The Newtown Creek, which forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, is one of the nation’s most polluted waterways. It’s filled with toxins from a century and a half of industrial act.... Full Story »
A plan to reduce bus and subway service cleared its first hurdle today. The finance committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved wide-ranging service reductions, from the eliminati.... Full Story »
The City Council resoundingly defeats a plan for a shopping center in the Bronx after a “living wage” compromise collapses. WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman explains what it means. .... Full Story »
Gov. David Paterson continues to defend his decision to withhold $750 million in state aid to schools and cities. Starting tomorrow the governor will hold back ten percent of state aid payments acros.... Full Story »
The City Council has rejected the Bloomberg administration's proposal to convert a former national guard armory in the Bronx into a shopping mall. It was the first time, city council members said, t.... Full Story »
A special New York Senate committee has one of its last meetings today to consider whether Senator Hiram Monserrate should be expelled for his misdemeanor conviction in October. WNYC's Ailsa Chang re.... Full Story »
Art appraiser and auctioneer Kathleen Guzman lost her full-time job nearly a year ago. Since then she's been putting her 30 years of experience to good use for Housing Works, the non-profit that fund.... Full Story »
New York's advertising industry took a big hit this year with total ad spending estimated to be down as much as 15 percent. It's causing some executives to rethink their approach. WNYC's Lisa Chow re.... Full Story »
A report by a state task force recommended today that Gov. David Paterson close or significantly downsize state run juvenile detention facilities. A draft copy of the report obtained by WNYC, says th.... Full Story »
Gov. David Paterson is unilaterally reducing $750 million in state payments due tomorrow, and schools are set to be hit the hardest. The governor says the measures are needed because of the fai.... Full Story »
The City Council is poised to override Mayor Bloomberg's veto of a bill that would allow motorists a five minute grace period before a parking ticket is issued. REPORTER: The mayor nixed the bill la.... Full Story »
A machine pistol used by a street peddler and aspiring rapper shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased from a Virginia gun shop by a woman who reported it stolen 10 days after she bought it.... Full Story »
Governor Paterson has signed a bill into law that will significantly change the way the State's 700 independent authorities operate. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report. The new law covers the MTA, .... Full Story »
Governor Paterson says he'll take the weekend to look over his options before deciding which payments to postpone or curtail to prevent the state from running out of cash later this month. Karen DeWi.... Full Story »
Guest Greg David of Crain's New York on Goldman Sachs' holiday bonuses, Gov. Paterson's Wall Street speech, and the MTA's budget woes. .... Full Story »
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is rejecting a proposal that would have resolved the standoff over a proposed mall at the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx. Some city council members, labor unions, and activis.... Full Story »
Future employees of the state of New York will get less generous retirement benefits, now that Gov. David Paterson signed into law a bill creating a new pension tier. Paterson says the state can no .... Full Story »
WNYC’s Cindy Rodriguez on how Bronx residents are taking advantaged of a juiced-up food stamps program. .... Full Story »
With supplies high and demand low, officials are making the swine flu vaccine available to all New Yorkers. Previously, the vaccine was only available for people in priority groups, such as pregn.... Full Story »
As President Obama formally accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on International Human Rights Day today, immigration advocates rallied in Lower Manhattan to say the president hasn't kept his pr.... Full Story »
The recession is making even the normally flush Port Authority tighten its belt. The authority is putting off $5 billion worth of capital projects over the next six years. Officials don't expect rev.... Full Story »
Police say a panhandler who opened fire on police in a busy Times Square this afternoon was shot and killed by an officer near the Marriott Marquis hotel. The streets were crowded with tourists and sh.... Full Story »
With New York's coffers approaching empty, Gov. David Paterson says he is not prepared to announce his cuts to close the state's multi-billion dollar budget deficit today -- but he's planning to def.... Full Story »
Nearly 200 arts groups in New Jersey are waiting for state money -- more than $10 million in grants -- that was awarded last summer but frozen in fiscal limbo. Arts organizations expected to receive.... Full Story »
A fund that pays for free legal services for poor New Yorkers is quickly drying up. A state Senate panel held a hearing about it yesterday, and heard testimony from Legal Aid clients like Terri Bush.... Full Story »
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