Matthew Schuerman

Senior Editor, WNYC

Matthew Schuerman (Amy Pearl/WNYC News)

Matthew Schuerman joined WNYC in December 2007 as the transportation and economic development reporter. He covered the most severe MTA 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 served in various capacities as editor, overseeing newscast content, live interviews, features and specials, focusing on housing, the urban environment, sustainability, transportation and infrastructure.

In 2017, a multimedia series Schuerman oversaw in conjunction with other nonprofit partners, The Harlem Heat Project, won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation from the RTNDA. A week-long collaboration Schuerman undertook with CityLimits.org in 2015, The Cost of Our Water, won a second-place Headliner Award from the Atlantic City Press Club in the radio documentary category. He co-produced a two-part story on construction worker deaths with Cindy Rodriguez in 2008 that won a a Best Enterprise Reporting prize from Public Radio News Directors Inc. Schuerman has also contributed to other public radio shows, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and Reveal. An article he wrote on the de-industrialization of New York City was included in the 2007 book, The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World's Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town? (Princeton Architectural Press).

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. He began his journalism career at The Day, a daily in New London, Connecticut, covering town news, schools and higher education.

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:

Abandoned Gun, Moldy Bread Pudding and 'Unrecognizable' Hamburgers Found in New Jersey Immigrant Lock-up

Friday, February 15, 2019

By Matt Katz : Reporter, WNYC News

An inspector general's surprise visit to the Essex County Correctional Facility, which holds immigrants for $34 million a year, found a range of disgusting and dangerous problems.

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HUD Regional Administrator Lynne Patton Arrives at Patterson Houses Monday.

Public Housing Residents See Improvements Already From Patton's Visit

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

Housing authority staff reportedly spiffed up the first destination where the HUD regional administrator, Lynne Patton, will stay.

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Amazon-NYC Rom-Com Takes Dramatic Plot Twist

Friday, February 08, 2019

By Jim O'Grady : Reporter, WNYC News

The company seems to want New Yorkers to know that without a warmer welcome, they might bolt before they get here.

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HUD Regional Administrator Lynne Patton Touring the Patterson Houses with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., in Octoober 2018.

HUD Administrator Lynne Patton to Get First-Hand Look at Public Housing

Thursday, February 07, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

She'll spend a week with each of four families and feed information to the yet-to-be-appointed independent monitor.

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Baraka has overseen a downtown development boom that has won him unexpected support from the business community. Now he just needs to convince long-term residents they won’t be pushed out by gentrific

Newark Mayor Objects To New York's Homeless Relocation Program

Wednesday, February 06, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

Baraka says moving the homeless into substandard apartments in Newark does nothing to break cycle of homelessness.

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New York's Public Housing Faces Federal Takeover Threat

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

The de Blasio administration and the federal government need to reach an agreement by the end of Thursday on how to fix the city's crumbling public housing system.

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For Uber & Lyft Drivers, Congestion Costs Money

Friday, January 25, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

As a driver for Lyft and Uber 43-year-old Percy Henderson navigates the city's congested streets nearly every day.

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Clean-up day at Throggs Neck Houses in the Bronx, April 10, 2015.

Investigators Find No Orgy, but Plenty of Misconduct at Housing Complex

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

By Mirela Iverac : Reporter, WNYC News

Two former Throggs Neck managers allegedly threatened their subordinates, organized drunken parties during work hours, and engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.

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