Richard Hake

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On Nine Eleven, New Yorkers spontaneously gathered outside, in public spaces, to comfort one another and honor those who died. People left flowers, candles and handwritten messages. Later, others organized mass plantings of daffodils and trees.

REPORTER: The federal Forest Service has documented more than 700 ...

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An obscure state panel has delayed a vote -- again -- on the redevelopment of the Moynihan Station. This is the project to overhaul the Farley post office building on 8th Avenue and move much of Penn Station's foot traffic there. It seemed, for a ...

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With 2.2 million New Yorkers of hispanic descent living in the 5 boroughs, you would think it would be easy to find a guide to latino life in the city. Well, now it is: Nueva York: The Complete Guide to Latino Life in the Five ...

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This Sunday there’s going to be a rodeo of sorts in the Hudson River. It’s the 14th annual Tugboat Challenge which will include a parade, a race and other competitions for those familiar maritime workhorses of New York Harbor. You’ll be able to view the ...

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You can’t really swim or work on your suntan at this beach, but an island in New York City is getting a make-over. In the federally protected Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a group of governmental agencies is busy trying to fight its deterioration and restore ...

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Train Service on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak is still experiencing delays and cancellations due to this morning's massive power failure. Officials expect service to be fully restored sometime after the evening rush tonight.

It's still not clear what caused the power failure to tracks near ...

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Today marks the 75th Birthday of a New York icon. The Empire State Building took only a year and 45 days to build and opened in 1931. As a tribute, we sent WNYC’s Richard Hake to profile a man who has one of the building’s ...

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The New York City Police Department is returning the head of a statue to Italy. The artwork was up for sale at Christies before authorities figured out it was stolen. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

REPORTER: The head of Dionysus was originally removed from the villa of ...

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A medical examiner's report suggests a member of the NYPD died as a direct result of exposure to toxic fumes and dust during search and recovery efforts at the WTC site. It's the first such known ruling positively linking a death to work at the ...

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More human remains have been discovered on the top of the Deutsche Bank building adjacent to the World Trade Center. 74 bone fragments found over the weekend make it the largest discovery since The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation began dismantling procedures last fall.

Most of the ...

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There's been a legal defeat to those who like to dance. A State Supreme Court Justice dismissed a complaint against the City and it's licensing requirments for the so called Cabaret Laws. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

REPORTER: The cabaret laws were put on the books 80 ...

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New York City officials released some 9 hours of dramatic audio tape today from the 911 operator system from the morning of September 11th, 2001.

The voices heard are from the operators and dispatchers who were fielding telephone calls from people trapped inside the World Trade ...

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On April 5th the City Council land use committee will vote on a proposed Yankee Stadium for Maccombs Damn Park. But several community groups want to insure they get what they want from the deal. This is where the "Community Benefits Agreement" comes in to ...

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For some people going to the Laundromat is a mundane drag. For others it's like therapy. Tonight one East Village Laundromat is going to try to switch up the experience for everyone. WNYC's Richard Hake attended a recent reading in a series, appropriately called, "Dirty ...

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A coyote led police officers and parks officials on a two day chase in Central Park. It ended this morning when the juvenile coyote was shot with a tranquilizer gun. WNYC's Richard Hake met up with the City's Parks commissioner, Adrian Benepe, at his office ...

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Fewer public school students are lighting up. City officials released the results of a study that found one in ten high schoolers smoke cigarettes today compared to one in four ten years ago. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Mayor Bloomberg credits his administration's citywide crack down on ...

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Fewer public school students are lighting up. City officials released the results of a study that found one in ten high schoolers smoke cigarettes today compared to one in four ten years ago. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Mayor Bloomberg credits his administration's citywide crack down on ...

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An old Times Square photo lab is hosting an art exhibit, where, if you visit, you can become part of it. Swedish born photographer, Alexander Berg, is inviting people right off the street into his studio for a free portrait. The photographs will be featured ...

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Members of a historic Lower East Side Congregation are waiting to hear if their synagogue can be saved after a partial collapse over the weekend. The building, dating back to 1857, may have to be demolished, but earlier today the congregants were overjoyed when some ...

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There’s going to be a housing boom on Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island. Potential tenants are flocking to get applications into an almost finished, luxury, 500 unit apartment building. The two mile long island, rich in city history, is already the place 10,000 New Yorkers call home ...