Matthew Schuerman

Editor, WNYC

Matthew Schuerman joined WNYC in December 2007 as the transportation and economic development reporter. He covered repeated financial crises at the MTA, the most severe transit cuts in decades, as well as the impact of the recession on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn and the World Trade Center redevelopment in Lower Manhattan. Since 2010, Schuerman has been an editor in the WNYC newsroom. In addition, he has recently reported a number of Sandy-related stories.

Schuerman came to radio from The New York Observer, where he also covered economic development. Earlier, he was an associate editor at Worth Magazine, and free-lanced for The Village Voice, Fortune, City Limits, and other publications.

Schuerman has been a fan of WNYC since the mid-1990s, when he was working as a reporter at The Day, a daily newspaper in New London, Conn. Though 100 miles away from New York, he could get Brian Lehrer and Leonard Lopate on his car radio while driving along Interstate 95 on his daily rounds, thanks to how the AM signal travels over the Long Island Sound.

A native of Chicago, Schuerman graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude. He received a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Matthew Schuerman appears in the following:

Mayor Blasts Anti-Police Videos

Monday, August 20, 2018

By Jessica Gould

One video showed a man measuring out marijuana on the hood of a police van.

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New Proposal to Cut Building Emissions Finds Traction in City Council

Monday, August 20, 2018

By Mara Silvers : Assistant Producer, WNYC News

A report aimed at decreasing carbon emissions from large buildings has the attention of the City Council, and interest from the de Blasio administration.

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A canner who goes by the name Morena earns about $10,000 a year by collecting bottles and cans, enough to finance her 'second life' as a celebrity on the Latina party circuit.

She Makes Her Living 5 Cents at a Time

Thursday, August 09, 2018

By Francesca Berardi : Brown Insitute for Media Innovation

About 10,000 "canners" live and work in New York City. Here's the story of one of them who entered the profession reluctantly, but is now proud it has kept her working.

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Cooling Centers Open (If You Can Find Them)

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

By Fumiko Lipp : Arthur F. Burns Fellow

Last year, after a WNYC investigation, New York City officials promised to provide large signs to make locations more visible. But in East Harlem at least, they are nowhere to be seen.

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New York's Iconic Water Towers, Now Infamous, Gain Scrutiny

Tuesday, August 07, 2018

By Sean Carlson / Malik Badjie

In a new bill being introduced by City Council members, the towers used for storing drinking water would be subject to random inspections.

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Lessons from New York's Largest Measles Outbreak in Decades

Thursday, August 02, 2018

By Zoe Azulay : Reporter, WNYC News ; Producer, The Brian Lehrer Show

Back in 2013, the decision some orthodox parents made to not vaccinate their kids led to a costly mini-epidemic.

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New York Foster Agency That Took in Migrant Children Has History of Abuse Allegations Upstate

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Cayuga Centers has faced allegations of abuse and hundreds of reported runaway attempts at its upstate facilities. It now shelters 600 unaccompanied minors in New York City.

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Members of 32BJ and the Taxi Worker's Alliance rally outside of City Hall in support of a series of bills that would be the first in the country to regulate ride haling apps.

City Council Creates Office for Discrimination at TLC as Battle Over Uber Bills Heats Up

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

By Stephen Nessen : Reporter, WNYC News

As the City Council is poised to vote on a series of bills that would be the first in the country to clamp down on ride hailing apps, the industry and unexpected allies are pushing back.

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The MTA began testing facial recognition software in April on drivers crossing the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.

That Bridge Is Watching You

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

By Zoe Azulay : Reporter, WNYC News ; Producer, The Brian Lehrer Show

Gov. Cuomo says facial recognition technology at bridges and tunnels is the next wave in anti-terrorist security. Civil libertarians disagree.

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Court Watchers Hold 'Progressive' DAs Accountable

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

By Zoe Azulay : Reporter, WNYC News ; Producer, The Brian Lehrer Show

A New York City group wants prosecutors and judges to know "we're watching you."

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City Data Shows Widespread Public Health Hazard in Cooling Towers

Monday, July 23, 2018

By Sean Carlson / Emily Lang

As a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease continues in Manhattan, a report detailing implementation of a law meant to fight it shows tens of thousands of violations

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Review: 'Fire in Dreamland' Doesn't Ignite

Sunday, July 22, 2018

By Jennifer Vanasco

Despite being about a post-Sandy couple, Rinne Groff's Coney Island never feels like a real place, but only a glorious, dreamy moment in memory.

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Review: In 'The Damned,' a Nightmare of Facism Aided by Greed

Saturday, July 21, 2018

By Jennifer Vanasco

Not even the audience escapes the feeling of guilt.

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Landlord to Pay Tenants $25,000 Each After Harassment Allegations

Thursday, July 12, 2018

By Zoe Azulay : Reporter, WNYC News ; Producer, The Brian Lehrer Show

The Chinatown tenants who were forced out of their apartments six months ago expect to move back by Aug. 31, and get cash for their pain and suffering.

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Mayor and Head of the City Transit System Meet ... Finally

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

By Gwynne Hogan

After a New Yorker article revealed that Mayor de Blasio hadn't met with the president of New York City Transit, the two men spent 90 minutes together.

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