Kate Hinds

As the director of the East River Bridges for the New York City Department of Transportation, Hasan Ahmed is overseeing the $508,612,678 rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Bridge.  WNYC’s Soterios Johnson and Karen Frillmann took a walk on the bridge with Mr. Ahmed to get more details about the work taking place on this iconic structure.  (More)

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If you’ve been pondering the question: just what does it take to make a New Yorker happy, your search is over. At least according to library clerk Margaret Fields, who’s happy to reenact what she heard while standing on the steps of the newly reopened ...

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Reporter: When you want to display your enthusiastic support for a candidate, you can pin a button to your coat; slap a bumper sticker on your car; tape a sign to your window. Or you can do what these two women are doing: carve a ...

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Holiday stress— it doesn’t just start at Thanksgiving anymore. Halloween may be one of the most beloved days of the year for children, but can be a real labor of love for parents. Kate Hinds talks to a few moms who managed to pull it ...

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The work is hot and often painful, but according to its practitioners, it’s absolutely addictive. WNYC’s Kate Hinds went out to discover the secret life of New York’s bees.

» Urban beekeeper photos

REPORTER: Sidney Glaser is getting ready to check in with 40,000 ...

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There are many great mysteries of a New York City childhood. How do birds get into subway stations—and can they leave? Who is Cotton Eye Joe and why do they sing about him at Yankees Stadium? And when do the spray showers in the playgrounds ...

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Every year, the American Museum of Natural History invites members of the public to bring in their favorite backyard finds, basement curios, and flea market discoveries. The event is called Identification Day, and it's the natural history equivalent of the Antiques Roadshow. WNYC's Kate Hinds ...