Kathleen Horan

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Legislation that would legalize same sex marriage in New York awaits vote by the senate.

As supporters fight to get the votes needed to pass the bill before it adjourns discussion about “marriage equality" is heating up.

Even in the gay community, there is debate about the ...

Wilson Osborne gets an "impulse" tattoo he got at 18 covered up at the tattoo convention happening all this weekend at the Roseland Ballroom. Osborne is now 24 and is in the process of getting an elaborate woman inked on his arm with ...

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Molly the cow - or more accurately the heifer, is living a very different reality. Just the other day, she was a fugitive from a Queens slaughterhouse. Now she's living on a 60 acre organic farm in Suffolk County.

Farmer Rex Farr adopted Molly. He says ...

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Transit advocates may be mourning the upcoming resignation of MTA CEO Lee Sander, but Albany lawmakers think it will bring much-needed change at the agency. State Senate Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says several reform measures, passed this week as part of a financial bailout ...

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With Maine and New Hampshire the latest states to pass same-sex marriage legislation - many here are wondering why it's taking so long for New York to move forward with its gay marriage bill. Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says New York will eventually catch ...

Not Molly, but no doubt in solidarity with her dash for freedom.

Molly the Black Angus heifer's dramatic escape from a Queens slaughterhouse has turned into a permanent reprieve. ...

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Her dramatic escape from a Queens slaughterhouse has turned into a permanent reprieve for Molly the Black Angus heifer. After her capture by police yesterday, and a night in a city animal shelter, Molly was taken today to a 60-acre organic farm in Suffolk County, ...

Author and feminist icon Gloria Steinem was honored at City Hall today for her decades of work advancing the rights of women. Asked about her recent 75th birthday, Steinem says she feels positive about this new age but…

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Writer and feminist Gloria Steinem was honored by the City Council today for her work advancing women's rights. Steinem says she came to the city nearly 50 years ago and still loves it.

STEINEM: New York seemed to be a free place, that's why i came ...

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City lawmakers are considering a bill to make it more difficult to erect cell phone towers in the five boroughs. If passed, the measure would require that the surrounding community and local lawmakers be alerted before a new tower is installed. The companies also would ...

Rita Resnick, 88, asks tough questions of Queens Councilman Eric Gioia, attorney Norman Siegel and Brooklyn Councilman Bill de Blasio.

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The mayor and the city health commissioner are doing their best to reassure New Yorkers about the spread of swine flu. As the number of cases continues to grow in the city and the nation, Commissioner Thomas Freiden says people should feel reassured that the ...

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The four candidates for city public advocate are making the rounds at small town-hall-style meetings. WNYC's Kathleen Horan reports on a free-wheeling event last night at the Elizabeth Irwin High School in the Village.

REPORTER: Civil rights attorney Norman Seigel is the first to arrive and ...

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Thousands of gay marriage advocates were in Albany today, lobbying lawmakers to approve the bill legalizing same-sex marriage.

HORAN: Thousands have traveled here from across the state to make their voices heard in support of gay rights legislation, the biggest being same sex marriage. Even though ...

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As the State Assembly takes up Governor Paterson's same-sex marriage bill tomorrow, the annual trek to Albany for Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Equality and Justice Day has taken on new urgency.

More than 2,000 LGBT New Yorkers and their supporters are expected to board buses early ...

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New York lawmakers are fighting to pass legislation that would change gun laws in most of the state. Only eight counties require periodic license renewals and they're all downstate. The other 54 allow gun owners to keep them for life. State Senator Eric Schneiderman says ...

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Cab drivers, fleet owners, and leasing agents rarely agree about how the industry should operate. But they're united in their opposition to a state senate plan to add a dollar surcharge on cab rides. Supporters of the bill say the money is necessary to fund ...

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It looks like the annual trek to Albany tomorrow for Lesbian Gay and Transgender Equality and Justice Day is going to be mighty crowded. More than 2,000 LGBT New Yorkers and their supporters are expected to board buses in the early morning hours to push ...

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The NYPD continues to sponsor gun buy-backs... and this weekend, it's the Bronx's turn. Illegal gun-owners can swap their firearms, no questions asked, in exchange for $200 cash cards.

REPORTER: Fernando Mateo with the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers says he's helping to spread ...

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The new archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan, has been officially installed. The two days of ceremonies reached their conclusion with the stamping of a letter from Pope Benedict and Dolan giving the homily in a mass at St. Patrick's. Barbara Li Cardi traveled from ...