Stephen Nessen

Reporter, WNYC News

Stephen Nessen appears in the following:

Hundreds Prepare for Their Big Fat Jewish Weddings

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Preparation for an Orthodox Jewish wedding might not include a running of the brides, but there are some added details, on top of the usual wedding preparations. That’s why hundreds o...

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Snapshot | Christmas Tree Shopping During Historic High Temps

Monday, November 28, 2011

On the warmest November 28th since 1990, when temperatures reached 69 degrees, Monday broke 70. And at the Soho Trees Christmas tree stand, customers still bought their Douglas Firs and Canadian Balsams.

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5 Years Later, Sean Bell's Fiancée Revisits Scene of Shooting

Friday, November 25, 2011

Five years ago today, Sean Bell was shot and killed by police as he left his bachelor party. To memorialize Bell, his fiancée, Nicole Paultre Bell, headed to the corner of Liverpool S...

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Watch | Tour the Secrets of Grand Central Terminal

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Each day, more than 700,000 people pass through Grand Central Terminal — one of the city's famous landmarks. WNYC took a behind-the-scenes tour of this historic terminal station.

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Look | Protesters Return to Occupy Zuccotti Park

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Hundreds of protesters returned to Zuccotti Park early Tuesday evening, about an hour after a ruling by Manhattan Supreme Court ruled that they could legally return to the park. Police cleared a path at the north and south ends of the park and a steady stream of protesters filed in to cheers and applause.

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Judge Rules Protesters Cannot Camp in Zuccotti Park

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The same day anti-Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park, a judge's ruled they could not return with tents and sleeping bags to the space that has served as the grou...

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In Wake of Hate Crime, Residents Say Anti-Semitism Is Prevalent

Monday, November 14, 2011

Police continued to investigate an anti-Semitic hate crime that rocked Midwood, Brooklyn, last week as distressed residents of the Jewish enclave tried to get back to life as usual in the neighborhood home to many Holocaust survivors and their children.

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Vets Day for the Next Generation

Friday, November 11, 2011

Many young service members will be celebrating their Veteran’s Day this year, and they’re are still adapting to life stateside. For many that means joining organizations like the American Legion and VFW, groups that have served WWII, Korean War and Vietnam Vets for years. But for many young men and woman, these groups don’t provide the quick responses, networking and social media access this generation demands.

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Pet Portraitist Paints Oodles of Poodles & Mugs of Pugs

Thursday, November 10, 2011

In the tradition of peripatetic portraitists, Mimi Vang Olsen travels far and wide to meet her subjects in person.

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Majority of Anti-Wall Street Protesters Turn Down Deal

Thursday, November 03, 2011

The majority of the 79 protesters who appeared in Manhattan court Thursday to face charges on disorderly conduct stemming from a September protest march refused prosecutors' offers to dismiss the charges if they stay out of trouble for six months.

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Joan Didion Explores the Death of a Daughter in 'Blue Nights'

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Joan Didion's latest book, "Blue Nights," explores the death of her 39-year old adopted daughter Quintana. It's an event, “I hadn't dealt with it at any level, and I needed to,” she...

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High High Tides in NY a Result of Unique Weather Phenomenon

Thursday, October 27, 2011

A unique weather phenomenon that occurs in the spring and fall caused unusually high high tides in the New York area a few days this week.

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Hundreds of LIRR Workers Part of Pension Scam: FBI

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hundreds of Long Island Rail Road employees may have scammed their way to large pensions in what prosecutors claim could amount to a $1 billion scheme, authorities said Thursday.

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Look | Top of the World Trade Center in Fall

Thursday, October 27, 2011

WNYC began visiting the World Trade Center site in April 2010 and continues to document the construction of One World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial, the transportation hub and the people working on the site.

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A Newspaper to Accompany a Protest: The Occupied Wall Street Journal Readies Next Issue

Friday, October 21, 2011

From the Wall Street protests has emerged the irregularly published Occupied Wall Street Journal, a four-page broadsheet that editors claim has a circulation equivalent to a small town publication.

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As Interest From the Next Generation Wanes, A Family's Tofu Legacy Totters

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Fong Inn Too in Chinatown is one of the oldest family-run tofu factories in the country, but the fourth generation has little interest in keeping the tradition going. For now, preserv...

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From Unions to Anarchists, Wall Street Protests Draw Diverse Support

Thursday, October 06, 2011

The Wall Street protests have recent endorsements from interested factions — large and small — making for some strange bedfellows in Zuccotti Park, the protesters’ defacto headquarters, as businessmen, union members and anarchists are among the otherwise unlikely to rub elbows.

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Hundreds Arrested During March Over Brooklyn Bridge

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters shut down part of the Brooklyn Bridge when marchers spilled onto the roadway from Manhattan. Police arrested approximately 700 protesters while trying to clear the road and reopen the bridge to traffic Saturday evening.

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50 Years Later, A Look Back at the Home Run King of New York

Saturday, October 01, 2011

The record has been broken three times since 1961, but to Sal Durante, a 70-year-old Yankee fan living on Staten Island who is claimant to five-minutes of baseball infamy, the record still stands.

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Look | Protesters March to Police Plaza

Friday, September 30, 2011

Over a thousand protesters marched from Wall Street to NYPD headquarters early Friday evening.

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