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Massive Arrests in Gambino Crime Family

by Soterios Johnson

February 08, 2008

The mob is still alive and well in New York. That's one of the messages from federal authorities yesterday, as they indicted 62 alleged Gambino crime family members and associates. They're charged ....

Early Attendance at Polling Sites

by Soterios Johnson

February 05, 2008

This morning, WNYC visited several polling sites around the tri-state area. (Including New Jersey, Manhattan and Queens.) Reporter Nancy Solomon, and WNYC's Arun Venugopal and Richard Hake, live at ....

Preview of America's Exit Poll

by Soterios Johnson

February 04, 2008

One day to go until Super Tuesday. What once appeared to be a chaotic scramble for the presidential candidates to get their party's nomination is now down to 2, 2-horse races - Hillary Clinton and B....

Vulnerability in Voting Machines

by Soterios Johnson

February 04, 2008

As voters head to the polls tomorrow, many will be facing new electronic voting machines. In New Jersey, this is the first presidential primary where voters in all of the state’s 21 counties will b....

New Jersey Politics Wrap-Up

by Soterios Johnson

February 01, 2008

That was the sound of evening commuters heading home to New Jersey from the World Trade Center PATH station this week. And what a week it was! Both the Republicans and Democrats saw major contenders....

A Day Trip to Chappaqua

by Soterios Johnson

January 31, 2008

Senator Hillary Clinton's adopted hometown is waiting to see if its most famous residents are going back to the White House. People in Chappaqua have gotten used to their celebrity neighbors, though....

Giuliani Places 3rd in Florida

by Soterios Johnson

January 30, 2008

Rudy Giuliani is expected to step down and head to California to endorse John McCain. After staking his entire campaign on a Florida victory, the former mayor got just 15% of the vote, far behind Jo....

New York Goes to Sundance

by Soterios Johnson

January 25, 2008

The Sundance Film Festival is currently underway in Park City, Utah. It wraps up on Sunday. This year, there are only a handful of New York filmmakers and films in the festival. We called New York-b....

A Local Look at Economic Slowdown

by Soterios Johnson

January 23, 2008

So where do we go from here? Will Wall Street steady itself after yesterday's bumpy ride and what does this mean for our local economy? With us now to help answer those questions is David Wyss. He....

Challenges to New Jersey's Voting Machines

by Soterios Johnson

January 16, 2008

In the aftermath of voter outrage over the conduct of the 2000 elections, both federal and state government committed to bring more integrity and reliability to the voting process. The federal Help ....

New Deputy Mayor Takes The Helm

by Soterios Johnson

January 15, 2008

One of Dan Doctoroff's last official acts as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development was to open the city's first street-side public toilet last week. Doctoroff has now moved on to the executive washr....

Mike Bloomberg, the Non-Candidate

by Soterios Johnson

January 14, 2008

It's still an open question - will he or won't he run for president? Aides to Mayor Bloomberg have been quietly laying the groundwork for an Independent bid, while in public the mayor continues to d....

Clinton and McCain Win in New Hampshire

by Soterios Johnson

January 09, 2008

New York Senator Hillary Clinton stunned the political world last night when she won New Hampshire with 39 percent of the vote to Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s 36 percent. Just five days earlier ....

Republican Candidates Prepare for Primary

by Soterios Johnson

January 07, 2008

Meanwhile, the Republican race is also in flux. Rudy Giuliani is hoping to survive New Hampshire to compete in Florida at the end the month, and in New York and the other Super Tuesday states. WNYC'....

Wrapping Up The Iowa Caucuses

by Soterios Johnson

January 04, 2008

Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee won handily in last night's Iowa caucuses. In an unexpected turn, Hillary Clinton came in 3rd, a half a point behind John Edwards. Former mayor Rudy Giuliani spent the....

Update From Iowa as Caucus Day Dawns

by Soterios Johnson

January 03, 2008

Voters in Iowa make their picks for Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in caucuses tonight. The first official test in the 2008 presidential race is expected to be a close one. WNYCâ€....

Problems with Voting Machines Persist

by Soterios Johnson

December 18, 2007

We're now less than 2 months from Super Tuesday, when we may know the nominees for the presidency from each party. The candidates are raising and spending record sums, but the nation hasn't spent muc....

A Local Take on the Mitchell Report

by Soterios Johnson

December 14, 2007

A lot of Yankees and Mets are named in Senator Mitchell's report on steroid use in baseball. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettite and Paul LoDuca all played in New York last season, but the report also names ....

A Look at Bloomberg’s Asia Trip

by Soterios Johnson

December 13, 2007

Mayor Bloomberg won't be in New York for today's snowstorm. Instead, he's half a world away in Bali, where the heat index is 96 degrees. Not a bad place to hold a conference on global warming. But,....

The Latest from Trenton

by Soterios Johnson

December 12, 2007

New Jersey is on the verge of outlawing the death penalty. The state Senate passed its bill Monday and the Assembly is taking up the issue tomorrow. If the bill passes, New Jersey would become the fi....

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