Ferrer's Record: Did He Save the Bronx?
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Once a national symbol of urban blight, the Bronx IS coming back to life… with tens of thousands of new housing units. As we profile the candidates for mayor, WNYC’s Beth Fertig looks at what role Mr. Ferrer really played in that turnaround.
Toxic Valley: Part 3
Friday, July 13, 2001
Now, as WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein reports, some are wondering if the PCB’s have made them sick.
Trauma Center
Thursday, July 12, 2001
Any disease or injury is traumautic, but in emergency rooms, such as this one at St. Barnabas, a private hospital, the medical definition of trauma is quite specific. It is defined by gunshot wounds, stabbings, and head and spinal injuries. A trauma center, though, is not so easily classified.
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Toxic Valley: Part 2
Thursday, July 12, 2001
But the PCBs continued to find their way from the GE plants to the Hudson River, and to roads and private lands.
The Economic Development Corporation
Wednesday, July 11, 2001
But under the Giuliani administration the EDC has wielded tremendous power in making tax deals with companies threatening to leave and throwing its weight behind major redevelopment projects. WNYC?s Patricia Willens spoke with EDC President Michael Carey, and asked him how the agency -- which employs 300 people and manages ...
Toxic Valley: PCBs along the upper Hudson, Part 1
Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Next month the Bush Administration will decide whether to order them to dredge the river bottom - or to leave about 200-thousand pounds of the toxins there. But WNYC has learned that some residents around the Upper Hudson have been living for decades with high levels of PCBs in the ...
Standing on Line
Thursday, July 05, 2001
Newark Arena
Thursday, June 28, 2001
...until the legislation reconvenes in November or a special session is called for a vote this summer. Supporters of the arena say the it would be the latest stepping stone toward the renewal of the state's largest city, which was decimated by riots in the late Sixties. WNYC's Amy Eddings ...
Governing From Federal Prison
Monday, June 25, 2001
One of the politicians Adolfo Carrion, expected to be running for Bronx Borough President, not sitting in jail. WNYC's Beth Fertig reports.
Media Freedom Under Fire?
Friday, June 22, 2001
Gerson Borrero was fired days after his station managers and a representative of the parent company, the Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, held a meeting with the elected officials. Borrero says the congressmembers threatened to prevent the station from renewing its broadcasting license if he didn’t tone down his drive-time show on ...
New Batch of "Bums" Excite Brooklyn Baseball Fans
Friday, June 22, 2001
On Monday, the sounds of a baseball game, and 65-hundred fans, will fill Keyspan Park…but right now, the air echos with the whine of drills and saws. Construction workers are doing last-minute touch-ups on the $39 million dollar city-financed ballpark. This isn't the only new ballpark in town. The Staten ...