Cindy Rodriguez

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Middle class New Yorkers are the ones most likely to stay put in the city according to the city comptroller Bill Thompson. His office analyzed 2005 census data and found affluent New Yorkers and the working class are more likely to move out.

REPORTER: Those earning ...

New York Governor Spitzer has created a task force to tackle the growing trend of employers improperly classifying workers as independent contractors as a way to get out of paying benefits. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

RODRIGUEZ: The state Department of Labor says employers classify workers as freelancers to avoid paying workers ...

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The Department of Homeless Services is cracking down on homeless families lingering in city shelters for too long. A few hundred have been put into a program designed to structure their days and intensify any services available so they can find a permanent place to ...

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Mayor Bloomberg made another big policy speech outside of New York yesterday. He spoke in Washington reducing poverty, both locally and nationally. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

First it was gun control, then immigration and now it's reducing poverty that Mayor Bloomberg is taking to a national ...

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This week, Prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in the case of a Guatemalan immigrant found dying on a desolate road in Westchester county. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The death of Rene Perez occurred about 4 months ago. It was ruled a homicide and ...

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Ever since Dawnay Day – a London based investment group bought up dozens of rent stabilized buildings in East Harlem, some of the tenants afraid of being pushed out of the neighborhood, have been suspicious of their new landlord. Letters they’ve been receiving lately are ...

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Organizations across the city that serve troubled youth have been conducting surveys over the last several months to try to determine just how many young people are living on the streets. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

REPORTER: Advocates and elected officials say it's the first time the ...

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More than two years after the city re-zoned the neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, it's making good on a promise to try to protect tenants at risk of being displaced. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: In a few weeks, the city will award a 2-year, $2 ...

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Advocates for the poor are at odds with the Bloomberg administration over whether Governor Spitzer should sign a recently passed welfare reform bill. The advocates want the governor to sign the bill, which would require the state to steer welfare recipients into higher paying jobs. ...

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Governor Spitzer had to compromise, but he's gotten Albany legislators to agree to tighten the state's campaign finance laws. Government reform groups are applauding the changes. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The package of reforms is supposed to cap the amount of so-called "soft money" received by state ...

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The current real estate boom is attracting major investment in some of the most unlikely places. Over the last several years large real estate groups, often backed by the deep pockets of Wall Street firms are buying up blocks of rent stabilized buildings in poor ...

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The Starrett City sale is no more. The federal government has quashed the $1.3 billion sale of the largest subsidized housing complex in the nation. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: Clipper Equity, a local investment group spent the last few months trying to convince the Department ...

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The state assembly has passed a bill that would give the controversial Atlantic Yards project special treatment. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The move is a small part of a proposed law that will require more developers to build affordable housing in exchange for tax breaks. ...

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$53 million will soon be spent on a program aimed at reducing poverty in the city. Beginning as early as September, certain parents who send their children to school regularly will receive a monthly payment. Kids will also receive money for performing better at school.

Some ...

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Thousands of struggling families in the city will soon receive cash payments for sending their children to school or getting them regular medical care. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The so-called conditional cash transfer programs have been tried and tested in several Latin American countries, including ...

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Across the city, High Schools are gearing up for another year of graduations. Thousands of students are moving on to college, jobs or both. 170 high school graduates recently received scholarships from the Teachers Union to try to make that transition easier. Many recipients are ...

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New York's highest court has ruled that the state may deny driver's licenses to immigrants who can't prove they're in the country legally. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

The decision upholds a lower court decision which found the Department of Motor Vehicles does have the authority to ...

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The New York City Housing Authority is facing an ongoing budget crisis. The agency recently put forward a plan to deal with it, but advocates for the poor say it's short sighted. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: The New York City Housing authority plans to sell ...

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Facing large deficits - the city's public housing authority is cutting jobs and making other major changes. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports:

The Public Housing Authority blames its problems squarely on the federal government saying it has disinvested in public housing over the last few years at ...

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Subsidized housing for low and middle income New Yorkers is continuing to dwindle, that's according to a recently released report by a local non-profit. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

Between 1990 and 2006, the city lost about a quarter of the roughly 120,000 cheap apartments once on ...