Gwynne Hogan

Former Reporter, WNYC News

Gwynne Hogan appears in the following:

Barred from Returning to School in the Fall, Parents Who Oppose Vaccines Make Backup Plans

Monday, August 19, 2019

They're hoping a judge will decide in their favor and strike down the state's removal of the religious exemption, but many already have back up plans in place.

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'Everyone's on Edge Right Now,' Times Square Workers Say After Brief Stampede

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Workers and tourists in Times Square say it's no surprise that people are on edge after the weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.

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'Title Quest' Challenges Librarians To Name Obscure Books

Friday, August 02, 2019

The group of librarians named 53 different books of thousands of reader inquiries to New York Public Library's blog.

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What Does Counting 90,000 Paper Ballots Sound Like? Inside the Queens DA Recount

Friday, July 19, 2019

A recount is underway in Queens for the district attorney primary race between Democratic establishment candidate Melinda Katz and progressive challenger Tiffany Cabán.

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De Blasio's Presidential Cash Coming Overwhelmingly from Large Gifts

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

In a campaign where Democrats are eager to prove their grassroots bonafides, just 9 percent of contributions to de Blasio's presidential campaign came from small donors.

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What the Justice Department Decision in the Garner Case Means for New Yorkers

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The officer who appeared to apply a banned chokehold on Eric Garner five years ago remains on the force, and it's a flashpoint for Mayor, and presidential candidate, Bill de Blasio.

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Fanfare and Politics at Ticker Tape Parade for Women World Champions

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

The crowd heckled US Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro with chants of "Equal Pay" and "Cut the Check."

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Celebrating the Women's Soccer World Cup Win

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Will they now get equal pay?

The Mysterious Wealth of Jeffrey Epstein, and What He Did With It

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Lots of questions about how Jeffrey Epstein — the financier indicted on federal child sex trafficking charges — made his apparent wealth remain unanswered. 

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Weed Dealers on Legalization: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Left in the Dark’

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

One said he's relieved marijuana wasn't legalized in New York this legislative session, saying it gives him and others more time to prepare.

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Prosecutors Bring New Sex Trafficking Case Against Jeffrey Epstein

Monday, July 08, 2019

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges against the wealthy hedge fund manager on Monday.

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National Anti-Vax Group Rakes in Donations from NYC Hedge Fund Manager

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Bernard and Lisa Selz of the Selz Foundation have donated more than $3 million dollars to anti-vaccination groups over the past several years.

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Measles Update with Gwynne Hogan

Monday, June 17, 2019

The latest on efforts to stop misinformation on the measles.

Public Advocate Calls for Central Park Jogger Prosecutor's Other Cases to Be Reexamined

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

The demand comes amid outcry over her handling of the 1989 Central Park jogger, recently re-publicized by a new Netflix mini-series by filmmaker Ava DuVernay.

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AOC Mixes Drinks in Queens in Show of Support for Restaurant Workers

Friday, May 31, 2019

Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was hoping to draw attention to activists' fight to raise the federal minimum wage for tipped workers to $15 an hour.

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Massive Ferry Lines as NYers Flock To Rockaway Beach and Waterfront Areas

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Hundreds waited in lines of more than an hour to ride ferries to Rockaway Beach Sunday.

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How Public Health Outreach Ended A 1990s Measles Outbreak And What's Different Now

Monday, May 13, 2019

This year's measles outbreak is the largest in recent memory. But from 1989 to 1991, more than 55,000 people got measles. Federal funding and parents embracing vaccines halted the outbreak.

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How Today's Measles Outbreak Compares To Another In NYC In The Early '90s

Monday, May 13, 2019

The nationwide measles outbreak is the largest in recent memory. But back in the early 1990s, thousands of people, mostly in large cities, got measles and nearly 100 died.

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City Shuttered a Day Care Without Warning Them About New Measles Policy, Owner Says

Friday, May 10, 2019

The day care center was shuttered for having six babies under one year old who didn't have measles vaccines.

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'Brady Bunch' Episode Fuels Campaigns Against Vaccines — And Marcia's Miffed

Sunday, April 28, 2019

One of TV's most famous families laughed off measles in the 1960s. The episode has resurfaced in battles over measles vaccinations today.

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