Andrea Bernstein

Boston, MA —

Though delegates ostensibly are in Boston to nominate their presidential candidate, one of the main activities of the elected officials there is attending parties, most sponsored by large corporations. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein spoke to several New York elected officials about the parties they'd attended. Here are ...

Boston, MA —

Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention last night, urging Americans to once again, as she put it, elect a president who would leave America in better shape than he found it. Clinton was given the job of introducing her husband. But as WNYC's Andrea ...

Politics And Punishment on Rikers Island
July 15, 2004
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In late 2002 word began ...

New York, NY —

In late 2002 word began to emerge that New York City Correction Department employees were working on Republican political campaigns -- often while on-duty. Now, in the WNYC News documentary: Politics and Punishment on Rikers Island, Andrea Bernstein takes a close look how and why ...

No one charged with wrong doing.

New York, NY —

In 2002, in the final weeks of Governor George Pataki's campaign for re-election, word began to emerge that New York City Correction Department employees were working on Republican political campaigns -- often while on-duty. Now, WNYC takes a close look at the system of rewards ...

New York, NY —

After almost thirteen hours of testimony, the 9-11 Commission concluded their New York City hearings. Yesterday the federal panel grilled city commissioners on the details of emergency procedures, but the tone shifted today with the heat coming from audience members. Andrea Bernstein covered the hearings ...

New York, NY —

The September 11th Commission brought its public hearings to the New School University in Greenwich Village today. The focus of today's hearings was how well the city's emergency responders coordinated with one another on the day of the attacks - and what, if anything, has ...

New York, NY —

In a break form the past, the NYPD now plans to implement new training to educate officers about the department's strip search policies. This comes after the Civilian Complaint Review board found evidence that officers routinely carry out illegal strip searches. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports:

New York, NY —

After two decades of housing homeless people in emergency hotel rooms with no formal contracts, the City's homeless commissioner says the agency is in active negotiations with hotel owners to end the system of "handshake hotels." WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

The promise came last October.

Bloomberg: We ...

New York, NY —

President Bush is in Long Island today, attending a ground-breaking for a September Eleventh memorial. His visit today - the first to New York in months - comes as Republican Party officials are vowing to keep 9-11 front and center in the President's campaign for ...

New York, NY —

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issued an opinion Wednesday saying gay marriage is illegal in New York, as the law currently stands. That isn't preventing fifty couples in New York City from showing up at the city clerk's office today, asking for marriage licenses. ...

New York, NY —

Democrats John Edwards and John Kerry face off in a nationally televised debate tonight, one of two debates before next Tuesday's New York primary. More than deciding between the two candidates on the issues, Democratic voters will need to choose between two very different histories ...

New York, NY —

Senator John Edwards campaigns in Rochester tonight - his fourth straight day of New York campaign stops. His campaign now has the opportunity its been hungering for, to take on John Kerry, freed of much of the clutter of the Democratic field. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein ...

New York, NY —

Democratic frontrunner John Kerry swept through New York City yesterday to rally his democratic base. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein was with the candidate. She has this campaign notebook.

The Kerry campaign is barely breaking a sweat here.

Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Congressman Charles Rangel ...

New York, NY —

With the unveiling of the new downtown transit hub, officials say the last of the major pieces of the World Trade Center site design are in place. Civic boosters and critics alike say the design is part of a new moment in New York City ...

New York, NY —

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A jury in New York City has chosen a design featuring pools of water, a paved stone field, and a grove of trees for the World Trade Center memorial. The choice of the design by a New York ...

New York, NY —

As the deadline for a final design for the 1776 foot tall freedom tower approaches, discussions between its architects have been on again, off again. Yesterday both men, master planner Daniel Libesind and Larry Silverstein's architect, David Childs, joined Governor Pataki at a ceremony marking ...

New York, NY —

As the deadline for a final design for the 1776 foot tall freedom tower approaches, discussions between its architects have been on again, off again. Yesterday both men, master planner Daniel Libesind and Larry Silverstein's architect, David Childs, joined Governor Pataki at a ceremony marking ...

New York, NY —

This morning, for the first time since September 11, a PATH train will roll into Lower Manhattan. There is a huge blue and white sign that hangs over the platform. It says World Trade Center Station. In this reporter's notebook, WNYC's Andrea Bernstein takes a ...