Soterios Johnson

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There's just about a week to go before Election Day, and campaigns on both sides of the Hudson are working hard to engage voters so they'll be motivated enough to vote in an off-year election. With me to talk about the mayor's race in New ...

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Last night Mayor Bloomberg and his Democratic rival City Comptroller Bill Thompson squared off for their first broadcast debate at El Museo del Barrio. Early on, it was WNYC's Brian Leher's question on Mayor Bloomberg's push to extend term limits, that produced the most direct ...

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When you flip a light switch, pick up your phone or watch a movie, it is thanks to the genius and vision of Thomas Edison. And now you can visit Edison’s workshop, the place where the first sound was recorded and the light bulb was ...

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The New York Foundling is one of New York City's oldest and largest foster care agencies. It's history goes back to 1869 when the founders, a group of nuns, used to leave a wicker basket for abandoned babies outside a West Village brownstone.

Hundreds of thousands ...

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EDISON ARCHIVAL RECORDING: By a reason of experiments with the telephone I knew the power of a diagraph could take up sound vibrations. And when experimenting with automatic celestry I felt sure I could record and reproduce the human voice.

HOST: And that's exactly what Thomas ...

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WNYC's official acquisition of WQXR scheduled for this Thursday night at 8 o'clock, will have an impact on WNYC's own listeners on the next night - Friday. The station plans to offer more news and information programming on weeknights, where currently, there's music. And on ...

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A theatrical bus tour of the Bronx, a festival of new performance pieces. These are just a few of the offerings in this Fall’s performance season. They are far from typical Broadway fare, and that is part of their point. Claudia La Rocco is a ...

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Tomorrow it will be up to the city's Democrats to make the final pick of candidates for Comptroller and Public Advocate. In the two weeks since the current field emerged, the tone of both contests has became more bitter and combative. With us to talk ...

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PATERSON: I have said time and time again that I'm running for governor next year.

REPORTER: Governor David Paterson says he remains committed to running for a full term in 2010, despite pressure from the nation's most powerful Democrat to step aside. Reporter Karen Dewitt joins ...

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Bob Hennelly speaks to Soterios Johnson on the results of New York City's 2009 primary elections.

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The New York City Off Track Betting Corporation is headed for Chapter Nine bankruptcy. Governor Paterson issued an executive order yesterday, clearing the way for reorganization; saying he didn't have much choice.

PTERSON: This is the only way that we feel that OTB can preserve its ...

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NYC-TV is the city's own television station, and it used be, well, a sleepy place not exactly known for cutting edge broadcasts. Under Mayor Bloomberg, who made his fortune in the media business, the annual budget of NYC-TV jumped from about $2-million to over $10-million, ...

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Back in May two governors, one mayor, and developer Larry Silverstein held a summit at Gracie Mansion to work out their differences.

BLOOMBERG: We cannot allow this not to get done. And we're not going to negotiate in public. we're not going to sit there and ...

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Hospitals in New York City report fewer adverse incidents to health authorities than others around the state. That could mean they’re safer, but a recent investigation by the New York Daily News suggests these hospitals are just reporting problems less often than others. Daily News ...

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It was during the Nixon administration that the language of waging a war on illegal drugs took root. After 40 years of emphasizing a law enforcement approach and different substances coming and going in waves, the actual supply and demand of drugs has not changed ...

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In New Jersey the dust is still settling after the biggest law enforcement roundup of local officials in a generation. As the work-week starts, most of the elected officials caught up in the sweep still hold on to their public office, despite Governor Corzine's call ...

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A US federal judge has ruled that the Fire Department of New York used recruitment exams that discriminated against blacks and Hispanics. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed against the city by a black firefighters' organization and the US Department of Justice.

It ...

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You’ve heard of Top Chef and Project Runway, well, now the world of contemporary art is about to get a dose of reality – reality TV.

This past weekend lines formed around the block outside the White Columns gallery, as hopefuls gathered to audition for Bravo’s ...

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The filmmaker Kenneth Anger grew up in Santa Monica, went to dancing school with Shirley Temple and Judy Garland, and gained notoriety in the late 50s for writing a tell-all book about Hollywood’s rich-and-famous.

He’s become an influential experimental filmmaker with an interest in the occult ...

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You could think of it as a game of musical chairs involving The New York Times, Spanish language broadcaster Univision, and this station, WNYC.

When the music stops, Univision's La Kalle station will move down the radio dial to a more desirable frequency; WQXR, the classical ...