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News Articles by WNYC Newsroom

Court Favors Current System of Judicial Elections

January 17, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: Critics of New York's system of electing trial judges say they're going to focus on changing the state's constitution. This, following the Supreme Court's ruling that the system is constit....

LIRR Prepares for Possible Amtrak Strike

January 17, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

The LIRR relies on Amtrak facilities at Penn Station. If there's a strike, it would direct passengers to use several different subway stations in Brooklyn and Queens, so that the transfer hub at Jam....

Body Snatcher Pleads Guilty

January 16, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

Prosecutors say he made millions of dollars by carving up hundreds of bodies and selling the parts for dental implants, hip replacements and other procedures across the US. Michael Mastromarino will....

Bill Could Place Stricter Rules on Sex Offenders

January 16, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

The city's most dangerous sex offenders would be barred from living within 1,000 feet of a school or park, under a new proposal from 3 City Council members. Their plan could make it difficult for of....

Child Abuse Trial Gets Underway

January 16, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

Opening statements begin this morning in the murder trial of Cesar Rodriguez. The 29-year-old is accused of brutally beating his young stepdaughter, Nixzmary Brown, to death. It's been 2 years since....

Deadly Fall in SoHo

January 15, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: A crane accident at a Trump hotel-condo tower under construction in SoHo sent a worker plummeting more than 40 stories to his death and injured 3 other people. Yesterday's accident occurre....

MySpace Makes a Deal With 49 States

January 15, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: MySpace, owned by Rupert Murdoch, will add security measures aimed at protecting kids from sexual predators. The Web site also agreed to set up a task force to study how to implement age v....

5,000th Student Graduates From "Learning to Work" Program

January 15, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: "Learning to Work" was developed 2 years ago for students at risk of not completing high school. The program includes personalized attention and work internships. JoEllen Lynch is with th....

Reassurance From Edwards - It's Not Over

January 15, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: Campaign manager David Bonior says the race remains open even though Edwards can't match the funds of his 2 rivals, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. BONIOR: Despite what they say....

Bloomberg Ranks Near Top of Donor List

January 15, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

A new ranking shows Mayor Bloomberg donated $205 million to 1,100 nonprofits last year. That's an increase of tens of millions of dollars from previous years. The billionaire mayor ranked 7th on the....

No Show for Winter Storm

January 14, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: The big snow storm never materialized for the city. Over the weekend, the National Weather Service said that the city could get 5-8 inches of snow. But this morning, there's just rain in t....

Disabled Demand Improved Accessibility

January 14, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: Councilman Eric Gioia, the chair of the City Council's Investigations Committee, outlined recommendations for the subways and buses, commuter rail lines, taxis, and the Access-A-Ride paratr....

Changes to FDNY Inspections

January 14, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

The changes come after the deadly blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan. Under the revised plan, the Fire Department says it's requiring buildings less than 75 feet tall be i....

Performers Named in Steriod Probe

January 14, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

In addition to baseball players Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, some big-name entertainers are among the thousands of people whose names are turning up in an investigation into steroids and human grow....

Slow Times for 2nd Avenue Business

January 11, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

REPORTER: Councilman Dan Garodnick says several hundred businesses located on 2nd Avenue face losses because of construction work and reduced foot traffic. Eddie Crowe opened the Crowe's Nest restau....

Proactive Approach to City's Rat Population

January 11, 2008

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REPORTER: It's hired 20 new inspectors and exterminators to comb neighborhood "hot spots" that have been known to attract rats and record any sign of rodent activity into a hand held computer. Assis....

Sounding Off on the Subways

January 11, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

NYC Transit President Howard Roberts Jr. says 86 stations - almost 1 in every 5 - currently don't have sound systems. He wants to fill in those gaps so officials can make announcements to all 468 st....

Bloomberg Gathers Stats on White House Run

January 10, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

The Associated Press says the mayor is using an approach known as "micro-targeting." The exhaustive data collection began months ago. When the analysis begins shortly, it will provide the data-obse....

Fugitive Caught in Mexico

January 10, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

Blunt and fellow inmate Jose Espinosa escaped from a Union County, New Jersey jail almost a month ago. Espinosa was captured in Elizabeth, only a mile away from the facility. Blunt, meanwhile, mana....

Warning Sirens Could Be Finished Soon

January 10, 2008

by WNYC Newsroom

The owner of the Indian Point nuclear reactors in Westchester County says the long-delayed power plant's emergency siren system could be completed by midsummer. Entergy Nuclear says the system would....

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