thursday, May 23, 2002
"Insomnia" is a new thriller starring Al Pacino as a cop pursuing a killer played by Robin Williams, in small town Alaska. Here to talk about it plus a new Bollywood film that's making a splash, is Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly.
Mark Hilan: The New "New Normal"?
Thursday, May 23, 2002
New York leaders are, once again, calling on people to carrying on their day-to-day lives "as normal". Governor Pataki held a news conference to do just that following news that the FBI warned NYPD officials about an uncorroborated report of a possible terrorist threat against new york landmarks. But, with ...
End of Recovery at WTC Site
Friday, May 17, 2002
A ceremony marking the end of the cleanup at the site of the World Trade Center will be held on May 30th. There is no plan yet for transforming the plot of land that is now called Ground Zero into a new, living part of the city that also honors ...
On The Edge of Ground Zero
Friday, May 17, 2002
New Yorkers who live and work around the site of the former World Trade Center have developed close relationships with the 16-acre plot of land, which is nearing a critical turning point. WNYC's Sidsel Overgaard recently spent time talking with people on the edges of ground zero and produced this ...
Newark Elects Sharpe James
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Mayor Sharpe James fended off a young challenger to win an unprecedented fifth term after a bruising campaign filled with charges of vandalism, voter intimidation and race-baiting.
Newark Elects Sharpe James
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Mayor Sharpe James fended off a young challenger to win an unprecedented fifth term after a bruising campaign filled with charges of vandalism, voter intimidation and race-baiting.
Postage Paid
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
At the end of June, the cost of a first-class postage stamp will go up to 37 cents, an increase of three cents. WNYC Host and commentator Mark Hilan noted that when it comes to mailing at least ONE of his monthly utility bills, that cost hike will have NO ...