The Seltzer Man: New York Works
Friday, January 18, 2002
Once upon a time in New York City, the seltzer man with his horse drawn wagon was a familiar sight...delivering bottles of fizzy water to the city's tenement dwellers. One of them was Jacob Rosenbloom who began his career on the Lower East Aide in 1919. His son also became ...
Sundance Film Festival
Thursday, January 17, 2002
This is a landmark year for what's considered the premiere independent film event in the US. The Sundance Film Festival is marking its 20th aniversary.WNYC's cultural advisor on film and Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman is checking in this morning from Sundance in Park City Utah.
Albany Round-Up
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Less than a week after the NY state legislature started its 2002 session, it has approved a 3.5 billion dollar deal to raise the salaries of health care workers. The accord is not only good news for health care workers, it's good news for Governor Pataki and the 211 members ...
PS 89 Debates Move Back To WTC Site
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
PS 89, just blocks north of ground zero, has been closed since the September 11th attacks forced students and teachers to evacuate. Since then, the school has moved twice. Now, the Board of Education and some parents say its time for PS 89 to go home, and February 4th has ...
Airline Workers Laid Off
Friday, January 11, 2002
Tens of thousands of people in new york city have been laid off since September 11th. Perhaps the hardest hit have been airline workers, who have faced devastating cuts and lay offs. In the borough of Queens alone, an estimated four thousand airline employees have lost their jobs.
WNYC's Patricia ...
WNYC's Patricia ...
Bloomberg and the Homeless
Friday, January 11, 2002
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed a new commissioner of Homeless Services. Linda Gibbs will take over the post – after previously serving as a deputy commissioner at the Administration for Children’s Services. There are now almost 30 thousand adults and families staying in the city shelter system – a record number. ...
Movie Review: Lantana
Thursday, January 10, 2002
It’s a movie that slipped in virtually under the radar, but Lantana, an Australian drama of adultery and deception, has become one of the most talked-about films in New York. WNYC’s cultural advisor on film and Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman is here with a review.
Bakery in Yonkers Helps "Unemployable"
Thursday, January 10, 2002
It's a difficult time for many of New York's small businesses, but an unusual bakery in Yonkers has plans to expand this January instead of cutting back. Greyston Bakery's mission is to hire those considered "hardest to employ" to ice gourmet cakes and pack brownies into delivery trucks. The cakes ...
Gov. Pataki's State of the State
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Governor Pataki sounded themes of bipartisanship and fiscal responsibility in the post September 11th world, during his his annual State of the State speech. It came at a time of BOTH dimished resources and hotly pursued political ambitions.
The NY Festival of Song
Wednesday, January 09, 2002
The New York Festival of Song offers a crash course in Scandinavian song and culture. WNYC's Margaret Juntwait spoke with artistic director Steven Blier about songs such as this one by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
Gifford Miller in the New York City Council
Wednesday, January 09, 2002
Gifford Miller is about to assume the second most powerful position in City Hall. The City Council is all but certain to elect him Speaker. As WNYC’s Beth Fertig reports, the Upper East Side Democrat has been waiting in the wings for the job…and inherits a very different council.
The year in Film
Friday, December 28, 2001
What defined the year in movies? Was it Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor? Or Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge? Owen Gleiberman, WNYC's cultural advisor on film, looks back at the year in movies.
Five Holiday Movies
Friday, December 21, 2001
This is the season for moviegoers to be grateful. In the next 10 days, nearly a dozen big holiday films are set to be released, most of them with their eyes fixed firmly on the Oscar. WNYC’s cultural advisor on film and
Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman is here with ...
Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman is here with ...
Commentary: The Cuomo-McCall race
Monday, December 17, 2001
The andrew cuomo-carl mcall race for the democratic nomination for governor next year is off to a racially-charged start. that’s bad news for a party still recovering from the divisive ending of the Mark Green - Fernando Ferrer mayoral campaign. WNYC’s Brian Lehrer says maybe the problem is the rules. ...
Afghan Community in New York
Friday, December 14, 2001
An estimated 20,000 Afghans have made their lives in a small section of Queens called "Little Afghanistan." Like so many people in the United States, they are dealing with the attacks of September 11th, but this community also has another worry....the impact of the war in Afghanistan. As WNYC's Leticia ...
The Film
Friday, December 14, 2001
The film "Kandahar" is having its New York release tonight (Friday) at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema. We previewed the movie a few weeks ago, just before an unofficial video screening at Columbia University. Now Judith Kampfner has had a chance to talk to the director and to the woman who's ...
Two Holiday Movies
Thursday, December 13, 2001
George Clooney stages the ultimate heist. Tom Cruise plays a man without a face. The holiday movie season has suddenly arrived, kicking off with a shiny pair of star vehicles. The out-of-the-box hit Ocean’s Eleven is Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the 1960 Rat Pack heist comedy. Vanilla Sky, which opens ...
Critical Time For Downtown Businesses
Thursday, December 13, 2001
This is rush hour at Bits, Bites and Baguettes on Park Place, between Church Street and Broadway. Owner Robert Garber called the turnout pathetic.
"Our catering business is probably down 60 percent...Our foot traffic business is down 50-60 percent due to Church street still being sealed off."
It started off as a ...
"Our catering business is probably down 60 percent...Our foot traffic business is down 50-60 percent due to Church street still being sealed off."
It started off as a ...
A Parish Struggles to Greet Christmas with Joy
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The parish lost 12 members when the World Trade Center collapsed….and five more when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into the neighborhood. All 260 passengers aboard were also killed. WNYC's Amy Eddings visited St. Francis de Sales to see how it was making the transition from a season of grief ...
"God Bless America"
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Now, as Officer Rodriguez of the New York Police Department, he has become a face and a voice that gives comfort to millions of Americans. As WNYC's Margaret Juntwait reports, his first CD single is released today.