Arun Venugopal

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Governors Jon Corzine and Eliot Spitzer want to make the Port Authority more open to public scrutiny. WNYC'S Arun Venugopal has more.

The Port Authority has a $5 billion annual budget, which it uses to run airports, tunnels and bridges throughout the region. But just how ...

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JP Morgan Chase is latest corporation to move back downtown. It's set to develop a 1.3 million square foot tower on the former site of the Deutsche Bank building, which is currently being torn down. WNYC'S Arun Venugopal has more.

JP Morgan Chase is spending $2 ...

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Con Edison says it's ready for the summer heat. The utility says it's made a number of improvements, especially in Queens and doesn't expect any repeats of last year's blackout. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

Con Ed is on a spending spree. The company is making ...

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Columbia University's proposal to transform a large section of upper Manhattan is about to become official. On Monday, the land-use review process, known as ULURP, is set to begin. But the timing of the announcement has opponents of the plan crying foul. WNYC's Arun Venugopal ...

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Today, the City Council votes on renaming streets across the city after Alvin Ailey, Jerry Orbach and others. But one proposed name change, in honor of controversial black activist Sonny Carson, has been removed from the list. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

REPORTER: Sonny Carson was ...

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The Fire Department is being sued by the US Department of Justice for failing to hire enough blacks and Latinos. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

The lawsuit contends that entrance exams administered by the fire department in 1999 and 2002 kept minority recruitment disproportionately low. Just ...

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Emergency contraception, commercially-known as Plan B, is now available in nearly all pharmacies in the city. That's according to a survey commissioned by the City Council. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

The survey found that 94% of pharmacies now carry Plan B over the counter, compared ...

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Five years ago, in a village in Pakistan, an event took place that would eventually make news around the world. A tribal council decreed that a woman named Mukhtaran Mai had to be raped multiple times. The sentence was carried out, but instead of staying ...

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It's taken a few thousand years but the journey of the Indian mango to the New World has finally come to an end. The first shipment of USDA approved mangos recently arrived at JFK airport. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more on the excitement the mango's ...

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Danny Boggs, the subway track worker who died last week, was electrocuted. That's according to one official in the Transport Workers Union who’s close to the investigation. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

According to the official, Boggs was struck by a train and lost his arm, ...

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Willets Point, near Shea Stadium, will undergo a major makeover if the city gets its way. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

The city is hoping to transform what is currently a bleak industrial zone marked by auto repair shops, into a mixed-use neighborhood with thousands of ...

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Subway workers are mourning the death of one of their own - the second track fatality in less than a week. But track workers say the dangers will continue until management makes some serious changes. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

REPORTER: For some track workers, this ...

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The city's lawyers return to court today to tell a federal judge he was wrong. In February, the judge ruled that a decades-old settlement - part of what's known as the Handschu case - prohibits the police department from filming protests unless they suspect a ...

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Its day two of the National Action Network's annual convention, presidential contenders and prominent media personalities spent the day grappling with the state of Black America. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more from midtown.

Today's program is jam packed with presidential contenders or their proxies. Governor Bill ...

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The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation is getting close to its fundraising goal. It's now raised $300 million for the construction of the memorial. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

The foundation has raised $165 million just in the last six months after Mayor Bloomberg took charge ...

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New Yorkers who can't afford legal representation get a new opportunity today when the Self-Represented Legal Assistance Project opens in Queens. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

REPORTER: As the volume of civil litigation has risen, so have the number of poor people who have to represent ...

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An infestation of Asian long-horned beetles has hit Staten Island and has already claimed over 4000 trees. The Parks Department is struggling to manage the situation. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says the current infestation is the worst to have ever hit ...

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An infestation of Asian Long-horned Beetles has hit Staten Island, and already claimed over 4 thousand trees. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more on how the parks department is struggling to manage the situation.

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says the current infestation is the worst to have ...

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The NYPD has acknowledged that it conducted an extensive surveillance campaign before the 2004 Republican National Convention that included following and monitoring political activists around the US.

And this morning, The New York Times reports that the city has asked the court to keep hundreds of ...

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It took just a few hours for word of the tragedy to spread through New York’s Malian community. WNYC’s Arun Venugopal got a glimpse of how they dealt with the tragedy. The Bronx fire killed 9 people, including eight children.

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