Andrea Bernstein

Andrea Bernstein appears in the following:

In with the new: The lead up to Inauguration Day

Monday, January 19, 2009

It’s out with the old in with the new. Barack Obama takes power tomorrow, along with a host of new cabinet secretaries about to be confirmed and a new Congress. Documenting the trans...

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Not Exactly the Ladies' Lunch...

Sunday, January 18, 2009

...but rather lunch with Hillary, Janet, Hilda, Kay, Bev, Jeanne and Ellen, and a supporting cast of 2000. Emily's List, the group devoted to raising money for pro-choice women's candidates for U.S. Congress, took advantage of the arriving hordes to pull together a luncheon today to celebrate its achievements.

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On the Amtrak

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Strangely, it seemed like a relatively normal morning boarding the 9:05 regional to Washington. There's even a free seat next to me -- for now. There's a muffled quality to the crowd, perhaps because of the softly falling snow, perhaps because of the relatively early hour (for a Sunday).

I remember the last time I did this. It was 1977, I was in Jr. High School. A friend had suggested we go to Jimmy Carter's inaugural parade.
President Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office on January 20, 1977. (National Archives)

President Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office on January 20, 1977. (National Archives)

 

We jumped on the Amtrak from 30th Street station, Philadelphia, with a crowd wearing those white hats with the red, white and blue bands, waving little flags, and periodically cheering. We'd come of age as Watergate was breaking, Carter was the first elected President since then. Everything seemed new, and possible.

 

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Not Exactly the Ladies’ Lunch…

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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New York Wins

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC political director, reports on the Sustainable Transport award given to New York City by the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

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The case of the shrinking infrastructure bill

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The amount allocated to transportation and infrastructure in President-elect Obama's proposed economic stimulus bill is being crowded out by tax cuts and other measures…much to the di...

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NYC Wins Transit Award

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

New York has become the first U.S. city to win an international sustainable transit award. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Despite failing in its signature transportation initiative this year –- congestion pricing -– New York City beat out Mexico City and Istanbul. The Institute for ...

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The Morning After

Thursday, January 01, 2009

A special rebroadcast of our full 10am hour, unedited, from November 5th, 2008 Sheryll Cashin, professor of law at Georgetown University and the author of The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (PublicAffairs, 2008) and Jon Meacham, editor ...

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Favorite Things

Thursday, January 01, 2009

A special rebroadcast of the full 10 a.m. hour the morning after election day with special guests Jon Meacham, Sheryll Cashin, Andrea Bernstein, Jonathan Capehart, and Mark Blumenthal. Plus, saying goodbye to Yankee and Shea Stadiums, the year in scandals, and the Brian Lehrer Show producers' favorite listener calls.

A tale of three cities: Getting to the airport on public transport

Monday, December 22, 2008

How hard is it to get to the airport via public transportation? We hit the road in Atlanta, Denver, and New York to find out.

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Record Ridership Expected for AirTrain

Monday, December 22, 2008

The Port Authority and the MTA say they're working to make it easier to transfer between the JFK AirTrain and the subway and Long Island Rail Road. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Even though the number of air passengers overall is down, the JFK AirTrain ...

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Caroline Kennedy throws her hat into the ring for RFK's senate seat

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Caroline Kennedy says she’s interested in the New York's U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by current senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Some in the Democratic Party are already ques...

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Kennedy Calls Power Brokers in Senate Bid

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Caroline Kennedy has called a raft of New York elected officials to express her interest in being selected for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

Kennedy was once so intensely private that she regularly denied interview requests while working ...

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High-Speed Rail Proposed

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Plans for a high-speed rail line have taken a baby step forward, but a two-hour trip from New York to Washington D.C. still faces hurdles. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

REPORTER: Joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters at Penn Station, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ticked off the ...

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High Speed Rail

Monday, December 15, 2008

High speed rail is moving one step closer to reality today.

At Penn Station, Mayor Bloomberg and US Transportation Commissioner Mary Peters announced the federal government is seeking design proposals for 11 high speed rail corridors.

The officials wouldn't put a timeline on the proposed 2-hour New ...

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Obama to Nominate Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Monday, December 01, 2008

Barack Obama will present his national security team today. There are a lot of familiar faces in the group - none more so than Hillary Clinton. She's being put forward for secretary of state.

WNYC's Andrea Bernstein is here for more on what the pick means ...

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Who Will Succeed Hillary Clinton in the Senate?

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Who will succeed Hillary Clinton as US Senator now that she's poised to become Secretary of State in the Obama administration? Governor Paterson has ruled himself out, but says more than a dozen people have contacted him expressing interest in filling out Clinton's term. Names ...

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Post-Election Coverage

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

WNYC’s political director Andrea Bernstein goes through the election returns with Jonathan Capehart, editorial writer for the Washington Post and then Mark Blumenthal, editor and publisher of Pollster.com.

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The Day After

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, law professor Sheryll Cashin, WNYC’s political director Andrea Bernstein, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post, pollster.com’s Mark Blumenthal and others help put the election results in context. Also, how did the voters change the U.S. Congress and the New York State legislature? And listener calls.

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Roundup

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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