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2034 episodes transcribedThe MTA is bracing for a possible Long Island Rail Road strike next week as five unions representing nearly half the workforce vote on whether to walk...
Nadine Menendez, wife of former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for colluding in her husband’s corruption s...
East Harlem leaders want to repurpose a long-forgotten rail station to link the incoming Second Avenue subway to the neighborhood’s Metro North stop....
This Thursday marks 24 years since the September 11th attacks, with Vice President JD Vance scheduled at the Memorial Plaza ceremony and President Tru...
The New Jersey Department of Health issued an executive order effectively allowing New Jerseyans six months or older to get a COVID shot. Plus, two mi...
New York City voters will weigh in on housing this fall after the Board of Elections approved three ballot questions aimed at speeding up development....
The Port Authority says PATH service between Harrison and Journal Square will be suspended this weekend for repairs. Meanwhile, police are searching f...
The United Nations is in town and will bring lots of traffic to Manhattan, as usual.. Plus, New York’s top court is weighing a change to local electio...
Some two million New Yorkers could lose access to NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals and doctors starting in November. Meanwhile, NYPD Commissioner Jessic...
Gov. Kathy Hochul still hasn’t made an endorsement in November's mayoral election, keeping with several other high ranking New York City Democrats. Pl...
City Council leaders have asked the Board of Elections to block three proposed ballot questions that could speed up housing development while limiting...
A Hudson County judge has barred the owners of three Hoboken luxury buildings from renting more high-priced units until they add affordable housing. M...
In this edition of Five Things, WNYC’s Janae Pierre and Brian Lehrer break down the mayor’s race after Jim Walden’s exit, including speculation that M...
Jersey City school officials are considering following the lead of their neighbors across Hudson and banning phones in schools. Plus, Gov. Kathy Hochu...
New York City is now offering $50,000 to landlords who opt to renovate vacant rent-stabilized apartments and return them to the market. Plus, 11 more...
Small residential facilities where people can stay during mental health crises are expanding across New York, growing from eight in 2021 to 43 statewi...
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is out with a new report that grades city bus lines. Plus, the New York Times reports that President Trump's adv...
Governor Kathy Hochul visited a Brooklyn middle school to mark the start of New York’s new statewide smartphone ban in schools. Meanwhile, the Brookly...
Nearly 900,000 New York City public school students return Thursday under a new statewide cellphone ban signed by Governor Hochul last spring. Meanwhi...
Advocates are pressing New Jersey courts to enforce affordable housing requirements as towns fall short on construction. Meanwhile, pharmacies say dem...
