Clarisa Diaz

Interaction Designer, WNYC News

Clarisa Diaz appears in the following:

Residents Push MTA for Upgrades at Fourth Avenue Station

Monday, April 24, 2017

Through setting up a fantasy subway station, residents gathered ideas and pressured the MTA to make upgrades quicker.

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How Donald Trump Could Weed Out Your Community Garden

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Trump's budget calls for eliminating all federal block grants; NYC's Parks Department receives $4,500,000 a year from those grants.

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Where Members of Congress Stood on the Republican Health Care Bill

Friday, March 10, 2017

NPR, WNYC and dozens of other member stations tracked where lawmakers around the country stood on the controversial bill.

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Here's Why Immigrant Victims May (Still) Be Afraid to Report Crime

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

U visas offer the promise of legal status for immigrants who cooperate with law enforcement, but these days, the decision to come out of the shadows presents a new level of anxiety.

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Town Hall Tracker: Find Meetings With Your Representatives (February 18-26)

Friday, February 17, 2017

Check if your members of Congress are having town hall meetings during this legislative recess (February 18-26). 

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Where They Stand: Congress and Trump's Executive Order on Refugees and Immigrants

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

NPR, WNYC and dozens of other member stations are tracking how lawmakers around the country are responding to President Trump's executive order on refugees. Here's what we found.

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City Proposes Halving Cost of Tennis Permits

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The annual adult tennis permit would be reduced to $100.

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MTA Okay With Subway Therapy -- For Now

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Since the presidential election, people have been posting thousands of notes in a subway passageway at 14th Street. 

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New York Voter Guide for 2016 November Election

Monday, October 31, 2016

Learn about the presidential candidates, and candidates down the ballot in your district.

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City's Sandy Repair Effort Leaves Some Applicants Behind

Friday, October 28, 2016

About 900 applicants were dropped from the Build it Back program's rolls over the past year. Were they forced out so the city could meet its now-defunct deadline?

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Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as an Adult Means a Longer Sentence

Monday, October 10, 2016

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Part 3: Teenagers convicted in New Jersey get much longer sentences than New York. But advocates say neither state is treating juveniles humanely. 

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Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as An Adult Depends on Skin Color

Monday, October 10, 2016

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Part 1: Hundreds of minors as young as 14 are being tried as adults in New Jersey, and almost 90 percent of them are black or Latino kids. 

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Your Voter Guide for Tuesday's New York Primary Election

Monday, September 12, 2016

Enter your address and find out who's running in your district. Polls open at 6 a.m. or noon depending on your county, and all polls close at 9 p.m.

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As Temperatures Climb, the Elderly, Frail and Poor Are Put at Risk

Thursday, August 18, 2016

"The fan ain’t doing no good, at all,” says one 69-year-old admitted for heat exhaustion.

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Without AC, Public Housing Residents Swelter Through the Summer

Thursday, July 28, 2016

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Almost 90 percent of New Yorkers have air conditioning in their homes, but less than half of public housing apartments do. And those units don't cool down, even overnight.

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The Brooklyn Voter Purge: By Age, Registration and Sanders Districts

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

WNYC obtained the list of purged voters in Brooklyn, and found that Hispanics were disproportionally represented. Here's what else we found.

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Brooklyn Voter Purge Hit Hispanics Hardest

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

WNYC analyzed 120,000 names dropped from the voter rolls before April's presidential primary. We found that Hispanic voters were removed at a higher rate than all other groups.

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A Little Brown Bird, Struggling to Hang On

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

WNYC's Wild NYC project is taking a look at some of the diversity of wildlife in the city. But not all of the wildlife here is doing so well. 

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