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News Articles by Andrea Bernstein

WTC Memorial Finalists

November 20, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

New York is now one step closer to getting a memorial for the September 11 attacks. Yesterday officials unveiled 8 finalists. Selected from among 5200 entries the eight have a varied approach to rem....

Pataki Busy Stumping and Stamping Out Fires

October 28, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Governor Pataki has a busy day stumping around the state for Republican candidates today. This is part of a massive fundraising effort by the governor for the GOP nationwide, which also includes a st....

Private Rooming House Offers Address to Parolees

October 16, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

When prisoners are released on parole, the state requires they have an address. For parolees with AIDS or HIV, that address is often a small private rooming house. As WNYC's Andrea Bernstein found,....

Kathy Boudin Released on Parole

September 18, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Former Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin spends her first full day on parole after 22 years in prison. Her case won national attention when the Bryn Mawr graduate turned fugitive was involved ....

Rebuilding: Plans for the World Trade Center Site

September 10, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Two years ago this month, the world literally looked on in horror as the twin towers collapsed. New Yorkers - and the world shared a communal sense of loss. As the months and years have passed, the ....

Remembering Councilmember James Davis

July 24, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

City Councilmember James Davis, a 41-year-old former police officer, died from gun shots to his chest - a sad coda to a life spent fighting gun violence. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has this report.....

Probes Shine Light on NY State Authorities

July 22, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

A state assembly panel held hearings last week on the conduct of the Thruway Authority. The hearings are just the latest in a series of probes of state authorities, increasingly under scrutiny for fin....

Not Business as Usual in Albany

May 16, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

The 2004 state budget now has the force of law. Both Housese of the State Legislature easily overrode Governor Pataki's 119 budget vetos, even as the Governor said would veto the New York City aid pa....

Gov. Pataki Set For Veto

May 14, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Governor Pataki today is set to veto the budget deal made between the State Senate and Assembly. The vetos over what Pataki has called, "job-killing taxes" are expected to come just a day after Patak....

Incentives for Downtowners Maybe Hurt More Than Help

May 07, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

The deadline for applying for program that gives incentives to live in Lower is May 31. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation is declaring the program a success, saying it has handed out money t....

New Budget Year, Same Budget Woes

April 02, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

The April 1st deadline for the New York State budget has come and gone. The governor, the state senate and the assembly are still far apart. As WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports from Albany, this year's....

Two Finalists Chosen for World Trade Center Plan

February 05, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

The two finalists for the World Trade Center site plan will spend the next three weeks responding to concerns and questions posed by development officials. Those officials will then select a final pl....

FEMA Leaves Some Out in Cold?

January 31, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Today is the last day for people who were hurt financially by the attacks of September 11th, to apply for mortgage and rental assistance from the federal emergency management agency. But, as WNYC's A....

FEMA Leaves Some Out in Cold?

January 31, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

FEMA Leaves Some Out in Cold?

January 31, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Governor Pataki's Budget

January 30, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Governor Pataki has released a $91 billion budget that would close next year's projected $10 billion gap. The budget contains no new income taxes - but does have deep cuts to education and health care....

Pataki's State of the State: A Spoonfull Of Sugar

January 09, 2003

by Andrea Bernstein

Governor George Pataki chose his ninth annual State of the State address to stress some of his favorite themes from his early years - cutting taxes, cutting the size of government - and he hopes, grow....

Bloomberg's Plan for Lower Manhattan

December 13, 2002

by Andrea Bernstein

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out a $10.6 billion plan to transform and revitalize Lower Manhattan from a collection of office spaces to an integrated neighborhood. At the center of the plan....

MTA & TWU Battle For Hearts and Minds of New Yorkers

December 12, 2002

by Andrea Bernstein

The Transport Workers Union lowered its salary demands during negotiations yesterday, saying it would accept an 18 percent raise over three years instead of 24 percent. But the MTA did not budge on it....

Lower Manhattan Super Shuttle

December 05, 2002

by Andrea Bernstein

With both city and state budget cupboards bare, there is one huge pot of money available - billions of dollars in federal funds to improve lower Manhattan transit. As WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports,....