Jenna Flanagan

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Supporters of a single payer health care system are hoping they can make Whole Foods CEO John Mackey change his position against government run health care. Josh Starcher is with Single Payer Action, an advocacy group handing out fliers in front of the Union Square ...

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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he's sending a message to those who take advantage of immigrants seeking citizenship: it won't be tolerated.

CUOMO: We will find you and we're gonna be very aggressive in the investigation. And maybe it's gone on for a ling ...

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Services were held this morning in the Philadelphia area, for three of the victims killed last Saturday when their single engine airplane struck a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. Steven Altman, his brother Daniel and Daniel's teenage son Douglas were mourned at Temple Sinai ...

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Congress is set to decide whether or not to renew the Child Nutrition Act this fall. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are urging lawmakers to renew the school lunch program. Quinn says providing healthy food in New York's public ...

As soon as I heard of the helicopter and plane crash near Hoboken, I immediately took the train into the city to find out what happened. Getting off the train at the Hoboken terminal and walking about a half mile towards the crash site nothing seemed unusual or abnormal. Joggers ...

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A small plane and a tour helicopter collided and fell into the Hudson River and onto the New Jersey waterfront at Hoboken just after 12 noon. Crash witness Leo Pellegini, was working with the Hoboken's travelling soccer team as they practiced on the field at ...

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On Capitol Hill, US Senators are expected to approve the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court today. During yesterday's floor debate, New York Senator Charles Schumer, who's voting for Sotomayor, openly questioned the motives of Republicans, most of whom oppose the ...

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The brother of the Long Island woman who caused a wrong-way crash that killed eight people says his family is shocked by a report that she was drunk and high at the time. Warren Hance says in a statement that he and his wife Jackie ...

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New Yorkers seem to be getting more involved in local politics. The number of small donors contributing to campaign war chests of city candidates is up.

The Campaign Finance Board says between May and July, contributions of $250 or less, were up 25-percent compared to the ...

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Westchester County's Forensic Laboratory says its toxicology report shows the woman who caused the fatal wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway, had a blood alcohol level of .19. That's more than twice New York's legal limit. Betsey Spratt, the county's chief toxicologist, says that could ...

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Hoboken's new acting Mayor, Dawn Zimmer, says she's ready to begin the hard work of restoring confidence in city government.

ZIMMER: I recognize the traumatic experience this has been for many Hoboken residents and city employees. I want everyone to know, I am committed to open ...

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The City's Health Department is engaged in what's become an annual summer tradition: spraying for mosquitoes to prevent the spread of the West Nile virus.

Health Department helicopters are spraying larvicide in non-residential, marshland areas of Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Edgar Butts, Assistant Commissioner ...

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Mayor Bloomberg will be in Washington today to testify on behalf of Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The mayor says he's looking forward to it.

BLOOMBERG: You can rest assured I'm gonna say good things since I'm a supporter. And I haven't watched most of the ...

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Republican senators walked out of today's session refusing to acknowledge the Democratic leadership. They were joined by Democratic Senators Ruben Diaz and Hiram Monserratte who claimed they were fed up with their parties leadership as well. Senator Eric Adams, one of the Democrats left in ...

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Governor Paterson is pleading with state senators again to work out their differences and start passing crucial legislation.

PATERSON: Put down your differences, lay down your weapons, come in the chamber, sign to pass the legislation I'll sign it tonight and the relief for local governments ...

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Twenty years ago, director Spike Lee debuted his independent feature film "Do The Right Thing". The plot takes place in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Styuvesant on the hottest day of the year, in 1989.

It explores escalating racial tensions in the city after real-life incidents like ...

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Chaos continues in Albany. In a second extraordinary session, Republicans refused to show up and Democrats gaveled in and out within minutes.

Democratic senator-turned-Republican-coalition-member Pedro Espada says they've asked Governor Paterson for his leadership to force Democrats to acknowledge Espada and Republican Senator Dean Skelos as ...

People who live in downtown Jersey City often refer to it as New York’s unofficial sixth borough. It’s just as close if not closer to Manhattan as the so-called outer boroughs -- five to seven minutes on the PATH train. WNYC’s Jenna Flanagan plugs into Grove Street as part our Main Street series to find out how it’s weathering the recession.

Even at 98 percent capacity, the Grove Pointe tower still advertises its availability to the neighborhood. Developer and principal Jonathan Kushner says condos start at $375,000 for a one bedroom and can rise into the low $70,000’s, while a studio starts at $1,600 and two bedroom starts at $2,400.

Residents file in and out of the PATH train station at the new Grove Pointe plaza, in front of the massive tower on Grove Street.

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People who live in downtown Jersey City often refer to it as New York’s unofficial sixth borough. It’s just as close if not closer to Manhattan as the so-called outer boroughs -- five to seven minutes on the PATH train. WNYC’s Jenna Flanagan plugs into ...

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With election season fast approaching, Council Speaker Christine Quinn picked up an endorsement from an unlikely place, the Working Families Party. Last year the group led the fight against Mayor Bloomberg's push to repeal the city's term limit laws and Quinn stood right behind the ...