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News Articles by Amy Eddings

Sean Bell Case to be Tried Before a Judge, Not a Jury

January 25, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The Sean Bell case will be decided by a judge, not a jury. The three detectives charged in the case requested a bench trial today, and a state supreme court justice formalized the arrangement. The ....

Governor Spitzer Unveils Budget He Says Will Close Deficit

January 22, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Governor Spitzer is proposing a $124 billion budget he says would close a $4.4 billion deficit, while spending more on schools, health care coverage for kids, dealing with declining growth caused by ....

Spitzer Announces Changes to Juvenile Detention System

January 15, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The tragic death last year of a Bronx teenager in a residential juvenile facility upstate brought fresh scrutiny to how New York deals with its young offenders. And here's what we learned: 70 percen....

Corzine Begs Lawmakers to Tackle NJ's Budget Woes

January 08, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Governor Corzine used his state of the state address today to beseech lawmakers to tackle New Jersey's chronic budget woes by hiking highway tolls by fifty percent, in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. REP....

2008 Begins With Four Murders

January 02, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Police say 26-year-old Sam Schley was the first murder of 2008. He was shot in the chest. Thirty-nine minutes later in the Bronx, a teenager, Kenny McClinton, died after being stabbed twice in the s....

Baseball Pitcher Maintains Innocence in Steroid Controversey

December 18, 2007

by Amy Eddings

Roger Clemens denied allegations by his former trainer that he took performance-enhancing drugs, calling them "a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take." The accusations....

Long Island Couple Convicted of Keeping Slaves

December 17, 2007

by Amy Eddings

A federal jury in Long Island found a millionaire couple from Muttonville guilty of enslaving their two Indonesian housekeepers. The jury convicted Mahender Sabhnani and his wife, Varsha of all 12 c....

NJ Senate Votes to Abolish Death Penalty

December 10, 2007

by Amy Eddings

NJ's Democratic-led state senate voted today, 21-to-16, to abolish capital punishment, persuaded by a special commission's report last January that capital punishment was more costly than life in pri....

New York Governor Launches Investigation into Tainted Toys

December 10, 2007

by Amy Eddings

Stores in New York are still stocking toys with unsafe levels of lead, according to the state Consumer Protection Board. A review, ordered by Governor Spitzer last summer after a number of national ....

Tragedy for Window Washers on the Upper East Side

December 07, 2007

by Amy Eddings

City buildings officials say scaffolding falls are down dramatically this year, but that's no consolation for the families of two Ecuadorian immigrants, who fell this morning from a high rise on the ....

School Recycling Lags Behind City Recycling

November 29, 2007

by Amy Eddings

As we head into the homestretch of 2007, New York City looks like it will quietly miss an environmental goal it set for itself last year, in its solid waste management plan -- to recycle 25 percent o....

Judge Orders “Grinch” Back to Work

November 21, 2007

by Amy Eddings

This holiday season, there will be only ONE grinch in New York City.... the green guy who will once again appear on stage in Dr. Seuess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Manhattan State Supreme Court....

Spitzer Drops Plan for Immigrant Drivers Licenses

November 14, 2007

by Amy Eddings

After a torrent of criticism and the worst ratings of his political career, Governor Eliot Spitzer has dropped his plan to issue drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants. In a press conference in ....

Pope Benedict to Visit New York in Spring

November 12, 2007

by Amy Eddings

Pope Benedict the 16ht will visit the United States next spring for the first time as pontiff, and he'll be making a stop in New York City. Benedict's trip to the US, from April 15th to April 20th, ....

Coroner Releases Cause of Death for Carol Gotbaum

November 09, 2007

by Amy Eddings

An autopsy shows that New Yorker Carol Anne Gotbaum, who died in police custody at a Phoenix airport, accidentally strangled herself. The report by an Arizona medical examiner says Gotbaum was intox....

Writers Throw Down Their Pens in Hopes of Better Treatment

November 05, 2007

by Amy Eddings

New York City film and television writers started their strike today by picketing at Rockefeller Center, near NBC's studios. REPORTER: They were accompanied by a giant, inflatable rat, a familiar pr....

Attorney General Sues Lender for Inflating Housing Prices

November 01, 2007

by Amy Eddings

New York Attorney General says one of the nation's biggest real estate appraisal companies colluded with the bank, Washington Mutual, to inflate home values and, as a result, helped set the current m....

Port Authority Toll Hike Could Hurt Congestion Pricing

October 31, 2007

by Amy Eddings

The mayor's proposal to charge drivers to enter much of Manhattan could be facing new political hurdles. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says that, after New Jersey's legislative electi....

Sub Prime Foreclosures

October 23, 2007

by Amy Eddings

The bad news of the sub prime mortgage crisis is not going away, despite promises by President Bush himself to do something about it. Foreclosures are expected to reach 15,000 by December, more than....

NYU To Set Up Campus in United Arab Emirates

October 15, 2007

by Amy Eddings

The government of Abu Dhabi has agreed to finance a new liberal arts campus for NYU. In exchange, the university hopes to build a significant presence in the Middle East. WNYC’s All Things Consid....