There Goes The Neighborhood: IKEA Vs. New Rochelle
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
In New Rochelle, a group is fighting plans by the IKEA furniture chain to buy their homes and businesses, and build a huge outlet.
New York State Sues the Gun Industry
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Today, New York became the first state to file a lawsuit against the gun industry. Thirty-two cities and counties already have filed similar lawsuits. Many of those suits claim the gun industry has been negligent in its marketing and distribution practices and flooded the market with illegal weapons. New York ...
Experimental Dance
Friday, June 23, 2000
Choreographer Merce Cunningham announced that he is donating his archives to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Gay Songbook
Friday, June 23, 2000
This year's gay pride parade commemorates the 31st anniversary of the Stonewall riots, but the lyricist Michael Korie has written about a rich gay life in New York going back more than a century.
Lazio Skips Gay Pride
Thursday, June 22, 2000
Republican Senate candidate Rick Lazio is taking some heat for skipping the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York City this coming Sunday
Knoblauch's Throwing Woes
Thursday, June 22, 2000
WNYC sports commentator Lee Lowenfish offers his own unconventional, and rather potent, solution to Chuck Knoblauch's throwing woes.
Gay And Grey
Thursday, June 22, 2000
The documentary "Gay and Grey in New York City" offers a glimpse into the lives of five seniors -- who all came of age and "came out" before Stonewall, before the 1970's, and definitely before TV's "Ellen."
Nassau Resident Prepare to Pay for Bailout
Wednesday, June 21, 2000
Nassau County is preparing for some tough choices. State lawmakers approved a deal that gives the county 100 million dollars in aid in exchange for substantial budget cuts.
Nassau Resident Prepare to Pay for Bailout
Wednesday, June 21, 2000
Nassau County is preparing for some tough choices. State lawmakers approved a deal that gives the county 100 million dollars in state aid in exchange for making substantial budget cuts.
The Art Of Practice
Monday, June 19, 2000
Nearly everyone has either practiced a musical instrument, or lived next door to someone practicing. Sara Fishko visited practice rooms from upper Manhattan to Fort Worth, Texas, to ask the question, 'How do you practice?'
Central Park Assault Victim Speaks Out Against Police
Friday, June 16, 2000
Peyton: "It's eight o'clock?"
Driver, holding out a cell phone: "Rivera? Rivera Show?"
Peyton: "Yeah, yeah yeah."
Driver: "They want to talk to you."
Peyton: "Oh my God. Hello. Hello? Yeah? Your car is waiting for me."
Standing outside her apartment on East 39th Street, twenty-nine year old Peyton Bryant takes a call from ...
Driver, holding out a cell phone: "Rivera? Rivera Show?"
Peyton: "Yeah, yeah yeah."
Driver: "They want to talk to you."
Peyton: "Oh my God. Hello. Hello? Yeah? Your car is waiting for me."
Standing outside her apartment on East 39th Street, twenty-nine year old Peyton Bryant takes a call from ...
Rowdy Fans
Friday, June 09, 2000
Baseball purists may hate it, but inter-league baseball returns to the Bronx tonight when the Mets invade Yankee Stadium for the opener of a three-game series. In recent months, ball clubs have upped measures to control the crowds.
Amazons
Friday, June 09, 2000
You have Michelangelo's David, but have you ever considered a Venus with biceps? The New Museum of Contemporary Art has the first ever art exhibit dedicated to real women with big muscles.
Harold Levy Tackles the City Schools
Thursday, June 08, 2000
Harold Levy Tackles the City SchoolsBy Beth Fertig Next month could be critical for 250,000 New York City public schoolstudents, who risk being held back if they don't catch up during summerschool. Tonight at 8 p.m., Schools Chancellor Harold Levy will host aforum called "School's In For Summer," to be ...
Amazons
Thursday, June 08, 2000
You have Michelangelo's David, but have you ever considered a Venus with biceps? The New Museum of Contemporary Art has the first ever art exhibit dedicated to real women with big muscles.
New Jersey Senate Nomination Goes to Financier Corzine
Wednesday, June 07, 2000
Former Goldman Sachs co-chairman Jon Corzine soundly defeated 30-year political veteran Jim Florio by 58-to-42 percent in his first run for public office.
New Jersey Senate Primary
Tuesday, June 06, 2000
On primary day in New Jersey, the Democrats sling mud while the Republicans struggle to connect with voters in a field left wide open by Governor Christine Whitman's decision not to run.
Ed Koch's year-end press conference
Tuesday, December 26, 1989
WNYC
Mayor Koch speaks about his relation with the black community, after his [purportedly misquoted] sentence of "Jews and supporters of Israel would be crazy to vote for Jessie Jackson, just as blacks and supporters of black causes would be crazy to vote for George Bush." Koch expounds on Jewish and ...
Ed Koch's Press Conference, on His 65th Birthday
Tuesday, December 12, 1989
WNYC
Presentation of a new report on how science and technology can help city operations. The mayor condemns Britain's shipping of Vietnam refugees back to Vietnam. He comments on aging (he turns 65 but he feels young, which he attributes to loving his job), and lists his plans for birthday and ...
Mayor Koch's proposed budget for 1989
Sunday, May 08, 1988
WNYC
Dick Hinchliffe reports on New York City mayor Ed Koch's self-described "austere" proposed budget for 1989.