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News Articles by Cindy Rodriguez

Laborers Sue Brookhaven for Unfair Housing

September 19, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Lawyers for a group of Latino day laborers have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the Long Island town of Brookhaven is enforcing housing codes in a discriminatory manner. REPORTER: In the past sever....

Hugo Chavez Offers Oil, Training to Bronx Residents

September 18, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited communities in the Bronx this weekend. During a speech at an evangelical church, he offered a group of local residents discounts on oil, medical care and medi....

Boyland Has Name Recognition Advantage in District 41 Race

September 12, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

The communities of Oceanhill, Brownsville and Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn have long been plagued by poverty and crime. But there are signs the neighborhoods are improving – real estate prices are t....

Mediator to Resolve Freedom Center Dispute

September 09, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

A professional mediator has been brought in to resolve the dispute over whether a cultural center belongs near the soon-to-be-built World Trade Center memorial. REPORTER: Peter Woodin most recently ....

Wooden Hired to Resolve Freedom Center Dispute

September 08, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

The dispute over whether a museum dedicated to the "story of freedom" deserves to be at the rebuilt World Trade Center has grown so intractable that a professional mediator has been hired to end it. ....

Six Design Proposals Selected for Flight 587 Memorial

September 02, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Six design proposals have been selected for a memorial in the Rockaways to commemorate those who died during a November, 2001 plane crash that killed 265 people. REPORTER: American Airlines Flight 5....

Candidates Tour City's Worst Housing

August 31, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

The Democratic candidates for Mayor took a tour of what housing advocates call some of the worst buildings in the city. WNYC'S Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: The group Housing Here and Now led a....

Miller Announces $7.2 Billion Housing Plan

August 25, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

City council speaker Gifford Miller says if he's elected mayor he will invest $7.2 billion to create 169-thousand units of housing. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: Miller is the third cand....

A Day in the Life: Gifford Miller

August 24, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Gifford Miller grew up on Fifth Avenue. He graduated from an Ivy League University and his father was a Kennedy appointee. At 35, the speaker of the city council is the youngest candidate running ....

Immigrants Camp-out in Protest After Evictions

August 18, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Some immigrants, mostly from Mexico, continue to camp outside the Long Island home they were evicted from more than a week ago. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: The men, who are all day lab....

Pirro Campaign Off to Rough Start

August 11, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Jeanine Pirro says if elected to the Senate she would support the Patriot Act, permanent tax cuts, and a woman's right to an abortion. But as WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports, Pirro's campaign to unse....

Pirro Promises Campaign Based on Issues

August 10, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

If she wins the Republican nomination for United States Senate, Jeanine Pirro promises to run an issue-based campaign. The Republican District Attorney for Westchester rejected claims that she's in ....

Latino Candidates Struggle in East Harlem

August 10, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

District 8 in Manhattan covers 96th to 110th streets on the upper west side, Randalls Island and a portion of the south Bronx. The majority of the district though lies in East Harlem. Despite that, i....

Pirro Comes Out Swinging in Senate Race

August 09, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro says she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Hillary Clinton in her re-election bid for the United States Senate. Jeanine Pirro issued a pres....

Ferrer Proposes Mandated Affordable Housing

August 05, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer says he has an $8.5 billion housing plan that will create 167,000 housing units over 10 years. Ferrer wants to force developers who participate in large scale rezon....

Hotels for Poor Are Under Pressure to Change

July 27, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Along the elegant side streets of the upper west side, the few remaining Single Room Occupancy Hotels for poor New Yorkers are under pressure to change. SRO owners are finding their prime locations c....

Adult Literacy Program Offers More Than ABC's

July 11, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

New York education advocates have been leading a national fight to restore funding for adult literacy programs. The Bush Administration wants to slash the national budget for GED and English classes ....

Homeless Demand Respect for Potters Field

July 05, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

A group of homeless and formerly homeless people is calling on the city to show more respect to those buried on Potters Field. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: Sitting on Harts Island in t....

City's Largest Homeless Shelter to Close

July 01, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

Mayor Bloomberg has announced plans to close the city's largest shelter for homeless families this September. As WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports, at its peak the shelter housed 1-thousand children an....

Vote Expected on CPB Funding Cuts

June 23, 2005

by Cindy Rodriguez

The U.S. House of Repersentatives may vote as early as today on a bill that would cut at least $100 million in funding for public television and radio stations nationwide. New York's public broadcast....