Andrea Bernstein

New York, NY —

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out a $10.6 billion plan to transform and revitalize Lower Manhattan from a collection of office spaces to an integrated neighborhood. At the center of the plan is a call to build a new rail tunnel under the east river. ...

A battle for the hearts and minds of the transit-riding public. 

New York, NY —

With both city and state budget cupboards bare, there is one huge pot of money available - billions of dollars in federal funds to improve lower Manhattan transit. As WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports, the lure of those funds has fueled a pitched battle over the ...

Albany, New York —

By a unanimous vote, Democratic lawmakers in Albany have ousted their state Senate leader, Martin Connor, and have replaced him with West Harlem Senator David Paterson. The shake-up marks a rare moment of change in Albany leadership, and makes Paterson the first African-American to lead ...

New York, NY —

Republican Governor Pataki has won re-election to a third term with 49 percent of the vote, to Democrat Carl McCall's 33 percent and Independence Party candidate Tom Golisano's 14 percent. Pataki's commanding lead came despite a five to three voter registration edge for Democrats. WNYC's ...

New York, NY —

Tom Golisano is staying in the race for governor. His much hyped two-minute commercial put an end to three days of speculation that he was dropping out of the race. It was widely believed that move could have provided a boost to Carl McCall. Instead, ...

As the clock runs out, Democrat Carl McCall and Republican Governor Pataki are both trying to energize their CORE supporters. 

New York, NY —

Huge contracts were handed out in the days and weeks following September 11 to clean up the World Trade Center site. Ultimately, a team of 169 companies was put in place. Their work was widely lauded for being completed early and under budget. A WNYC ...

New York, NY —

Carl McCall's race for the governorship of New York has been an uphill challenge against Republican George Pataki. Despite New York being seen as a Democratic state, incumbent Pataki will likely win a third term as governor. Andrea Bernstein from member station WNYC reports.

New York, NY —

State Comptroller Carl McCall frequently points to his experience in the private and public sectors to support his candidacy for Governor. But left off his official bio is a position he held for five years immediately prior to his current job - Chairman of the ...

New York, NY —

With such a large spanish speaking population in our area, New Yorkers are accomtomed to spanish language subway ads and store signs. Now they're getting a taste of bilingual political campaigns too. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has this campaign notebook.

New York, NY —

Voters go to the polls in 12 days not only to select a Democratic candidate for Governor, but also a candidate for State Comptroller. The state comptroller is responsible for analyzing the budget, auditing state funds, and investing the states $120 billion pension fund. But ...

New York, NY —

The Democratic candidates met in their first televised debate Sunday. Each candidate maintained the race was about issues and ideas. But as WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports, that wasn't it, at all.

Both Carl McCall and Andrew Cuomo had something to accomplish in the first debate. For ...

New York, NY —

City officials sat down with port authority members yesterday for their first face-to-face talks on a city proposal to swap the land under the city's airports for the World Trade Center site. But as WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports, some civic groups are beginning to wonder ...

New York, NY —

With five months to go until the Democratic primary for New York governor, two high-profile Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to gain advantage among party activists. But while many Democrats view former federal housing secretary Andrew Cuomo and State Comptroller Carl McCall as their ...

New York, NY —

For the 18th year in a row, April begins with no state budget for New York. A child born the last time there was an on-time state budget could now be a freshman in college.

New York, NY —

Lawyers for protesters arrested at the World Economic Forum say the New York police department may have violated its own policies for handling arrests by holding demonstrators in jail overnight which could potentially cost the city millions of dollars in lawsuits. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports ...

New York, NY —

The powerful health care workers union - local 1199 of the
service employees international union -- announced its support of Republican Governor George Pataki yesterday. The endorsement comes as a major boost for the Republican incumbent, who will run against one of two high-profile Democrats. ...

New York, NY —

As New York tries to figure out what to build at the World Trade Center site, and how to reconstruct Downtown as a whole, there are a lot of people and agencies weighing in. But who really makes the final decisions? The Mayor? The Governor? ...

New York, NY —

You can't get there from the West, or the North or the South, for that matter. The subway stop on the corner is closed. The only way to get into century 21's Courtlandt or Dey street entrances is from Broadway, to the east. Even so, ...