Andrea Bernstein

Developer Larry Silverstein is striking back at city and state officials in uncharacteristically blunt terms, calling their threat to take back his building rights "a Soviet-style confiscation." WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

Both the Port Authority and the Mayor have been turning up the heat on the developer who controls the land ...

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State officials are sharply questioning the new design for an expanded Javits Center. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

The original idea for the expanded Javits Center was that it would be attached to the west side stadium. But that wasscuttled and now, construction costs are skyrocketing. That's ...

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Gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer, has held an unusually-early campaign rally with running-mate David Paterson in Harlem. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Spitzer ruffled some feathers when he announced his choice of Paterson to run as Lt. Governor. The Harlem establishment had already chosen a candidate, ...

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Democrat Eliot Spitzer is poised to get the endorsement of the state's powerful Health Care Workers Union, in his bid to become governor. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

1199 of the Service Employees International Union is seen as having the most effective get-out-the-vote effort in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out a second-term wish list in his Thursday State of the City address, one of his most ambitious speeches now that the former businessman is buoyed by four years of political experience.

"After starting this decade at the peak of an economic ...

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Developer Larry Silverstein got a big boost yesterday when it was announced he had leased the top five floors of 7 World Trade Center. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Silverstein's inability to attract tenants to his soon to be completed office tower has had everyone ...

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New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has amassed a huge war chest in his campaign for Governor. But Nassau County Exeuctive Tom Suozzi, who only formed a fundraising committee last week, has $5 million in the bank. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

Spitzer has $19 ...

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Governor Pataki delivers his final state of the state election today. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

In today's speech, Governor Pataki is expected to put the best spin possible on his eleven years in office. Analysts believe he'll emphasize his conservative credentials -- cutting taxes, cracking down ...

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George Pataki reviewed his last eleven years in office, in a State of the State speech that had one eye on New York, and the other eye on a possible presidential bid. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein joins Amy Eddings from Albany.

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A Brooklyn judge says leaders of the tranport workers union could face jail time. That, as lawyers for the city and the MTA returned to court today to step up pressure on transit workers to get back on the job. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

Yesterday, Justice ...

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Transit workers union chief Roger Toussaint said this morning Governor Pataki should get personally involved in transit negotiations. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: At a spirited rally this morning at a bus depot in Queens, Toussaint accused Pataki of "threatening" transit workers. He said Pataki, ...

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Port Authority Vice Chairman Charles Gargano says the bi-state agency is in talks with the Silverstein group to buy back the rights to erect two of the four office towers at the World Trade Center site. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

It's no secret the Port ...

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With Republicans openly bickering about who will run for U.S. Senate next year, seven hundred Democrats rallied around Senator Hillary Clinton last night at a fundraiser for her re-election bid. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: It was all smiles last night as Clinton added half ...

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Most of the attention on the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards development has focused on the proposed Nets arena. But th development, if approved, would actually stretch a mile along Atlantic Svenue. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein takes a look at the block farthest from the arena –what’s there ...

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The city economic development agency will only approve liberty bonds for developer Larry Silverstein if he completes re-construction of the World Trade Center site on a specific time table, officials said today. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg and the Port Authority have spoken ...

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While Republicans squabble over their choice of candidates for statewide office, 1,300 Democrats joined together last night to raise five million dollars for the gubernatorial campaign of Eliot Spitzer. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Shut out of the statehouse for 12 years and city hall ...

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When the final numbers are in, Bloomberg's campaign spending should match the record he set in 2001. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

Speaking at a forum at the Milano School for Public Affairs, senior Bloomberg aide Bill Cunningham said the next filing will show the campaign ...

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A new study by a city planning think tank finds that New York's rapid growth is leaving many poor families behind. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

The Pratt Center for Community Development report says for the first time in modern history, housing construction in each of ...

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Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is set to announce an $800,000 settlement today with former directors of an AIDS housing organization, WNYC has learned. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

Spitzer's investigation found that two directors of the AIDS housing group Praxis took money that was supposed to ...

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In this fall's election, traffic wasn't a top issue for voters. But now, two organizations - a business group and a non-profit promoting biking and walking - are studying reducing congestion, in part by charging drivers who bring cars into Midtown.

The groups say failing to ...