Kathleen Horan

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In another sign of Spring, the Cyclone roller coaster opens for another season Sunday. WNYC's Kathleen Horan reports.

REPORTER: The customary cracking of an egg cream on the first car of the coaster will usher in the 83rd season of the Cyclone. The Hungry Marching Band ...

The sense of smell is deeply connected to memory, but what about using scent as a medium similar to paint or film? That's one of the many things designers considered at a day long symposium at Parsons The New School for Design. A project called 'The Pebbles' aims to document ...

Prom season was ushered in yesterday at a dance for seniors -- not high-school seniors, but the over-65 crowd that frequents the Hudson Guild Center in Chelsea. The soiree, with donated formal wear available, costume jewels, and free make-up and hair application, was the brainchild of 21-year-old Fashion Institute of ...

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The City Council voted to approve their former colleague, David Yassky, as the new head of the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. Yassky says he plans to visit drivers at garages and taxi stands.

"I want to make sure that every TLC driver knows that the ...

The city is back-pedaling about how widespread the overcharging scam involving taxi drivers might have been.

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The city is back-pedaling about how widespread the overcharging scam involving taxi drivers might have been. Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Matthew Daus told City Councilmembers at a budget hearing that "a fairly significant number" of the 1.8 million trips thought to have been overcharged may ...

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Last week the city revealed that it believed the majority of licensed taxi drivers have been involved in a scheme to overcharge passengers. More than 35,000 drivers were accused of charging in-town passengers an out-of-town rate. But taxi drivers are crying foul, saying they've been ...

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Thousands of riders ensnared in a two-year $8 million scam by cabbies who illegally overcharged riders could get some of their money back. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking into ways to track down overcharged passengers who paid by credit card.

Last week, the ...

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To help close the state's $9 billion budget deficit, Gov. David Paterson has proposed redirecting more than $25 million in federal funds away from the city's Department for the Aging. The agency says that would effectively cut a third of its budget. Manhattan Borough President ...

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Up to 75 senior centers in the city could close because of the state's budget deficit. The city's Department for the Aging says it stands to lose about $25 million, or a third of its budget.

Commissioner Lilliam Barrios Paoli says if the city is forced ...

As the City Hall press corps waited for the announcement of the filling of the 'two-millionth pothole' of the Bloomberg administration to begin, a man who lives adjacent to the pothole in question began gesturing toward it knowingly.

New York is in the running to receive as much as $700 million in a federal grant competition called "Race to the Top."

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The Bloomberg administration says it's hit a memorable milestone. It filled the city's two-millionth pothole on Staten Island.

The Department of Transportation usually fills about 2,000 street holes a day, but DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan says the recent tough winter weather forced her agency to step ...

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New York is in the running to receive up to $700 million in a federal grant competition called "Race to the Top." It's one of 16 finalists attempting to prove to the Obama administration that it can make changes in its educational policies.

Mayor Bloomberg says ...

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Some good news for supporters of St. Vincent's Medical Center: The hospital is getting another $6 million in emergency funding, and that means more time for a task force convened by Gov. David Paterson to develop a strategy for the hospital's future.

The panel of hospital ...

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If you're strapped for cash in midtown but don't want to take the subway, starting tomorrow you'll have another transportation option. The city is opening three "group ride" taxi stands offering flat fares for riders.

Manhattan's Nabeel Sarwar says he'd definitely consider sharing a cab with ...

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As the latest winter storm tapers off, New Yorkers are once again engaged in a debate between those who love the snow and those who loathe it. But one New York youngster, Brooklyn's Lara Boetther, feels a little bit of both:

"I like playing in the ...

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The largest housing complex for artists in the world is in the far West Village, and it's celebrating the big 4-0 this year. "Westbeth" takes up an entire city block that was once the former Bell Laboratory research center, and was converted by now-famous architect ...

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After years of criticism about how complaints against the police are handled, the NYPD and the Civilian Complaint Review Board are moving forward with a plan that would allow the CCRB to prosecute some cases.

The CCRB substantiates hundreds of complaints of police misconduct a year, ...