Richard Hake

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Workers of the old Windows on the World Restaurant, on top of the World Trade Center, started new jobs last night in a new establishment, one that is their own. WNYC's Richard Hake reports

REPORTER: From busboy to chef, all the workers are somehow connected to ...

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Later this morning twelve groups of crew teams will race across the Hudson River from Manhattan to New Jersey and back in a re-enactment of an historic race. It was in 1824 when small boats, called Whitehalls, were raced across a four mile course in ...

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You never know what you'll find when you start digging in Manhattan. Workers doing excavation for a new South Ferry subway station found a wall, 40 feet wide and seven feet thick, that's believed to date to Colonial times. WNYC's Richard Hake has the details.

REPORTER: ...

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The New York City Police Department remembered one of its own this morning. Officer Dillon Stewart, once an accountant here at WNYC Radio, joined the police force five years ago and was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week. WNYC's Richard Hake was ...

When you hear city officials say mass transit is the fastest way to travel around this holiday season, you'll know you can do it even cheaper. Starting today you can save money by using a special holiday MetroCard. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Reporter: The special card, that was available for purchase ...

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Mayor Bloomberg says the Christmas season in New York City has arrived. Earlier this afternoon orchestra members of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular returned to the famous stage for a matinee performance after a contract dispute. WNYC’s Richard Hake was there as they returned ...

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A new study released today is hoping to give producers and cultural arts organizations more information on why audiences come to see their events.

The study, called Motivations Matter, randomly surveyed more than 12-hundred adults and looked at only live cultural events and not television or ...

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Mayor Bloomberg and Fernando Ferrer met in their second and final debate last night. The mayor took a harsher approach to his challenger's barbs, saying he Ferrer was a complainer, not a leader. Both candidates also defended their records on fighting poverty.

REPORTER: The south Bronx is ...

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Get ready for your senses to be assaulted and your psyche to be unsettled. For this Halloween season, a group of off-broadway directors and producers created what they are calling New York’s most horrifying haunted house. It’s not for the squeamish, in fact, no one ...

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A New York City icon turns 100 years old today. Passengers have been taking the five mile, 25- minute ride longer than that, but today the Staten Island Ferry is celebrating its centennial year as a municipal service. WNYC’s Richard Hake took a ride across ...

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Later Tonight a piece of Central Park will be transformed into the Antarctic. It's a musical, it's a performance, it's a spectacle and it's free sponsored by the Public Art Fund and the Whitney. WNYC's Richard Hake caught up with the artist as he was ...

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The Fulton Fish Market move to the Bronx, which is almost a year behind schedule, is being delayed once again. At issue is who gets to unload the fish. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

A state supreme court judge ruled against the City in its plans to ...

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Jews from around the world celebrated Rosh Hashanah along with the ritual of Tashlich. The new year is commemorated with tossing bread crumbs into the water to cast away sins. WNYC’s Richard Hake found a congregation at the East River in Brooklyn.

REPORTER: As the waves ...

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After months of emotional public negotiations, Governor Pataki said yesterday that the International Freedom Center has generated "too much opposition and too much controversy" to remain a part of of the new World Trade Center.

The center, which was selected to design exhibits about the September ...

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The city's skyline is now darker after midnight in some places. The lights of buildings are being dimmed to make New York a better place for migratory birds, many of which follow the Hudson River south over the city on the way to warmer places ...

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The New York Public Library is busy renovating a room at the main branch in midtown to display its extensive map collection. It won't be ready until early winter, but starting today the library is dusting off some of those maps for an exhibit called: ...

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Today is the deadline for candidates seeking office to disclose financial activity that will be made public before the Primary Election. The Campaign Finance Board’s program includes the office of Public Advocate. The four major candidates are in a heated race to become the city’s ...

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For more than a decade, a group of cyclists in New York have gathered for a monthly ride through the streets called "Critical Mass." The rides take place in other cities worldwide, but have no official organizers and no explicit agenda.

Last August, more than 250 ...

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Four candidates seeking the democratic nomination for the City's Public Advocate faced off in their first debate. The challengers spent most of their time attacking the incumbent Betsy Gotbaum. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Public Advocate Gotbaum defended her track record at standing up to the Mayor ...

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The first official debate for the candidates seeking to be the city's Public Advocate is tonight. Incumbent Betsy Gotbaum and her challengers are all democrats which means the September 13th primary will decide the winner. WNYC's Richard Hake has a debate preview.

Gotbaum, is trying to ...