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Bowery Mission Celebrates 100 Years

by Jenna Flanagan

November 06, 2009

While the Yankees toasted their 27th World Series, there was another celebration on the Bowery. Today is the 100th anniversary of The Bowery Mission chapel. The privately funded social service organi....

Republican Rob Astorino Unseats Spano in Westchester

by Jenna Flanagan

November 05, 2009

Westchester County's executive-elect, Republican Rob Astorino, says his upset of three-term Democratic incumbent Andrew Spano, was a referendum on government spending. ASTORINO: This is a very big m....

Paterson Administration Avoids Kennedy Leak Investigation

by Jenna Flanagan

October 27, 2009

New York State's ethics commission has decided it will not formally investigate Governor Paterson's administration for leaks of Caroline Kennedy's confidential information. The Commission on Public I....

Main Street NYC Returns to Grove Street, Jersey City

by Jenna Flanagan

October 26, 2009

Walking down Jersey City’s Grove Street you could forget there's an economic crisis. On any given weekend, people happily mingle in the Grove Point courtyard at Grove Street’s Path Station, and c....

Food Stamp Enrollments Increase by 30 Percent

by Jenna Flanagan

October 22, 2009

The number of New York City food stamp recipients has increased by almost 30 percent since January of last year to 1.6 million. That's an all time high according to the City's Independent Budget Off....

Elected Officials Condemn Alleged Bias Attack

by Jenna Flanagan

October 13, 2009

The alleged bias attack against a gay man in Queens is drawing expressions of disappointment and exasperation from local politicians. Police say two suspects attacked 49-year old Jack Price, as he w....

First Pedestrians Cross Walkway Over the Hudson

by Jenna Flanagan

October 04, 2009

Hundreds turned out for Saturday's public opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a 19th-century rail bridge converted into a state park in Poughkeepsie. WNYC's Jenna Flanagan was there and has this ....

Walkway Over the Hudson Opens

by Jenna Flanagan

October 03, 2009

The world's tallest pedestrian bridge opens to the public Saturday, 70 miles north of New York City. The Walkway Over the Hudson spans more than a mile over the river, and more than 200 feet over the....

Jay Jacobs to Chair NYS Dem Committee

by Jenna Flanagan

October 01, 2009

New York Democrats are tapping former Nassau County Democratic Committee leader Jay Jacobs to chair the state Democratic committee. Jacobs was elected at a party meeting in Buffalo yesterday. State ....

CDC Urges Pregnant Women to Get Flu Vaccines

by Jenna Flanagan

September 29, 2009

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants pregnant women to know this is the year to get a flu shot. Doctor Siobhan Dolan, a consultant with the March of Dimes, says most pregnant women ar....

NY Leaders Criticize Obama on Political Meddling

by Jenna Flanagan

September 22, 2009

Former and current state leaders are criticising President Obama for interfering in New York's gubernatorial politics. Governor Paterson over the weekend was asked to respond to published reports tha....

ACORN: Organization Will Continue With or Without Federal Funds

by Jenna Flanagan

September 17, 2009

Acorn Chief Executive Bertha Lewis says the organization will continue providing help to those in need despite government officials considering freezing or eliminating the groups funds. Lewis says AC....

Madoff on How to Fool the SEC

by Jenna Flanagan

September 10, 2009

Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff tells a colleague how to throw securities investigators off the track, in a newly-released recording of a 2005 phone call. Warren Levinson reports. ....

DA Candidate Snyder Supports Stop and Frisk, Would Investigate Abuses

by Jenna Flanagan

September 10, 2009

Manhattan District Attorney candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder says if elected she would NOT stop the NYPD's controversial stop and frisk policy. However, she says, her office would examine all cases of....

City Council Considers Its Role in Regulating Airspace

by Jenna Flanagan

August 26, 2009

The City Council is considering what part it should play in any future regulation of the airspace over the Hudson River. Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she wants regulators to take more action ....

City Tests Hybrid Garbage Trucks

by Jenna Flanagan

August 24, 2009

The city's Department of Sanitation is test driving three new hybrid garbage trucks. Commissioner John Doherty says the new trucks should increase fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent compared to....

Cuomo: 3 NY Immigration Services Companies Closed

by Jenna Flanagan

August 21, 2009

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he's sending a message to those who take advantage of immigrants seeking citizenship: it won't be tolerated. CUOMO: We will find you and we're gonna be ve....

Services Held for Hudson Plane Victims

by Jenna Flanagan

August 14, 2009

Services were held this morning in the Philadelphia area, for three of the victims killed last Saturday when their single engine airplane struck a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. Steve....

Congress Mulls Renewal of Child Nutrition Act

by Jenna Flanagan

August 12, 2009

Congress is set to decide whether or not to renew the Child Nutrition Act this fall. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are urging lawmakers to renew the sch....

Nine Die as Plane, Helicopter Collide

by Jenna Flanagan

August 08, 2009

A small plane and a tour helicopter collided and fell into the Hudson River and onto the New Jersey waterfront at Hoboken just after 12 noon. Crash witness Leo Pellegini, was working with the Hoboke....

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