Amy Eddings

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The proposed suspension of the city's glass, metal and plastic recycling program has also prompted sharp and vocal opposition. But Mayor Bloomberg is refusing to restore it, despite the objections of the city council, and environmental advocates. The mayor says he'll save $56 million dollars. ...

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Although acrid smoke from fires at the World Trade Center site dissipated months ago, the confusion over the air quality, both inside and outside buildings, still lingers. The national ombudsman for the federal Environmental Protection Agency has stepped into the debate, holding two investigative hearings ...

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Advocates for people who were abused by priests when they were children say it takes many victims decades to talk about their experiences with family members and police. They've expressed hope that the widening sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church will encourage more ...

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Under current New York state law, certain people are required to report suspicions of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities. Members of the clergy are not among those people. But the recent pedophilia scandal in the Boston Archdiocese is causing lawmakers here to consider adding ...

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has been rocked by a scandal in which its leader, Bernard Cardinal Law, is accused of moving priests, with known histories of sexually abusing children, from parish to parish. It has settled more than 80 lawsuits involving sexual molestation ...

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Governor Jim McGreevey, addressing a special joint session of the legislature, has unveiled his plan to eliminate a 2.9 billion dollar budget gap in this year's budget. His proposal closes the gap without raising taxes, or without additional layoffs. WNYC's Amy Eddings was in Trenton ...

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Studies of pollution and hazardous substances in the outdoor air around the World Trade Center site show it's back to pre-September 11th levels. But the air people are breathing in their homes and workplaces is still a concern for many. A report by the environmental ...

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Within days of the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11th, city officials had to decide what to do with the debris there. They chose to take most of the material to Fresh Kills. The 54-year-old landfill, much despised by Staten Islanders, had ...

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Families of those who died in the September 11th terrorist attacks are not the only ones unhappy with the proposed rules for the federal victims' compensation fund. The injured are opposed to the fund's so-called "24-hour-rule." That rule allows them to apply for compensation only ...

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The parish lost 12 members when the World Trade Center collapsed….and five more when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into the neighborhood. All 260 passengers aboard were also killed. WNYC's Amy Eddings visited St. Francis de Sales to see how it was making the transition ...

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The state expects most of these welfare recipients will qualify for its Safety Net program, which is supposed to pick up where the federal government left off. But welfare advocates worry that a lot of poor people will be unfairly denied benefits.

Odaliz Lopez thought she ...

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On the morning of September 11th, Huntly Gill brought his 70-year-old retired fireboat, the John J. Harvey, to Battery Park City. The Harvey acted as a floating fire hydrant ...

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Charities are still trying to decide how to coordinate the process of distributing more than one billion dollars to the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The lack of such organization has local public officials increasingly concerned, as was evident at a State Assembly ...

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New Jersey's Race for Governor in the HomestretchBy Amy EddingsAir Date: 1 November 2001

These are the last few days for the New Jersey governor's race. Roughly eleven percent of likely voters are undecided. That's important, because New Jersey voters typically make up their minds about ...

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It's been about a month since the ban on single occupancy vehicles, or SOV's, took effect during the morning rush hour for East River crossings below 63rd Street. City transit officials say it has reduced traffic at those crossings by 23 percent compared to last ...

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These organizations are working with one another, and with State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, to figure out a way to distribute the money fairly. In Oklahoma City, after the bombing there, city and state officials asked the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to organize charitable efforts. ...

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The gubernatorial candidates for New Jersey -- Republican Bret Schundler and Democrat Jim McGreevey -- faced off last night in their first debate of the campaign, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The two immediately defined their differences in a lively and ...

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The wealth has raised concerns about how groups will protect against fraud and insure the money is distributed equally.

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This is in an effort to bridge a 1.6 billion dollar budget short fall caused in large part by the attacks on the WTC.

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At the request of immigration advocates disaster relief officials are publicizing their guidelines for legal and undocumented immigrants who may need aid.

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