Patricia Willens

To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, WNYC formed a partnership with the 9/11 Memorial and Museum to share the stories of six young people from the region who are part of the last gen...

Central Jerusalem was polluted, noisy and inefficient, according to transit official Nadav Meroz.

These coastal waters have been good to the fishermen for a long time.

Jay Walder told a panel of state senators that bus only lanes would help New York's transit system live up to its potential.

Turns out Verizon Wireless has reached a settlement with two telemarketing companies that have been offering alleged extensions of car warranties.

Local Italian-American groups are collecting donations to help the victims of the earthquake in Italy.

The cost of building parks displaced by the new Yankee stadium is climbing. 

Mayor Bloomberg has made it clear he intends to stay out of the endorsement game when it comes to the presidential election.

Mayor Bloomberg has made it clear he intends to stay out the endorsement game when it comes to the presidential election.

Included in this most recent group are eight who died from 9-11 related illnesses.

While there's talk of turbulence and anxiety in the financial markets, some business leaders are taking the long view.

As gas prices continue to rise and New Yorkers wonder, what can they do that's fun and interesting and new.

More New Yorkers are spending half their income on rent, according to a report from Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner.

Spitzer says he'll spend 350 million dollars on struggling communities.

The congestion pricing commission meets again this afternoon, and one of the alternative ideas that's been touted by its chairman, Marc Shaw, is a re-instatement of the commuter tax. 

Former inmates and prison reformers were on hand today as the New York Sentencing Reform Commission held a hearing on possibly reforming the so-called Rockefeller drug laws.

The Yankees' new manager, Joe Girardi, says he won't know how he'll manage the team until he knows who's on it.

Moving people across international borders and then forcing them to work against their will is a crime called Human Trafficking.

Thousands of people are trafficked into the United States every year. 

Trafficking networks have attracted the attention of federal and local law enforcement and New York City has emerged as a national model for combating the problem.