Michael Hill

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Long Island has a housing discrimination problem

Friday, February 23, 2024

APTI
New York's Department of State is stepping up enforcement against housing discrimination on Long Island.

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Construction deaths trend up in NYC

Monday, February 19, 2024

A new report finds construction deaths are trending up in New York City for the third year in a row, even as they decrease statewide.

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WNYC's Public Song Project returns in 2024 — with a twist

Friday, February 16, 2024

Listeners with a knack for creativity can send in a song based on a work of music, literature or music currently in the public domain.

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What actually makes a good New York bagel?

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Matt Pomeranz of Zucker's Bagels and Smoked Fish gives a peek into a bagel maker's secrets. 

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Newark residents buy their ticket to home ownership for one dollar

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

A new initiative in Newark, New Jersey aims to alleviate some of the costs of buying a home by selling property to longtime residents for just one dollar. 

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Flaco the Owl is a New York City success story

Friday, February 02, 2024

It's been one year since Flaco the Owl escaped from the Central Park Zoo.

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New York expands its legal definition of rape after a 13 year fight

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Lydia Cuomo was 25 years old and on her way to work when she was attacked at gunpoint by an off-duty NYPD police officer.

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Traffic crashes, and when blame causes the "prevention of prevention"

Friday, January 19, 2024

"We often wait for someone to die, before we fix a street." 

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Vision Zero: how did Hoboken do it?

Friday, January 19, 2024

Hoboken, New Jersey was the first U.S city to reach the goal of Vision Zero.

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Ten years into Vision Zero, NYC grapples with lack of infrastructure for e-bikes

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

When New York City implemented Vision Zero a decade ago, the streets looked very different from today. 

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Why demographic data on who gets hurt in NYC traffic crashes can be hard to get

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Last year, traffic killed 241 people. We know where and when crashes are happening, but some information on WHO is getting hurt or killed can be hard to get.

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“Death and injury on our streets aren't just unconscionable. They're avoidable.” Janette Sadik-Khan on street safety in NYC

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Janette Sadik-Khan led New York City's Department of Transportation from 2007 to 2013, under then-Mayor Bloomberg. 

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Atlantic Avenue: Exploring the promises of Vision Zero on one of Brooklyn's busiest roads

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

In the 10 years since Vision Zero rolled out in New York City, little has changed on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue. 

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Former Mayor de Blasio reflects on ten years of Vision Zero in New York City

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Ten years ago, then-Mayor de Blasio rolled out his plan to instate the street safety plan Vision Zero. A decade later, he looks back on the program.

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Vision Zero: How did Sweden do it?

Monday, January 15, 2024

Sweden's "Godfather of Vision Zero" on the implementation of the program worldwide.

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The roots of traffic safety advocacy in New York City

Friday, January 12, 2024

Street safety activists in New York City used non-violent direct actions to influence change. 

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Why here and not there? A week of Morning Edition explores a decade of Vision Zero

Wednesday, January 03, 2024

As New York City's Vision Zero program turns ten, Morning Edition looks back at the last decade in street safety efforts—where they've succeeded, and where they've failed

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New Yorkers' Right to Repair

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Thanks to a new consumer rights law Governor Kathy Hochul signed last year, New Yorkers now have more choice over where they get some of their electronics repaired.

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New York building inspector gives his tips on checking buildings for structural flaws

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Not every crack in the wall amounts to catastrophe.

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New Jersey has its own real-life Alice's Restaurant

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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Alice Szigethy has always been tickled that her restaurant in Lake Hopatcong, NJ shares a name with Arlo Guthrie's famous, offbeat, meandering anti-war folk ballad.

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