News Articles by Andrea Bernstein

Party! Another Side of the Convention

July 29, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Though delegates ostensibly are in Boston to nominate their presidential candidate, one of the main activities of the elected officials there is attending parties, most sponsored by large corporations....

NY "Hearts" Hillary Clinton

July 27, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention last night, urging Americans to once again, as she put it, elect a president who would leave America in better shape than he found ....

Politics And Punishment On Rikers Island

by Andrea Bernstein

Photo: Mayor Bloomberg appoints Martin Horn as Corrections Commissioner (nyc.gov) " />Politics And Punishment on Rikers Island July 15, 2004 » Listen to the....

Politics and Punishment on Rikers Island

July 15, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

In late 2002 word began to emerge that New York City Correction Department employees were working on Republican political campaigns -- often while on-duty. Now, in the WNYC News documentary: Politic....

Politics and Punishment on Rikers Island: Part II

July 14, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Earlier, WNYC looked at how hundreds of employees of the New York City Department of Correction came to work on Republican political campaigns for a decade beginning in the 1990's, often on City time.....

Politics and Punishment on Rikers Island: Part I

July 13, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

In 2002, in the final weeks of Governor George Pataki's campaign for re-election, word began to emerge that New York City Correction Department employees were working on Republican political campaigns....

Audience Turns Up Heat in 9/11 Hearings

May 19, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

After almost thirteen hours of testimony, the 9-11 Commission concluded their New York City hearings. Yesterday the federal panel grilled city commissioners on the details of emergency procedures, but....

Excruciating Detail in 9/11 Commission Hearings

May 18, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

The September 11th Commission brought its public hearings to the New School University in Greenwich Village today. The focus of today's hearings was how well the city's emergency responders coordinate....

NYPD Implements Strip Search Training

May 14, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

In a break form the past, the NYPD now plans to implement new training to educate officers about the department's strip search policies. This comes after the Civilian Complaint Review board found evi....

Homeless Commissioner Vows to end "Handshake Hotels"

March 24, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

After two decades of housing homeless people in emergency hotel rooms with no formal contracts, the City's homeless commissioner says the agency is in active negotiations with hotel owners to end the ....

9/11 Imagery in Campaign Ads

March 11, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

President Bush is in Long Island today, attending a ground-breaking for a September Eleventh memorial. His visit today - the first to New York in months - comes as Republican Party officials are vo....

Spitzer: Gay Marriage Illegal in N.Y.

March 04, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issued an opinion Wednesday saying gay marriage is illegal in New York, as the law currently stands. That isn't preventing fifty couples in New York City from ....

New Yorkers Decide: Edwards or Kerry?

February 26, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Democrats John Edwards and John Kerry face off in a nationally televised debate tonight, one of two debates before next Tuesday's New York primary. More than deciding between the two candidates on t....

Campaign Notebook: John Kerry

February 23, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Democratic frontrunner John Kerry swept through New York City yesterday to rally his democratic base. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein was with the candidate. She has this campaign notebook. The Kerry ca....

Campaign Notebook: John Edwards

February 23, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Senator John Edwards campaigns in Rochester tonight - his fourth straight day of New York campaign stops. His campaign now has the opportunity its been hungering for, to take on John Kerry, freed of ....

New Transit Hub Looks Like Phoenix Rising

January 23, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

With the unveiling of the new downtown transit hub, officials say the last of the major pieces of the World Trade Center site design are in place. Civic boosters and critics alike say the design is pa....

WTC Memorial Design Chosen

January 07, 2004

by Andrea Bernstein

Listen to the story at NPR A jury in New York City has chosen a design featuring pools of water, a paved stone field, and a grove of trees for the World Trade Center memorial. The choice of t....

Freedom Tower Design Announced

December 19, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

As the deadline for a final design for the 1776 foot tall freedom tower approaches, discussions between its architects have been on again, off again. Yesterday both men, master planner Daniel Libesin....

Freedom Tower Deadline Approaches, No Design Yet

December 12, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

As the deadline for a final design for the 1776 foot tall freedom tower approaches, discussions between its architects have been on again, off again. Yesterday both men, master planner Daniel Libesin....

World Trade Center PATH Station Re-opens

November 24, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

This morning, for the first time since September 11, a PATH train will roll into Lower Manhattan. There is a huge blue and white sign that hangs over the platform. It says World Trade Center Statio....