The story of people arriving in this country to find work and promise of a better future is a familiar one. What is less noticed but more deadly is the situation of human trafficking. These illegal and profitable networks have attracted the attention of federal and local law enforcement and ...

Thousands of people are trafficked into the United States every year. They are often hidden from view, working in the sex trade, as domestic workers or as migrant farm help. Victims are trapped working for little or no pay and they often don't have the language skills to seek help. ...

35 years ago, a police raid on a gay bar in Greenwich Village provoked three nights of riots that are credited with galvanizing the modern gay rights movement.

SMITH: We could see this crowd -- humongous, angry. We saw people lighting things. People tried to make Molotov cocktails.

REPORTER: Journalist Howard Smith ...

New York's state budget is late again this year, making it the 20th year in a row. Add to the mix recent news of possible sex abuse scandals by lawmakers in Albany and the logjam on agreeing on a plan to increase education funding for city schools, and there's more ...

As of midnight today, same-sex couples can legally marry in Massachusetts. Many couples from the New York area are travelling north...to do just that. Joining me to discuss this is Nancy Goldsteen from Brooklyn. She is with her partner Joan Hilty near Provincetown, Massachusetts this morning, planning to get married ...

Today, Lincoln Center, the largest performing arts complex in the world, will unveil its plans for the first phase of a major redevelopment project. The president of Lincoln Center, Reynold Levy, joined Morning Edition to talk about the project.

The city and state want to bring the Jets back to Manhattan for the first time in 40 years, and today they'll release the most detailed report yet on how they plan to build and pay for a new stadium to house the team. A project of this size attracts ...

Friends and family of Robert Harth are receiving guests this afternoon on the Upper East Side to remember him. Harth, the artistic and executive director of Carnegie Hall, died on Friday of a heart attack at age 47. President of Nonesuch Records Robert Hurwitz, was a collaborator and dear friend ...

Hundreds of people who have applied for asylum in this country are being held behind bars at a detention center in an industrial area near Kennedy Airport. Advocates say some of them have been held for inordinately long periods of time. Archi Pyati, an attorney at the Lawyers' Committee for ...

The New York City campaign finance board is proposing sweeping reforms in the city's public funds matching program. These changes could have a major impact on the 2005 elections. Gene Russianoff of the New York Public Interest Research Group explains.

The New York City campaign finance board is proposing sweeping reforms in the city's public funds matching program. These changes could have a major impact on the 2005 elections. Gene Russianoff of the New York Public Interest Research Group explains.

The New York City campaign finance board is proposing sweeping reforms in the city's public funds matching program. These changes could have a major impact on the 2005 elections. Gene Russianoff of the New York Public Interest Research Group explains.

Following yesterday's ferry crash, Staten Islanders waited anxiously for the names of those killed or injured. They checked up on each other with phone calls and e-mails.

Ferry riders are used to choppy waters and bumpy landings, but many said they couldn't imagine an accident like the one yesterday, ...

In a city where parents of newborns fret about which pre-K program will set their child on the right path to a good university, it's never too early to plan how to pay for that higher education. WNYC's Soterios Johnson spoke with financial journalist Beth Kobliner to get some tips ...

It is a strange time for the New York housing market. Some rents are down - slightly -- generally at the high end of the market. Meantime, rents for stabilized apartments are up. For those looking to buy, prices have not really come down very much, especially for the average ...

For New Yorkers without a car summer in the city may seem a bit daunting, at times. How to get away from it all without breaking the bank? Joining me this morning is Caylin Sanders, founder of Escapemaker.com. The Brooklyn-based web site features information on a bunch of ...

If you're in your twenties or thirties and you grew up in the New York area, the phrase "Story Box" might ring a bell. It's from The Magic Garden, a children's show that aired weekdays on Channel 11 for 12 years. Nearly 20 years after the show was taken off ...

New Yorkers and their pets -- we all know how deeply the obsession can run. Designer jackets for dogs, high-end food for felines, exotic animals sharing close quarters with their "people"... What you may not know is that the history of New York has always included pets. All that's really ...

It's never been cheap to live in the city, but lately expenses seem to be piling up on budget-weary New Yorkers. New Yorkers are expecting increases in taxes, larger-than-usual rent hikes in stabilized apartments, fare hikes, even water will be costing more. So, WNYC went out and asked New Yorkers ...

New York City. The city where you'd like to think you can get anything, at any time. One American phenomenon that never quite made it to Manhattan is the drive-in theater. Well, that changes tonight kind of.

The Tribeca Film Festival under way in lower Manhattan is paying homage to the ...