Cindy Rodriguez

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As a city taskforce meets today to begin overhauling a decades-old program that gives tax breaks to developers housing advocates have been highlighting examples of builders who shouldn't need any publicly funded incentives.

REPORTER: Yesterday, housing advocates called attention to 10 buildings -- mostly in upscale ...

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Thousands of protesters are expected to converge on City Hall at three this afternoon to demand immigration rights. This after a weekend of demonstrations around the country. The plans in New York City are for three marches this afternoon: from Washington Square Park, Chinatown, and ...

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Two major banks have agreed to crackdown on neglectful landlords who leave their buildings in disrepair. Housing advocates call the move unprecedented and a national model.

Housing advocates say New York Comunity Bank lends to some of the worst slumlords in the city. After months of ...

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If you take the 4 or 5 trains, you may want to leave extra time. The MTA says work on those subway lines will cause delays.

The MTA will be replacing the concrete road beneath the subway tracks south of Grand Central Station. Workers will chip ...

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The child welfare system investigates about 50,000 reports of abuse and neglect each year. Immigrants in the country illegally are among the most vulnerable families within this complicated bureaucracy. Some caseworkers out in the field say these families don't qualify for the typical social service ...

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A state board has ruled that it's time to send the contract dispute between the Transport Workers Union and the MTA to binding arbitration. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

A three-member panel will now hear from both sides before making a binding decision. The union opposes arbitration ...

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New Yorkers have been shocked and horrified by the recent news reports of children who died after allegedly being brutally abused. But in East Harlem, a community group says the intense media coverage has made some parents fearful that their families could get broken up. ...

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A Bronx mother and her boyfriend have been arrested for allegedly beating to death 4-year-old Quachon Brown. Meanwhile the Administration for Children's Services says caseworkers investigating the family followed proper guidelines. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The family of Quachon Brown had a long history with the ...

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The head of the Administration for Children's Services answered city council members' questions for more than four hours yesterday about what went wrong in the case of 7 year old Nixzmary Brown. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez was there.

The chambers were full to capacity but the hearing ...

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Two fiscal policy groups say New York State has the biggest income gap between the rich and poor. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The top 20 percent of wealthy families in the State make on average $130 thousand a year after taxes. That's compared to only $16 ...

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City officials have punished six workers for mistakes made in the case of Nixzmary Brown. The seven-year-old was allegedly beaten to death by her step-father. Both her parents have been charged with her murder. Child protective caseworkers were investigating reports of suspected abuse prior to ...

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District Attorney Charles Hynes laid out the last hours of the young life of Nixzmary Brown in disturbing detail yesterday. Both her parents face multiple charges including the top count of second degree murder. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

Hynes said on January 10th, Nixzmary had been ...

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Child abuse reports in the city are skyrocketing and more children are being removed from their homes by caseworkers who suspect abuse. The increase comes in the wake of the brutal death of Nixzmary Brown - the 7-year-old who was allegedly beaten and tortured by ...

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Officials with the city's Administration for Children's Services admit they failed seven-year-old Nixzmary Brown who was beaten to death while an allegation of abuse was being investigated by caseworkers.

REPORTER: Commissioner John Mattingly says the girl's family turned them away at the door and that caseworkers ...

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The medical examiner says a 7-year-old girl in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn died from injuries she sustained after being physically abused. Her mother has been charged with manslaughter and her boyfriend with murdering the child. The two had been reported twice for child abuse within the ...

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The medical examiner says a 7-year-old girl in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn died from injuries she sustained after being physically abused. Her mother and step-father have been charged with murder. The two had been reported twice for child abuse within the last 9 months. WNYC's Cindy ...

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A contract provision considered a win for the Transit Workers Union during their bitter labor negotiations with the MTA, could get vetoed by the governor. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

The provision would allow for about twenty-thousand transit workers to receive refunds of pension contributions made prior ...

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The MTA and Transport Workers Union have resumed contract talks this morning. The union has threatened to go on strike at midnight tonight when their current contract expires. There was some progress reported in last night's talks, but not in the major areas of disagreement. ...

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A jury has found Brooklyn Democratic Party boss and former Assemblyman Clarence Norman guilty of grand larceny. It's the second time he's been convicted of a felony this year. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

A jury deliberated for nearly a week before finding that Norman committed larceny ...

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For the last year, the city has been offering rental assistance to move poor families out of homeless shelters. The city considers the rent vouchers a success because they've allowed 4700 families to sign leases on market-rate apartments, and they've helped fill the gap left ...