Sarah Gonzalez

Reporter, WNYC/NJPR

Sarah Gonzalez appears in the following:

Kids in Prison: Guards with Helmets vs The Jolly Lumberjack

Monday, October 10, 2016

WNYC
Part 4: The role of the corrections officer and how they are trained is a key difference between prisons in New Jersey and Germany. 

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Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as an Adult Means a Longer Sentence

Monday, October 10, 2016

WNYC
Part 3: Teenagers convicted in New Jersey get much longer sentences than New York. But advocates say neither state is treating juveniles humanely. 

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Kids in Prison: Germany Has a Different Approach, Better Results

Monday, October 10, 2016

WNYC
Part 2: Our reporter went looking for a state with a more humane system compared to New York or New Jersey. Advocates said to check out Germany.

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Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as An Adult Depends on Skin Color

Monday, October 10, 2016

WNYC
Part 1: Hundreds of minors as young as 14 are being tried as adults in New Jersey, and almost 90 percent of them are black or Latino kids. 

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Kids in Prison: We Profile a Former Inmate, Now That He's Out

Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Part 5: Despite turning his life around in prison, Trevor's adult criminal record (for a crime he committed as a minor) makes it almost impossible for him to succeed on the outside.  

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Hear the Heat: Our Song Demonstrates What it Felt Like Inside Harlem Homes This Summer

Thursday, September 29, 2016

WNYC
Every 15 minutes, WNYC's recorded the heat index inside about 30 homes in Harlem. And we turned each temperature into a musical note to play what the heat in Harlem sounds like. 

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Before Tattooing Was Legal in New York, This Shop Was Doing It Underground

Friday, August 19, 2016

Fineline Tattoo on the Lower East Side is celebrating 40 years of operating continuously in New York City, including some years on the down low.

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As Temperatures Climb, the Elderly, Frail and Poor Are Put at Risk

Thursday, August 18, 2016

"The fan ain’t doing no good, at all,” says one 69-year-old admitted for heat exhaustion.

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The Inferno: Summer Heat Batters Public Housing Residents

Thursday, August 18, 2016

While it's easy to create policies to protect people from temperatures outside, homes are trapping the extreme heat and hurting our health.

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After Community Opposition, Councilman to Vote Against Inwood Rezoning

Monday, August 15, 2016

Ydanis Rodriguez says he now plans to vote no on a proposed 17-story, 350-unit development along Fort Tryon Park — the latest test in Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing agenda.

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Bangladeshi Muslims in Shock Over Fatal Shooting of Queens Imam

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Imam Maulama Akonjee's had just finished prayers at a nearby mosque when police say a man fatally shot him and his assistant, Thara Uddin.

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Without AC, Public Housing Residents Swelter Through the Summer

Thursday, July 28, 2016

WNYC
Almost 90 percent of New Yorkers have air conditioning in their homes, but less than half of public housing apartments do. And those units don't cool down, even overnight.

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Farwell to Big Apple Circus

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

WNYC
Big Apple Circus, the single-ring, scrappy, European-style circus which launched in 1977, has announced it couldn’t raise enough money to continue. 

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Tracking the Temperatures on the Harlem Heat Island

Friday, July 08, 2016

In the midst of the city's first official heat wave this year, hear how you can get involved in WNYC's study to track temperatures in Harlem apartments with no air conditioning.

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Espaillat Claims Victory in Historic Uptown Race

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat would become the first Dominican-American elected to Congress, replacing legendary Congressman Charles Rangel in a changing Harlem district.

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Gay Muslims Ask LGBT, Religious Groups to Set Aside Prejudices

Friday, June 24, 2016

WNYC
"To LGBT people who are not Muslim, this is the time for us to examine the level of Islamaphobia that is rooted within our communities."

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New Jersey's Liquor Laws Were Created for a Very Different Population

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

WNYC
Finding a restaurant where you can order a glass of wine in the state isn’t easy. The state’s liquor laws were set after Prohibition to limit access to alcohol. Not a lot has changed.

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Taking On Poverty And Education In School Costs A Lot Of Money

Saturday, April 30, 2016

In 1997, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered millions of dollars in additional funding to 31 of the poorest school districts in the state. Camden alone spends about $23,000 per student per year.

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New Bills to Reform the Port Authority

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

New Jersey Democrats want the power to require the Port Authority to appear before legislative hearings. And now New York lawmakers have introduced bills to do the same. 

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Can More Money Fix America's Schools?

Monday, April 25, 2016

It's one of the loudest debates in education: whether spending more money adds up to better test scores and graduation rates.

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