Cindy Rodriguez

Reporter, WNYC News

Cindy Rodriguez appears in the following:

Middle Class New Yorkers More Likely to Stay in City

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Middle class New Yorkers are the ones most likely to stay put in the city according to the city comptroller Bill Thompson. His office analyzed 2005 census data and found affluent New Yorkers and the working class are more likely to move out.

REPORTER: Those earning ...

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State Task Force to Fight Abuse of Freelance Status

Saturday, September 08, 2007

New York Governor Spitzer has created a task force to tackle the growing trend of employers improperly classifying workers as independent contractors as a way to get out of paying benefits. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

RODRIGUEZ: The state Department of Labor says employers classify workers as freelancers to avoid paying workers ...

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City Cracks Down on Families Lingering in Shelters

Thursday, September 06, 2007

The Department of Homeless Services is cracking down on homeless families lingering in city shelters for too long. A few hundred have been put into a program designed to structure their days and intensify any services available so they can find a permanent place to ...

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Mayor Delivers Poverty Speech in DC

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mayor Bloomberg made another big policy speech outside of New York yesterday. He spoke in Washington reducing poverty, both locally and nationally. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

First it was gun control, then immigration and now it's reducing poverty that Mayor Bloomberg is taking to a national ...

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Westchester Murder Case Proceeds

Thursday, August 23, 2007

This week, Prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in the case of a Guatemalan immigrant found dying on a desolate road in Westchester county. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The death of Rene Perez occurred about 4 months ago. It was ruled a homicide and ...

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Harlem Residents Wary of New Landlord

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Ever since Dawnay Day – a London based investment group bought up dozens of rent stabilized buildings in East Harlem, some of the tenants afraid of being pushed out of the neighborhood, have been suspicious of their new landlord. Letters they’ve been receiving lately are ...

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Groups Count Number of Homeless Youth in NYC

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Organizations across the city that serve troubled youth have been conducting surveys over the last several months to try to determine just how many young people are living on the streets. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

REPORTER: Advocates and elected officials say it's the first time the ...

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City Aids Residents At Risk Of Being Displaced

Friday, August 03, 2007

More than two years after the city re-zoned the neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, it's making good on a promise to try to protect tenants at risk of being displaced. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: In a few weeks, the city will award a 2-year, $2 ...

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Advocates Fight for Welfare Reform

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Advocates for the poor are at odds with the Bloomberg administration over whether Governor Spitzer should sign a recently passed welfare reform bill. The advocates want the governor to sign the bill, which would require the state to steer welfare recipients into higher paying jobs. ...

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Deal Reached on Campaign Finance Reform

Friday, July 20, 2007

Governor Spitzer had to compromise, but he's gotten Albany legislators to agree to tighten the state's campaign finance laws. Government reform groups are applauding the changes. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The package of reforms is supposed to cap the amount of so-called "soft money" received by state ...

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Big Real Estate Firms Buy Up in Poor Neighborhoods

Thursday, July 19, 2007

The current real estate boom is attracting major investment in some of the most unlikely places. Over the last several years large real estate groups, often backed by the deep pockets of Wall Street firms are buying up blocks of rent stabilized buildings in poor ...

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Starrett City Sale Blocked

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The Starrett City sale is no more. The federal government has quashed the $1.3 billion sale of the largest subsidized housing complex in the nation. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: Clipper Equity, a local investment group spent the last few months trying to convince the Department ...

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Atlantic Yards Gets Special Treatment on Tax Abatement

Friday, June 22, 2007

The state assembly has passed a bill that would give the controversial Atlantic Yards project special treatment. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The move is a small part of a proposed law that will require more developers to build affordable housing in exchange for tax breaks. ...

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City Plans Incentives Aimed at Reducing Poverty

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

$53 million will soon be spent on a program aimed at reducing poverty in the city. Beginning as early as September, certain parents who send their children to school regularly will receive a monthly payment. Kids will also receive money for performing better at school.

Some ...

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City to Reward Poor Families With Cash Incentives

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Thousands of struggling families in the city will soon receive cash payments for sending their children to school or getting them regular medical care. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The so-called conditional cash transfer programs have been tried and tested in several Latin American countries, including ...

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Aspiring Doctor Looks Back: Set to Graduate from NYC Public School

Monday, June 11, 2007

Across the city, High Schools are gearing up for another year of graduations. Thousands of students are moving on to college, jobs or both. 170 high school graduates recently received scholarships from the Teachers Union to try to make that transition easier. Many recipients are ...

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Immigrants May Have Trouble With DMV

Friday, June 08, 2007

New York's highest court has ruled that the state may deny driver's licenses to immigrants who can't prove they're in the country legally. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The decision upholds a lower court decision which found the Department of Motor Vehicles does have the authority to ...

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Housing Authority Makes Cuts

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The New York City Housing Authority is facing an ongoing budget crisis. The agency recently put forward a plan to deal with it, but advocates for the poor say it's short sighted. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The New York City Housing authority plans to sell ...

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Budget Woes Force Big Changes in Public Housing

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Facing large deficits - the city's public housing authority is cutting jobs and making other major changes. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

The Public Housing Authority blames its problems squarely on the federal government saying it has disinvested in public housing over the last few years at ...

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Subsidized Housing Still Lacking in NYC

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Subsidized housing for low and middle income New Yorkers is continuing to dwindle, that's according to a recently released report by a local non-profit. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

Between 1990 and 2006, the city lost about a quarter of the roughly 120,000 cheap apartments once on ...

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