Matthew Scheurman

Matthew Scheurman appears in the following:

Governor Cuomo Wants To Expand Penn Station And The Cityscape Around It

Friday, April 16, 2021

WNYC
The Empire Station Complex would include the addition of eight train tracks at Penn Station and at least 10 new skyscrapers nearby. 

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A Portrait of Hunger in New York

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Physically isolated due to cancer, and ashamed of asking for help, one Queens resident went for many days without food.

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Uber and Lyft Hit Pause on New Drivers, To Existing Drivers' Delight

Wednesday, May 01, 2019

The app-based ride-hailing companies said their decision is due to new TLC wage regulations that require them to pay drivers a minimum of $17.22 per hour.

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NYCHA to Test More Than 100,000 Apartments for Lead Paint

Monday, April 15, 2019

NYCHA says it will test 135,000 public housing apartments to determine exactly how many have lead paint.

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New York City Passes New Pay Standards for App-Based Drivers

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

The pay standard, which is set to go into effect in January, will increase some drivers' yearly salaries by $9,600.

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Staten Islanders Brainstorm for the Next Storm

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

A workshop in Midland Beach prompts residents to think of creative ways to support one another.

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Christie Says He'd Build New NJ Transit Tunnel, Slams Amtrak for Delays

Friday, July 24, 2015

The New Jersey Republican says he'd build new trans-Hudson rail tunnels if he's elected president, in spite of killing a similar project in 2010.

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Why Did NJ Settle a $9 Billion Pollution Case for Pennies on the Dollar?

Friday, February 27, 2015

New Jersey sought $9 billion from ExxonMobil for the contamination of 1,500 acres of marshland. So why did the Christie administration settle out of court for $250 million?

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Fracking Fight Was Personal

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

WNYC
A cancer survivor became a public-health biologist. What happened next made environmental history.

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New York Housing Board to Increase Tenant Representation

Friday, July 05, 2013

Change is coming to the board of the New York City Housing Authority.

The state legislature has approved a plan backed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that will expand the authority's governing board from four to seven members. Two of the board's full-time positions have been eliminated, leaving Chairman John Rhea ...

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