Ilya Marritz

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This week regulators closed two New York City banks. WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports it's the first sign of trouble in a region that's hardly been touched by the banking crisis.

REPORTER: Nationwide the FDIC has closed more than 170 banks since the recession began. Until this ...

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One of the city's biggest private housing complexes is changing hands. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more on the foreclosure auction of the Riverton Houses in Harlem.

REPORTER: Before the auction, there was speculation about who might bid and how high the price could go. In the ...

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What we learned from the Autopsy of Lehman Brothers, plus the shutdown this week of developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s LibertyPointe Bank. Guest: Greg David of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

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For more than half a year, there's been a marketing campaign underway to brand New York City's disparate waterfront neighborhoods like Red Hook and the Battery with a new, common identity. But according to some New York residents, the effort has made next to no ...

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WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman on the groundbreaking for the Nets Arena, and WNYC’s Ilya Marritz on the foreclosure auction for the Riverton Apartments.

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The makers of games for handheld devices are making millions, 99 cents at a time, as WNYC’s Lisa Chow reports.

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With banking reform in the works, how come there’s no plan yet for overhauling the mortgage market? Guest: Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us.

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Schumer says Treasury, Dodd says Fed. CUNY’s Greg David says it depends on which one you trust less.

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Some Haitians believe a trade deal will the U.S. is the key to getting their country out of poverty. Planet Money’s Adam Davidson and Chana Joffe-Walt explain.

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Reuters’ finance blogger Felix Salmon says it makes sense to watch food-miles, even if you aren’t concerned about climate change.

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The economic stimulus enacted one year ago contained a huge grant to weatherize homes. But this week, two government reports highlighted New York's slow progress in the program.

New York plans to use its $400 million federal grant to make 45,000 homes more energy efficient. But ...

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CUNY’s Greg David on Gov. Paterson as lame duck, and Cuomo’s record on business.

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New York's health commissioner, Dr. Richard Daines, wants a tax on soda to fight obesity.

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New York City’s 5,000 street food vendors say the city is overzealous in enforcing bathroom breaks. WNYC’s Arun Venugopal reports. Also: Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Wall Street bonuses.

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State parks officials are proposing shutting Brookhaven State Park in Suffolk County, and 40 other parks throughout New York, in an effort to bridge an $8.2 billion budget deficit.

They also want to slash services at 23 other parks. Jones Beach would lose its Fourth ...

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The manager of New York City's $98 billion pension fund, City Comptroller John Liu, says he wants to revoke a ban on middlemen who arrange private equity deals.

The ban went into effect last spring in response to an alleged kickback scheme at the state pension ...

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WNYC’s Lisa Chow explains Walgreen’s’ acquisition of the iconic New York drugstore. Also, Andrea Bernstein on what the economic stimulus has accomplished in our area.

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Thousands of mortgage brokers have had to invent new careers for themselves. WBUR’s Curt Nickisch reports.

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CUNY’s Greg David explains what else is in the Larry Seabrook indictment. Plus: questions over the Aqueduct casino contract, and the cost of snow.

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An efficiency expert explains how businesses can save money and time. The Planet Money team speaks with Matt LeBlanc.