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December 04, 2008
The debate rages on at City Hall as to whether the city should go forward with its planned modernization of the more than 300 senior centers around the city. Many elderly New Yorkers and their advoc....
State Auto Workers Say 'Bail Out Big Three'
December 04, 2008
Representatives for auto workers and car dealers in New York State say if Congress doesn't approve a rescue package for the Big Three automakers, hundreds of the state's dealers and suppliers could g....
Gang of Three Conform for One
December 04, 2008
It's the first time Democrats take control of the chamber in more than 40 years. Bronx Senators Ruben Diaz Senior and Pedro Espada Junior along with Brooklyn Senator Carl Krueger were being wooed by....
FDNY Night Shift Pt. 2
December 04, 2008
Four firehouses in the Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Lower Manhattan will be shuttered overnight, starting January 17th, to help the city close a $1.2 billion budget gap. The FDNY says the sit....
FDNY Night Shift
December 04, 2008
Starting in mid-January, the Fire Department is closing four firehouses overnight. The budget-cutting move will affect Engine 4 in Lower Manhattan, Engine 161 on Staten Island, Engine 271 in Brookly....
Fixing the MTA Budget Deficit
December 04, 2008
It's a plan designed to spread the burden among the largest group of people. At least that's how Richard Ravitch described his panel's recommendations for bailing out the Metropolitan Transportation....
Swap this!
December 04, 2008
New York takes a step towards regulation of the tricky instruments known as credit default swaps. ....
Saigon Grill Owners Arrested
December 04, 2008
Two owners of a popular New York City restaurant chain have been arrested and charged with falsifying records and tampering with evidence during a legal dispute with their workers. Owners of the Sai....
Jazz Photography
The Fishko Files
December 05, 2008
An exhibition of classic jazz photographs is now showing in New York. It inspired WNYC’s Sara Fishko to talk about the art of photographing jazz with a couple of it’s most admired practitioners. Here is the next Fishko Files...
Click HERE to watch a slideshow of some of the jazz photographs by Herman Leonard and Roy Decarava. Also included are three photos from Three Wishes, a new book by The Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter(aka Nica).
Mumbai: A Jewish Indian Reflects
The Brian Lehrer Show
December 05, 2008
The first Indian head of a U.S. synagogue,
Ravitch Report
The Brian Lehrer Show
December 04, 2008
Brooklyn borough president
Inside NY State's Judge Selection Process
December 04, 2008
The state's judicial selection commission earlier this week submitted a slate of seven candidates to the governor, for him to appoint the next chief judge of the state's high court. Retiring chief ju....
City Ambulances put Heart Attacks on Ice
December 04, 2008
New York City ambulances will no longer automatically take heart attack patients to closest hospital. Instead, they will only go to facilities with special body-cooling units. As WNYC's Fred Mogul re....
Bronx Most Dissatisfied in City Service Survey
December 04, 2008
The Bloomberg Administration has released results from a first-ever survey of how New Yorkers feel about their city and the quality of municipal services. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. The survey of....
Ravitch Commission News Conference
The Brian Lehrer Show
December 04, 2008
WNYC reporter
ACORN takes $1.5 Million from Ratner
December 03, 2008
The local chapter of ACORN helped get Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project approved. Now, the developer is helping out the non-profit housing group. An ACORN spokesman says Forest City Ratner gave it h....
After Kaye: Choosing the Next Chief Judge
December 04, 2008
CUOMO: For the commission to say: we searched the state, we couldn't find a single solitary qualified woman to serve on the bench -- something is wrong, either with the process or the legislation ....
Private Partnerships = Public Public Payoff
December 03, 2008
A former banker says going public ruined investment banking. ....
Council Candidates Sue Campaign Finance Board
December 03, 2008
First-time City Council candidates have filed a lawsuit against the Campaign Finance Board. They say after the City Council extended term limits, the board is giving an unfair advantage to City Coun....
Schumer: Housing "Vultures" Hurt NYC
December 03, 2008
Sen. Charles Schumer says developers took out risky loans to purchase dozens of affordable housing complexes across the city. He's asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate what h....
State Mortgage Agency Offers More Loans
December 03, 2008
Fewer banks are willing to make home loans these days, and the State of New York Mortgage Agency, or SONYMA, is picking up some of the slack. The agency says the total value of loans it's bought so ....
Campaign Coffers
December 02, 2008
Candidates running for city council for the first time are suing the city's Campaign Finance Board, saying it is favoring incumbent council members who decided to run for re-election after the term l....
Improving the Doorway to Elevator Safety
December 02, 2008
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer says the city Housing Authority could have prevented the death of a 5-year old boy last August, if only it had installed a device that prevents elevator doo....
Bagging the Habit
December 02, 2008
A bill creating a statewide plastic bag recycling program in New York is now on Governor Paterson's desk and New York City's council is urging the governor to reject it. Speaker Christine Quinn says....
