Their robes didn't exactly match Christo's "Gates," but a group of Buddhist monks and their supporters came to Central Park seeking spiritual serenity.

The Gates installation is as much spectacle as art. So it was fitting that a "meditative procession" also became an event. Photographers and onlookers crowded the monks and ...

Last week, a New York man was diagnosed with what is feared to be a new strain of HIV. In the news media and internet chat-rooms, people are debating: What do Health Officials really know about the new case, and when should they tell us about it? WNYC's Fred Mogul ...

More and more Americans are seeing physical therapists to help repair their ailing and injured muscles, bones, joints and ligaments. But the definition of what is “cured” is not always clear – and for thousands of New Yorkers, it may be changing. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has this report.

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The quality of healthcare you get has always depended on what resources you have, and where you live. Many New Yorkers west of the Hudson and south of Albany have to go to New Jersey for advanced cardiac treatment. Two competing hospital systems have been lobbying regulators to change this. ...

Louis Kahn died 30 years ago, and his stature as one of the 20th Century’s greatest architects has grown ever since. One of his last projects was never built – a memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the East River island that bears his name. WNYC's Fred Mogul reports on ...

About 1 million people visit Alcatraz Penitentiary every year, making it one of the top attractions in the San Francisco area. So Westchester County officials have a plan to lure tourists "Up the River" to Sing Sing prison. As WNYC's Fred Mogul reports, they say if Sing Sing gets even ...

Testing positive for HIV is traumatic, and one of the next steps – informing your partner, or partners – is also very difficult. Before 2000, New York didn't require care-givers to ask about people's partners. But as WNYC's Fred Mogul reports, for the last four years, the state has taken ...

A memorial service will be held today for hip-hop artist Ol' Dirty Bastard. WNYC's Fred Mogul attended his wake at St. James Presbyterian Church yesterday in Harlem, and has this report.

New York was not hotly contested by the presidential candidates, but polling places around the state were still filled with strife and disorder. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

Voters from sea to shining sea reported polling irregularities to the watchdog group Common Cause. But the greatest number of distress calls ...

When New York City bid for the Republican Convention more than two years ago, September 11th still cast a shadow over the city's economy and its image. Both would get a shot in the arm from the RNC, Mayor Bloomberg and others said. WNYC's Fred Mogul tried to find out ...

Voters who regularly attend church currently favor President Bush by about 20 percentage points over Democrat John Kerry, according to the Pew Research Center for People and the Press. As the Republican Convention gets underway, WNYC's Fred Mogul found visiting delegates from around the country attending churches around midtown Manhattan.

Several Broadway shows are selling deeply discounted tickets next week, and others have closed altogether. The Republicans don’t seem to be heading toward the theater. WNYC’s Fred Mogul talks with a different group of stage performers who hope to make the most of the Republican National Convention.

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Many area businesses are fearful that next week's Republican National Convention will amount to an obstacle course for operations in midtown. Others are confident it will be good for profits. And some don't need to guess - advanced bookings already paint a pretty clear picture of the impact of the ...

The city and federal Health Departments want to see how the destruction of the World Trade Center will affect the long-term health of people who were in Lower Manhattan on September 11 th . Despite almost a year of canvassing, advertising and press-releasing,' only a fraction of those eligible have ...

Impassioned religious debates can often hinge on seemingly small matters of doctrine and authority. This week, members of the Greek Orthodox Church converged on New York from throughout the country for a bi-annual 'congress.' WNYC's Fred Mogul looks at one reform group that has been making waves by taking their ...

Radio City Music Hall this summer will be graced by Patti Labelle, Diana Krall and the rock band Rush. Tonight marks a milestone for the versatile, art-deco landmark, as it welcomes a new type of performer to its stage. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

Here's the famous organist Dick ...

Boosters of New York's 2012 Olympic bid say the games will help fast-track numerous stalled projects the city needs anyway - from transforming the far West Side to adding housing for Queens. More than a decade ago, Atlanta began overhauling its downtown area for the 1996 summer games. WNYC's Fred ...

A century ago today, around 10 am, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River and ran aground one of the small islands off Manhattan, killing one-thousand-twenty-one people. Now largely forgotten, it was the city's deadliest disaster, prior to September 11th. WNYC's Fred Mogul looks at the General ...

Many of the city's large buildings have art works in their lobbies, and it's probably safe to say many tenants don't agree with their landlord's tastes. WNYC's Fred Mogul looks at how one white-shoe law firm got its way.

Lenny Powers curates exhibitions in several large mid-town lobbies, and he had ...

A proposed stadium is the centerpiece of New York's Olympic bid - and of Mayor Bloomberg's bid to overhaul the far west side of Manhattan. Faced with a possible wave of change, area opponents hope to repeat earlier successes at defeating large-scale development. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

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