Richard Hake

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New York City has bought a piece of its own history. The famous B&B Carousel on Coney Island is the last of 25 which dotted the neighborhood over the years. The $1.8 million spent by the city is part of the Coney Island re-development project.

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New York City officials are trying to save the last remaining carousel on Coney Island. The owners of the famed B&B Carousell want to sell it. An auction has been set for next week and there’s interest from around the country. Richard Hake reports.

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With the hot weather people are flocking to the area's beaches, but some environmental advocates and a city council member are criticizing water quality testing methods. The city is defending it system and says the water is safe for swimming.

REPORTER: An investigation by City Council ...

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The National Football League is taking a wait-and-see attitude on whether to take the 2010 Superbowl away from New York City.

The league's owners had voted to award the game to the city, contingent on the Jets stadium plan being fully in place by the end ...

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Now that a state board shot down some funding for a West Side Stadium, backers of New York's 2012 Olympic Bid are trying to figure out a new strategy.

Mayor Bloomberg said "we have let America down", but he's not giving up. City officials are planning ...

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As the price of new homes continues to skyrocket there has been growing talk that the real estate market, both in New York and across the nation, is a bubble that is getting ready to burst. One of these pessimists is Greg David, the Editor ...

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An icon of the skyline celebrates a major milestone today. WNYC's Richard Hake and I went to the top of our building in Lower Manhattan to enjoy a view of the Chrysler Building, which turns 75 years old today. I asked Richard to give me ...

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Several Lower Manhattan residents say the EPA's latest plan to test for indoor contaminents from the collapse of the World Trade Center is not comprehensive, and will do little to protect the public's health. WNYC's Richard Hake has this report on the EPA's public hearing ...

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Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side know that a stop in the dinosaur hall is a must see. The museum has one of the largest collections in the world. Since 1869 it‘s been gathering and storing the bones ...

This year's election for Manhattan District Attorney will be an interesting race. This morning a well known judge is expected to announce her candidacy to take on 8-term incumbent Robert Morganthau. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Leslie Crocker Snyder is expected to address supporters at a fundraising breakfast this morning. The 63-year-old ...

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City officials are marking the 200th birthday of the Board of Health. The City agency was established to fight Yellow Fever in 1805.

Tuberculosis, dysentery, malnutrition, typhus, cholera and polio were some of the other challenges New York City faced in its history. The department credits ...

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It was Shakespeare who wrote that all the world’s a stage, well, here in New York City that can be taken literally. Did you know that some of those jugglers, guitar players and dancers on street corners actually audition for their spots? Richard Hake visited ...

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The warm temperatures yesterday may have prompted you to turn on your air conditioner. Rest assured, New York State is expected to be okay when it comes to electrical supply this summer, but there could be problems in the future.

The not for profit New York ...

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A neighborhood that has been cutoff from Lower Manhattan because of security concerns after September 11th will soon have more access. Starting next month buses will begin traveling on Park Row in Chinatown.

REPORTER: Just South of Confuscious Plaza, concrete Jersey Barriers and a mechanical roadblock ...

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Sex-oriented bookstores, theaters and bars can remain open for now. They have been granted a stay so that they may ask the state's highest court to consider their appeal of a ruling that upheld tough city zoning regulations.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg was hoping to start shutting ...

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A group of veterans is taking New York State to court over the Park Avenue Armory. A bill passed in the Legislature and signed by the Governor last year allows a conservancy group to take over, but the veterans want to continue to run it.

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As millions of pilgrims in Rome witnessed the funeral for Pope John Paul the Second's today, Roman Catholics in New York are remembering him with masses and other ways to show their faith.

WNYC's Richard Hake visited Spanish Harlem where a local artist did what he ...

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A man whose obsession with trains got him arrested 20 times will go back to prison. This time he's been sentenced to up to three years. WNYC's Richard Hake reports.

Darius McCollum gained noteriety at age 15 when he commandeered an E train at Herald Square ...

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Hundreds of upset hotel workers worried about their jobs, rallied on central park south to try to save the Plaza. It's set to close and undergo a massive renovation at the end of the month.

Bellmen, doormen, room attendants and their union leaders are trying to ...

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The New York State Legislature has passed its first on-time budget in more than two decades. The last time this happened, the Olympics were in Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and New Yorkers were still sporting feathered hairdos and mohawks.

Nonetheless, the ...