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Fare Game: Traveling by Bus This Thanksgiving
November 25, 2009
Millions of Americans take to the road every Thanksgiving, and for many New Yorkers it's in a bus. Competition among bus companies has intensified this year with big multinationals jumping in and sel....
Atlantic Yards Faces Another Lawsuit
November 20, 2009
A coalition of Brooklyn officials and community groups has filed the latest in a series of lawsuits against the Atlantic Yards project. This one focusing on revisions the state approved in September.....
CUNY Faces Big Cuts From City
November 20, 2009
The Bloomberg Administration's latest cost-cutting plan limits the impact on public schools, but not on the city's university system. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports. REPORTER: The City University syst....
Goldman Shares a Little. Small Businesses Benefit
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 19, 2009
Goldman Sachs is sharing the wealth - some of it - through its 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative, which aims to offer business know-how and support to Main Street.
Discord Over Worker Benefits at Kingsbridge Project
November 18, 2009
A City Council subcommittee has heard from both sides in the lively debate over the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx. The Related Companies wants to turn the former National Guard facility into one of....
NYers Speak Out on Paid Sick Leave
November 18, 2009
Employers and workers are letting the City Council know what they think about a bill that would require all businesses to provide paid sick time. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez has more on yesterday's first ....
Public Hearing on Kingsbridge Armory Today
November 17, 2009
Hundreds of people are expected to show up at City Hall this morning for a public hearing about the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has the details. REPORTER: The Related C....
Independent Bookstores
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 17, 2009
Between the Kindle and Wal-Mart vs. Amazon price wars, what’s a bookstore to do? Three local independent booksellers talk about their business and the first Independent Bookstore Week NYC:
Where do you buy books? Comment below.
Check out the guests' book recommendations in The Scrapbook.
New Jersey in Fiscal Peril
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 18, 2009
New Jersey has been added to Pew's list of states in fiscal peril.
500 Public School Aides Lose Jobs
November 13, 2009
500 public school aides are losing their jobs today, after weeks of litigation between the city and their union. Suprina Willliams, who works at P-S 223 in Jamaica, says that as a single parent with ....
High School Tycoons
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 13, 2009
Main Street NYC Returns to Flushing, Queens
November 12, 2009
This Spring WNYC went to New York’s most dynamic Main Street in Flushing, Queens. The city was amid the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, but immigrant business owners around Dow....
Effort to Prosecute Bear Stearns Execs Fails
November 11, 2009
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were found not guilty on fraud and conspiracy charges in the first criminal trial of Wall Street executives to emerge out of the collapse of the subprime m....
Hot Jobs
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 11, 2009
Daily Beast staff reporter
If you’ve changed jobs because of industry trends, what new career did you pick? Comment below.
New Yorkers Speak Out at Gas Drilling Hearing
November 11, 2009
Nearly a thousand New Yorkers turned out last night for the chance to comment on the record on natural gas and drinking water. State regulators have offered a plan to allow gas drilling near the city....
Public Forum on Catskills Gas Drilling Tonight at Stuyvesant HS
November 10, 2009
The debate over gas drilling in the Catskills is coming to New York City. This evening, a state agency will host a public forum on plans to oversee drilling in the formation known as the Marcellus Sh....
Details of Ex-Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Mangers Case
November 09, 2009
A jury in Brooklyn will begin deliberating today, in the trial of Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, the first Wall Street executives to face criminal charges stemming from the financial crisis. Cioffi....
Paterson to Deliver Budget Speech
November 09, 2009
Governor Paterson will address state lawmakers this afternoon to outline the state’s budget problems. Karen DeWitt reports from Albany. REPORTER: Virtually all 212 state lawmakers now plan to atte....
Deliberations Underway at Hedge Fund Trial
November 09, 2009
A jury in Brooklyn will begin deliberating today in the first criminal trial of Wall Street executives related to the subprime mortgage crisis. Ralph Cioffi and Matt Tannin managed two hedge funds at....
