Richard Yeh

Supervising Senior Producer, WNYC News

Richard Yeh appears in the following:

Famed Snow Day Calculator Stumped by NYC

Friday, February 14, 2014

WNYC

David Sukhin's snow day-predicting algorithm has never been wrong for his New Jersey hometown. But on Thursday it forecast a 90 percent chance of school closures in New York City...and schools stayed open.

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Christie Grants Eminent Domain, Doesn't Realize It

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

The governor claimed on a radio show Monday night he didn't know anything about granting extraordinary eminent domain powers to a new higher education board in South Jersey. But Chris...

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Will Bridgegate Impact Christie's Chances in 2016?

Thursday, January 09, 2014

We know it's early, but we thought we'd take a look ahead to 2016.

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Over Objections, MoMA to Demolish Folk Art Museum

Thursday, January 09, 2014

The Museum of Modern Art now owns the building on West 53rd Street, and has decided not to incorporate it into its 100,000-square foot expansion, which it unveiled on Wednesday.

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With Caveats, Cuomo Veers to the Center

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

He's still pushing universal pre-k, gun control and medical marijuana, but in the first big speech of his re-election year, New York's governor seemed to go back to his centrist roots...

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Social Security Fraud Bust Nails Hundreds of Former NYPD, NYFD Officers

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Manhattan's district attorney has charged dozens of retired police officers and firefighters with filing fake disability claims.

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Exit Interview: Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

Friday, December 27, 2013

WNYC
The controversial outgoing commissioner of the Department of Transportation—who brought pedestrian plazas and Citibikes to NYC—says before she arrived, the city streets couldn't meet ...
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Queens Museum Redesigned

Thursday, November 28, 2013

WNYC

It's an exciting new chapter for a Queens building with a storied past. The Queens Museum has re-opened to visitors, after a $69 million dollar redesign.

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Christie, Buono Hit the Campaign Trail For One More Day

Monday, November 04, 2013

For weeks, the Chris Christie campaign has played to big crowds, while Democratic challenger Barbara Buono struggles to get her message out. But Christie's handlers have limited his press time in the run-up to the election. Matt Katz — who has covered Christie for the past three years for The Philadelphia Inquirer and who will be joining the staff of New Jersey Public Radio next week — has some theories about why.

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Future of Stop-and-Frisk Case Is Anything But Certain

Friday, November 01, 2013

WNYC

Experts and political candidates are still trying to sort out the implications of a federal appellate court ruling in a landmark stop-and-frisk case against the New York Police Department.

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Bloomberg Remarks Overshadow Democrats' Final Sprint

Sunday, September 08, 2013

WNYC
In a published interview Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave to New York Magazine, he called de Blasio's campaign "class-warfare" and "racist," praised Quinn for "seven and a half years of k...

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"World Trade Center" Naming Rights Sold For $10 in 1986

Sunday, September 08, 2013

What's in a name?  Well, if the name is as iconic as "World Trade Center," there's quite a lot to it.

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Big Money, and Varying Messages, in Real Estate's Council Campaign

Friday, September 06, 2013

WNYC

Beneath the loud back and forth in the mayor’s race, there’s a quieter campaign about the future of city council. A huge portion of the council advertising is being paid for by Jobs for New York, a real estate-backed independent political group, and they're using very different messaging in different districts.

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De Blasio Has Momentum But Many Still Undecided

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

WNYC

Bill de Blasio is steadily gaining in the polls among the Democratic field of candidates vying to become the next New York mayor. But this week's Quinnipiac poll showing him leading at 43 percent also found nearly a quarter of likely voters saying they could very well change their minds by the Sept. 10 primary.

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Clock Running Down on Cuomo's Agenda

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WNYC

In his State of the State address earlier this year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed he'd push through an aggressive agenda on women's rights, government reform and the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. But with the clock running out on this year's session that is ending Friday, none ...

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'Mad Men' Returns for Sixth Season

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Mad Men is back on Sunday. The sixth season of the AMC TV show about the world of advertising in 1960s New York finds many of it characters at a crossroads, struggling with death and identity. 

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FEMA Warned Christie That No-Bid Contract Could Jeopardize Funds

Friday, March 29, 2013

WNYC

New information has emerged about a New Jersey contract with AshBritt, a politically-connected debris removal company.  

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SCOTUS Audio Lets Citizens Argue Along

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

WNYC
The Supreme Court went viral this week. On Twitter, Facebook and all over the Internet, Americans debated the Supreme Court's hearings on same-sex marriage. This was aided in part by ...

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Blumenthal: Gun Control Fight a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

WNYC

A federal ban on assault weapons is not in the cards. The provision has been pulled from a gun control bill that Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate plan to bring to a vote next month. Majority Leader Harry Reid said he doesn’t have the votes to pass the provision, which would instead be included as an amendment.

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Doctors as Marketers

Monday, March 11, 2013

WNYC

For the past three years, ProPublica reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein have been investigating the sometimes cozy relationship between drug companies and doctors. Their reporting has revealed that some doctors receive thousands of dollars a year promoting pharmaceutical products in speeches all over the country. 

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