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After all the buzz and the predictions about this year’s nominees, it will all be settled tonight. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony airs on ABC at 7pm on Sunday, March 2 with Conan O'Brien hosting. Alison Stewart is, of course, the host of All Of It on WNYC. But she's also an Oscars super-fan. She joins Weekend Edition host David Furst for a preview and a roundup of the New York and New Jersey nominees.…
When it comes to star-gazing, March marks the transition from winter to spring night skies. The spring equinox is on March 20th, when we will have equal amounts of daytime and night hours. WNYC's Rosemary Misdary joins Weekend Edition host David Furst with some stargazing tips for March.
As we flip the calendar to March, the New York City mayor's race is coming into focus. This week, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams took steps towards entering the race. And voters and candidates are waiting to see if former governor Andrew Cuomo will throw his hat in the ring. WNYC's Michelle Bocanegra joins Weekend Edition host David Furst with the latest.…
The New York Amsterdam News is one of the most influential Black newspapers in the city, and was one of only 50 Black newspapers in the country when it put out its first edition in 1909. Now the over a hundred year old paper is turning its newsroom in Harlem into a museum. Elinor Tatum, the publisher and editor in chief of the New York Amsterdam News, talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson more about it.…
Nearly 200 years ago, Richard Riker — a powerful judge whose family the island is named after — was at the center of a network that included city officials, police officers and others who captured Black New Yorkers, purportedly fugitive enslaved people, and delivered them to Southern slave owners, according to historians. Mack was detained on Rikers Island in 1992 and 1993 and is now the co-founder and co-director of Freedom Agenda, which works with people affected by incarceration. On Feb. 14, he told the crowd that Adams’ proposal to bring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents back to Rikers would put Black and Latino immigrants in enforcement agents' crosshairs and was on par with Richard Riker’s harmful actions. Read the full story here .…
Working as an Uber, Lyft or taxi driver doesn’t come with many perks. But since the start of congestion pricing, those drivers do get one benefit: exemption from the tolls, regardless of whether they’re on the job or not.
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The federal government wants congestion pricing in Manhattan disabled by March 21. But Gov. Kathy Hochul says drivers will continue to be tolled until a judge rules otherwise. That and more in this week's On The Way roundup of NYC transit news.
The Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act was sponsored by Councilmember Carlina Rivera of Manhattan. It opened a two-year "look back" window for survivors to report claims of assault, with no statute of limitations. Since the window was instated, some 540 New Yorkers have sued the city , alleging they were sexually abused by staff at city juvenile detention centers while they were held there as children. Councilmember Rivera joined WNYC Morning Edition host Michael Hill to talk about the Act, how to file a claim, and what comes next.…
As campaign season gets underway in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul has to look for a new running mate for next year after Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado declared his independence. Catch up on these stories and more in our weekly politics brief.
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National Eating Disorder Awareness week turns the spotlight onto the many disorders that fall under the eating disorder spectrum. Research from Harvard University estimates that about 28.8 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder in their lifetime, which are among the most fatal mental illnesses. Doctor Evelyn Attia directs the Center for Eating Disorders at New York-Presbyterian. She joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk about the illnesses.…
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1 New Jersey Attorney General's office has new guidance for police on how to interact with autistic people
The New Jersey attorney general’s office is out with new guidance for police when it comes to their interactions with Autistic people, and people with other communication disorders. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin talked more about this initiative with WNYC's Sean Carlson.
An effort to revive Airbnb in New York City is not going well, after a city councilmember significantly amended the legislation meant to legalize more short-term rentals. The original bill would allow owners and occupants of one- and two-family homes to host renters for less than 30 days without being present. Margenett Moore-Roberts is a homeowner in Bed-Stuy who is no longer able to rent out her extra room. She's also part of an advocacy group of one and two family New York City homeowners called “Restore Homeowner Autonomy and Rights.” She talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson about how the Airbnb ban in New York City is affecting her and other small homeowners.…
Across New York City, people support their neighbors by being a positive resource in their communities. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk has been highlighting some of these folks, our neighbors. We're calling them community champions. Today, we meet Frankie Thompkins, who has volunteered with Advent Lutheran Church, located in Manhattan's Upper West Side since 2004. Thompkins serves as the church's volunteer food pantry director and runs several of their special projects. The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Volunteering for me has just always been important. I was always raised with the belief that you share blessings, and I think this is just one way that, you know, I can share some of my blessings. I got involved with Advent right after I moved to New York in 2004 when I was 25 years old. I was looking at places to volunteer and walked by, saw the church and talked to the pastor at the time. That was just over 20 years ago and I haven't left since. Advent is unique because it's involvement within the community. They've had language classes. We've had cooking classes. We've had immigration clinics. We've had a number of different things, in addition to our food ministry. They put a lot into action so you can find people here so many different days of the week, and I just think that's beautiful. The pantry has evolved so much in 20 years. When I first came in and started working, we had one small bag once a month, maybe 75 of them. Prior to COVID, we were around 150, 175 bags a month. Now we operate twice a month and we serve about a thousand households a month. Each bag is significantly larger, contains a lot of fresh produce, shelf stable milk that we never had before. Logistically, we also started a reservation system. Our pantry doors open at 10:30 in the morning. When I get here at seven o'clock, people are lined up already. The system shortens people's time from waiting for groceries for hours to 15 minutes. There are a lot of misconceptions about people that come to the food pantry. One of the largest ones is that people aren't working, and that's not true for so many of our guests. A lot of them work a couple of jobs. They might be taking care of family members or they're retired and maybe not in a position to work anymore. I always say of the pantry, the core of it is food, but it's about so much more than that. We build trust with the community. People know that we're here. They know we'll show up whether it's a holiday or bad weather, you know, we're not just behind the table passing out things like we're actually out there with our guests talking to them because we want to be seen as a resource looking out for you with the love of a neighbor.…
Weeks of repair work are on the horizon for a busy New Jersey highway after a void opened up during morning commute hours in early February. State Department of Transportation officials say the hole was caused by a relic of New Jersey's mining history: an abandoned iron mine. This hole is just 75 feet away from one that popped up in late 2024, caused by a collapsed mine shaft. Bill Kroth is the president and CEO of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Sussex County, New Jersey about 30 minutes away from the sinkhole. He's also a civil and geotechnical engineer. Kroth joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk about the state of the road and the work ahead.…
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