Kathleen Horan

Reporter, WNYC News

Kathleen Horan appears in the following:

Bratton Says He Marched to Honor NYPD Tradition, Not Against Gay Groups

Monday, March 17, 2014

WNYC

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was the highest profile city official to march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Monday, since others in the de Blasio administration chose to stay away in protest. The parade forbids LGBT people from carrying signs or wearing paraphernalia that identifies them as gay ...

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Cops To Be Armed with Tech Tablets

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

WNYC

Deep data at their fingertips.

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Bratton: I Can March in St. Pat's and Adore Gays

Friday, February 28, 2014

WNYC

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said marching in the annual St Patrick's Day parade next month doesn’t mean he’s ambivalent about gay rights.

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Seven Steps to Adjust an Officer's Attitude

Thursday, February 27, 2014

WNYC

Listen. Be patient. Help. End on a positive note. These are some of the ways Mayor de Blasio wants his NYPD to treat New Yorkers in a post stop-and-frisk era.

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Bratton Says Mentoring Rookie Cops Will Help Community Relationships

Friday, January 31, 2014

WNYC

As the city moves toward implementing stop and frisk reforms, one effort in particular will be altered in the coming months. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the plan includes improving a program known as Operation Impact which floods high crime neighborhoods with rookie cops.

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A Stop and Frisk Agreement Inspires Guarded Optimism

Thursday, January 30, 2014

WNYC

Elected officials, civil libertarians and other New Yorkers look forward as Mayor de Blasio begins making good on his promise to end stop and frisk as we know it.

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City's Plan to Drop Stop and Frisk Appeal... Still Pending

Monday, January 27, 2014

Police reform advocates say it's about time the city drop its appeal in the stop and frisk lawsuits, and they expected Mayor Bill de Blasio to do so by now.

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Policing Gangs Through Rap Videos

Friday, January 17, 2014

In New York City, 30 percent of all shootings are tied to youth gang rivalries. There are over 300 street crews in the city, loosely affiliated gangs that battle mainly over turf. The rivalries often play out in rap videos made by the gangs and posted on YouTube. Those videos - and threats of violence in their lyrics - are being used as evidence by New York City police to make arrests. Brooke talks with WNYC reporter Kathleen Horan about this policing technique. 

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Bratton: Stop and Frisk Reform Step One, Check!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

WNYC

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday evening that part of the stop and frisk "problem” has been solved since the numbers of street stops performed by the NYPD continues to plummet.

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9 Years On, RNC Mass Arrests Suits Settled

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

About 1,800 people were arrested during the 2004 event, and many claimed the NYPD had violated their constitutional rights by conducting unwarranted mass arrests and holding people in terrible conditions.

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Patrons Mourn the Closing of Milady's Bar in SoHo

Sunday, January 12, 2014

WNYC

A downtown bar known for cheap booze, cheese fries and local characters is closing. Milady's was a holdout in SoHo, a place customers said they'll dearly miss.

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Indictment for Indian Diplomat Accused of Worker Exploitation

Thursday, January 09, 2014

WNYC

A federal grand jury has indicted an Indian diplomat charged with visa fraud and lying on an application about how much she paid a domestic worker. The case against 39-year-old Devyani Khobragade is focusing attention on the broader issue -- how foreign officials treat workers in their employ. The diplomat's arrest last month prompted outrage and fiery protests in India.

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Stepping up Help for the Homeless as Temperatures Plummet

Monday, January 06, 2014

WNYC

Extra vans, staff and outreach for those most vulnerable to the bitter cold.

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At Swearing In, Bratton Promises to Promote Healing

Thursday, January 02, 2014

WNYC

Nearly 20 years after being pushed out of the NYPD by Mayor Giuliani, Bill Bratton is the top cop in New York City once again. "Who says you can't come home again," the commissioner joked.

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A Look Back for Ray Kelly Before Bidding Adieu

Friday, December 27, 2013

WNYC

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly took time at his final police academy graduation on Friday to reflect on his dozen years in office under Mayor Bloomberg.

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Bratton Meets with Police Reform Advocates

Thursday, December 12, 2013

WNYC

Bill Bratton, the commissioner-to-be, met with about 30 police reform advocates on Thursday evening for the first time, promising an ongoing dialogue.

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Bratton's Approach to Counterterrorism and Community

Monday, December 09, 2013

WNYC

Up until now, most of the discussion about Bill Bratton's résumé has been about stop and frisk. When he was tapped by mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to be police commissioner, Bratton vowed the practice would be conducted respectfully. But another focus as he returns to New York will be counter-terrorism--or more specifically, preventing another terrorist attack.

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Which Bill Bratton Is NYC Getting?

Thursday, December 05, 2013

WNYC

The Bad Cop, the Good Cop—or something in between?

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Mayor-elect de Blasio Announces Top Admin Picks

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has announced several key appointments to his cabinet this morning. Anthony Shorris will be first deputy mayor. Emma Wolfe will be Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. And Dominic Williams will be Shorris' Chief of Staff.

WNYC's Brigid Bergin and Kathleen Horan are at the press conference. Tom Robbins, investigative journalist in residence at the CUNY School of Journalism and former longtime columnist at the Village Voice, talks about the appointments and what they suggest about de Blasio's policy priorities. 

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In Harm's Way: A Year Later

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Kathleen Horan, WNYC criminal justice reporter, talks about her series profiling every child killed by gunfire in NYC, and what the victims who have died in the past year had in common.

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