Fred Mogul

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At age 24, Andrew Cuomo emerged as a political force to be reckoned with by helping engineer his father’s rise to governor. After almost a quarter-century of ups and downs, he’s trying to bring the Cuomo name back to Albany by winning an elected position ...

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The redevelopment of Governors Island is on hold, but officials are moving forward with a plan to create one of the city's most ambitious new parks. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

Last month, the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation tentatively rejected a whole array of ...

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Faith-based organizations that provide prescription drug benefits to their employees can’t keep contraceptives off the list – even if it goes against their religious beliefs. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports on a new ruling by the state’s highest court.

Eight Catholic and two Baptist groups challenged a ...

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After three hung juries in the last year, federal prosecutors have dropped their pursuit of John Gotti Junior, the son of the convicted mob boss. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

The U.S. Justice Department tried three times to prove that Gotti had followed in the footsteps ...

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A federal judge has denied claims by the city and Port Authority that they should not be held liable for the health problems suffered by emergency and construction workers at the World Trade Center site. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

The city and Port Authority requested ...

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A defiant Lynne Stewart thanked a federal judge for a lenient sentence and told a crowd of chanting supporters she hoped to practice law again some day. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

The civil rights attorney is free pending appeal, after receiving a 28-month sentence from ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what caused a plane owned by Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle to lose control and crash into an Upper East Side apartment building. Lidle and a flight instructor were killed. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

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Two men who spent more than four decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit told elected officials the state needs to reform how it handles evidence – especially DNA evidence.

Alan Newton and Scott Fapiano, both wrongfully convicted of sexual assault, testified yesterday that it ...

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The USDA already regulates the main courses served in school cafeterias. Some cities and states have guidelines about the nutritional content of side dishes and vending machine snacks, too -- but many don’t.

REPORTER: The Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association got five of the ...

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Manhattan’s Far West Side. The new Penn Station. Ground Zero. The list seems to be growing, and the skyline isn’t. No one said it was easy to build mega-projects. But why are so many stuck in the mire of planning and politics? Meanwhile, out in ...

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A new $17 million Fire Department Command Center is helping officials collect information from more sources than ever before and share it with firefighters and other first responders.

When an Upper East Side townhouse was blown up in July, first responders arrived at a pile of ...

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The City Health Department says it can’t make people eat better foods, but it can help them eat a little less badly – by banning all but miniscule amounts of trans-fats at restaurants. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports on a proposed change to the city health ...

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A new city pilot program to test for and treat Chlamydia and gonorrhea at five Brooklyn and Bronx high schools found high rates of the sexually transmitted diseases. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

Researchers tested 11-hundred students in neighborhoods where chlamydia and gonorrhea are known to ...

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The closest state-wide primary turned out not to be very close. Andrew Cuomo defeated Mark Green by 20 points to win the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports.

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The closest and most contentious statewide contest is the race for Attorney General. Two long-time candidates for higher office, Andrew Cuomo and Mark Green, are the front-runners, with Sean Patrick Maloney also in the race.

Cuomo and Green have been vying not just to succeed Eliot ...

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In the days after September 11th, many people went to church, synagogue and other places of worship for the first time in years, drawn by a quest for peace and meaning and community. Composer Eve Beglarian was one of them, and the experience sent her ...

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Hundreds of angry Lower Manhattan residents and others gathered last night to talk about their health problems with experts, officials and politicians.

REPORTER: The crowd filled up St. Paul’s Chapel, where recovery and cleanup workers rested from toiling a block away at the World Trade Center ...

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The federal government’s chief coordinator of 9/11 health programs, faces what promises to be a feisty “town hall meeting” tonight. His visit comes on the heels of a Mount Sinai study that says 7 out of 10 rescuers have health problems that stem from the ...

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New York City is stepping up its screening and treatment of those exposed to the toxins kicked up by the World Trade Center's destruction. Mayor Bloomberg says he wants the federal government to open its coffers, too.

Bloomberg is calling on Washington to resume the Victims ...

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September 11th is next week, but Fifth Anniversary commemorations are already getting underway. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

A three-day conference begins today at Pace University, two blocks from the World Trade Center Site. Political observers David Gergen, William Kristol and Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak, ...