Ilya Marritz

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The energy industry has a proposal to help New York State with its fiscal crisis. It's offering to lease state lands for natural gas drilling.

Gov. David Paterson has proposed closing dozens of state parks and historic sites to save money. But the energy industry says ...

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Three cable giants are teaming up to offer wireless internet across New York City and the region.

Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast already have thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout ...

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The U.S. Government accuses Goldman Sachs of securities fraud. Guest: Greg David, Director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Will pay $12 million to settle pay-to-play case; other insiders also settle.

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Five more parties have settled with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in his ongoing probe of a kickback scheme at the state's pension fund.

One of the firms settling charges is the Global Strategy Group, which has done political consulting for many prominent Democrats, including ...

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The Quadrangle Group severs ties with its founder, Steven Rattner, and settles charges with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. WNYC’s Ilya Marritz explains what’s behind the ongoing corruption investigation at the state pension fund.

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A New York investment firm once headed by President Obama's former "car czar" has reached a settlement with the Attorney General's office over an alleged corruption scheme involving the state pension fund.

In 2003, the Quadrangle investment firm hired a former aide to the man who ...

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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has obtained five more cash settlements in his probe of alleged corruption at the state pension fund. One of those settlements could increase the pressure on a prominent businessman with ties to the Democratic Party and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Steven Rattner founded ...

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At least one big bank is expressing reservations about the Obama administration's plan to address rising foreclosures. Officials have been encouraging banks to go beyond what they've done so farand reduce the principal on home loans that are "underwater." David Lowman of JPMorgan Chase told ...

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The Parks Department looks for ways to increase revenues. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and the assistant commissioner for Revenue and Marketing, Betsy Smith, explains.

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A new study pegs the underemployment rate among the self-employed. Guest: Sara Horowitz, founder of Freelancers Union.

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The increasing numbers of invader species, like the voracious northern snakehead fish, have given environmental officials a fright. WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports state regulators are now working on a plan to curb foreign plants and animals.

REPORTER: According to Steve Sanford of the Department of Environmental ...

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All bets are off for Sunday's scheduled shutdown of the New York City Off Track Betting Corporation.

Sixty-six betting parlors were set to close for good, but word of a likely breakthrough in negotiations in Albany prompted the board of the bankrupt OTB to postpone the ...

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Politicians called St. Vincent’s, the soon-to-close Greenwich Village hospital an institution, but figures from the Department of Health suggest many neighborhood residents already went elsewhere. Guest: Greg David, Director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is looking into the reasons Citigroup hit an iceberg in 2008. WNYC’s Lisa Chow shares the latest from hearings with two top Citi executives.

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The end of this week marks the 100th day in office for newly elected city officials, including the chief financial officer, Comptroller John Liu, who is homing in on a few signature issues.

The comptroller's two biggest responsibilities are auditing city agencies and managing about $100 ...

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One of the city's oldest and largest charities is letting go of dozens of workers. The Children's Aid Society had already laid off some administrative staff in earlier rounds. Now, says President Richard Buery, service providers will be affected.

"In this case, some of the people ...

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Wall Street peddles exotic debt products to Albany legislators. Guest: Aaron Elstein, reporter with Crain’s New York Business.

Friends of New York City's only Boy Scout campgrounds are mobilizing to preserve it. The Pouch Camp site in central Staten Island could be sold because of money problems at the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.

Brian Daniger has fond memories from his time as ...

Members of the Teamsters Union ratcheted up the pressure against Gov. David Paterson's so-called "fat tax" on sugary drinks with a protest at City Hall. They say the tax of $1.28 per gallon could affect the jobs of beverage bottling and distribution workers. Other unions disagree. Groups representing health-care workers ...