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On this ninth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, many family members of the victims are attending the annual reading of the names at the World Trade Center site today. For some, this mass gathering provides a source of comfort and support. But there are those who find other ways of commemorating their loved ones.

Our panel of nine guests will discuss the Mexican American experience in NYC as well as current issues affecting the Mexican American community. Guests include: Maria Hinojosa, senior correspondent for NOW on PBS and managing editor of NPR’s Latino USA; Daniel Jaquez, freelance theater director and the ...

Our panel of nine guests will discuss the Mexican American experience in NYC as well as current issues affecting the Mexican American community. Guests include: Maria Hinojosa, senior correspondent for NOW on PBS and managing editor of NPR’s Latino USA; Daniel Jaquez, freelance theater director and the ...

A Mayoral task force set up to overhaul a program that gives tax breaks to developers will meet for the final time today. The so called 421A program started in the 70’s to spur development and hasn’t been updated since 1987.

The changes to the program are likely to be more ...

Outside a dilapidated building in the Inwood section of Manhattan, tenants and housing groups called on the city to crack down on slumlords. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez has more on a list those groups assembled of the city's worst landlords.

REPORTER: Tenants complained about moldy bathrooms, falling ceilings and unstable stairwells. The ...

The city is trying to determine what caused a building to collapse in Williamsburg Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. The accident left 11 workers injured, including two who remain in critical condition. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The owner of the building received a permit in March to raise the roof of the ...

Last month, 5 domestic flights originating in Los Angeles were met by immigration officials at Newark and JFK airports. Dozens of undocumented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, were arrested. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez has this report:

On a recent warm and windy Saturday afternoon, dozens of men and women dressed in suits, and ...