Arun Venugopal

Senior Reporter, WNYC News

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In reality things

Monday, January 25, 2010

Fill in the blank? They'd started whitewashing the message before I had a chance to read it in full. When I returned a few days later... all gone.

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Sidewalk Sheds Turn Into Works of Art

Friday, January 22, 2010

Those dark, hulking structures known as sidewalk sheds are set to become a lot more stylish. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more on the results of a city design competition.

REPORTER: Sidewalk sheds are meant to protect pedestrians from falling debris whenever a building is being renovated. ...

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Bloomberg Says City Unfairly Hurt by Paterson Budget

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to speak out against what he claims is a double standard in the state's budget cuts. He says the governor is making the city take a much bigger hit than other parts of the state.

"I do not see that ...

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Haitian's in America Granted Temporary Protected Status

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Undocumented Haitians in New York and the rest of the country may get a break when it comes to immigration. The federal government is about to confer Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on qualified Haitian nationals who have been in the U.S. since the day of ...

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New York Task Force to Help Search and Rescue Efforts in Haiti

Thursday, January 14, 2010

A search and rescue team from New York City's police and fire departments will be helping with disaster relief in Haiti.

Eighty New York City police officers and fire fighters are due to arrive in Haiti tonight. Joe Bruno, commissioner of the city's Office of Emergency ...

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Health Advocates Fight Back on Smokeless Tobacco Suit

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

New York City is being sued by a tobacco giant. The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco company, whose parent company owns Philip Morris, claims New York's ban on flavored tobacco is illegal.

But the city is fighting back. Today, Council Speaker Christine Quinn stood with health advocates, ...

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Attn Cardholders: Watch Your Mailbox

Monday, January 11, 2010

Credit card holders should keep an eye on their mailboxes this week.

REPORTER: According to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, any last-minute interest-rate hikes on existing credit card balances should've gone out by January 7, at the latest. That's because of the new CARD Act, which goes into ...

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Financial 411: Lights, Camera.. No Action?

Thursday, January 07, 2010

WNYC’s Arun Venugopal discusses the city’s new $3,200 fee for filiming in certain buildings, which has some producers antsy.

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Quinn Re-Elected as City Council Speaker

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

The City Council has chosen Christine Quinn to continue in her role as Speaker, but not without some controversy.

At a swearing-in event for the council and its new members, Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron argued that he should be speaker. He said with the new council, ...

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NYC Selects New Voting Machines

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The city's Board of Elections appears to be moving into the 21st Century.

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Electronic Voting: Officials Seek to Prevent Election Day Confusion

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The city's Board of Elections appears to be moving into the 21st Century. It's picked a company to supply electronic voting machines, which means New York City voters will be saying goodbye to those old lever machines. But elected officials and voting-rights advocates want the ...

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Winter Dowra Draws Muslims to Midtown

Monday, January 04, 2010

Converts to Islam and other Muslims gathered in midtown this weekend for the first annual Winter Dowra.

REPORTER: The three-day immersion in Muslim theology and jurisprudence was aimed at those who may have been raised as Catholics or Hindus but who turned to Islam in recent ...

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New Public Advocate Plans to Train Community Organizers

Monday, January 04, 2010

The city's new public advocate, Bill de Blasio, is looking to raise the profile of his office by empowering average New Yorkers. His new Community Organizing and Constituent Services Department is meant to train community organizers on how to create petition drives and other means ...

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Crime Drops to Record Lows in NYC

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

With just a few days to go, 2009 is on pace to be New York City's safest - at least since 1962 when the city started keeping reliable records.

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NYPD Asks for More Money During Terror Trial

Monday, December 28, 2009

The New York Police Department has told the federal government that it will need more money to protect the city during the trial of alleged terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

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NYPD Requests Federal Funding During Terror Trial

Monday, December 28, 2009

The NYPD has told the federal government it'll need more money to protect the city during the trial of alleged terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Police commissioner Ray Kelly says the department has sent in a request for federal funding but wouldn't specify how much. He simply ...

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NYC Murder Rate Reaches Record Low

Monday, December 28, 2009

With just a few days to go, 2009 is on pace to be the safest year in city history -- at least since reliable records were kept. Overall, crime has dropped by 11 percent since last year. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that, since 2002, the ...

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Hungry New Yorkers Partake in Park Slope Feast

Friday, December 25, 2009

Good cheer was in the air in Brooklyn today as an estimated 2,000 New Yorkers in need showed up for a free hot lunch at an event billed as the city's largest Christmas-day feast.

In addition to hot turkey meals and desert, attendees at the annual lunch at the Prospect ...

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Record Numbers of Volunteers Feed the Hungry in Park Slope

Friday, December 25, 2009

It's billed as the largest Christmas-day meal in town -- a hot turkey dinner with fixings and dessert, served at the YMCA in Park Slope. Organizers say they expect 2,000 hungry New Yorkers -- far more than previous years -- but they also saw a ...

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Bloomberg, Paterson Express Concern Over Healthcare Bill

Friday, December 25, 2009

As the state's Congressional delegation celebrates the Senate's passage of healthcare reform, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson continue to voice concerns. They say the bill as it's currently written will hurt the state by depriving it of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds. ...

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