Julianne Welby

Senior Editor, NYC Recovery/Education/Transit, WNYC News

Julianne Welby appears in the following:

Local Leaders Say Trump Must Commit to Hudson River Tunnel Project

Sunday, March 04, 2018

The President appears to have walked away from the badly-needed Gateway project linking New Jersey and New York.

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The Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline Is Growing

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A NY1 investigation shows that over 4,000 people from upstate prisons went into city shelters last year, almost double the number from 2014. 

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NYPD Tells Skeptical Council Members Complaints Drive Marijuana Arrests

Monday, February 26, 2018

At a council hearing, the NYPD also denied there's any racial bias in enforcement, despite data showing blacks and Latinos are disproportionately arrested on marijuana charges.

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Remembering the 1993 Attack on the World Trade Center

Monday, February 26, 2018

Six people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the bombing of the World Trade Center on this day in 1993. As on 9/11, it was a day of heroic rescues and survival.

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Transit Advocates to Hold Pop-Up Civics Lessons for Commuters

Sunday, February 25, 2018

With just over a month until the state budget is due, transit advocates will hold pop-up civics lessons in subway stations to educate the public on who runs — and who funds — the MTA.

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That Time Billy Graham Packed Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium to the Brim

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

More than 60 years ago, the evangelist was already drawing crowds of thousands.

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ICE Gets Cold Shoulder From Rutgers, Backs Out of Career Fair

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Here's what happened when ICE tried to show up at what's called the most diverse campus in the United States to recruit agents.

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NJ Faith Leaders Arraigned for Sit-in at Lance's Office

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Rabbis and ministers are targeting the Republican congressman to support DACA recipients known as Dreamers.

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An Immigrant Trek, From NYC to DC

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Worried about the direction of the nation's immigration debate, a group of young immigrants set off on foot from lower Manhattan to the nation's capital.

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New Jersey Suburb Will Make Road Closure Warnings 'Less Foreboding'

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Leonia business owners say the signs — as is — are scaring away customers.

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Rahimi Will Spend Rest of His Life in Prison for Chelsea Bombing

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Ahmad Khan Rahimi was sentenced to multiple life terms for setting bombs in Chelsea in 2016 — and he still faces more charges for shooting cops and planting explosives in New Jersey.

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At Black Comix Expo, All Eyes on Black Panther

Sunday, February 11, 2018

As Black Panther arrives in movie theaters this week, black audiences think it could fundamentally change how they're seen.

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Home Health Aides Aren't Showing up to Work

Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Changes to immigration policy are prompting some foreign-born healthcare workers to abandon their jobs.

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New Jersey's Indonesian Christians Avoid Deportation—For Now

Tuesday, February 06, 2018

After six ethnic Chinese Indonesian Christians in Central Jersey were deported, plus three more detained and another three moved into sanctuary, a judge ordered all deportations halted.

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#DesiWallofShame Targets the Trump Faithful

Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Trump administration is chock-full of South Asian Americans, or desis. So progressives in the community are heaping on the scorn.

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Long Island Lawsuits Challenge Local Cooperation with Federal Immigration Agents

Monday, February 05, 2018

A cluster of new lawsuits in Nassau and Suffolk challenge whether state law allows local law enforcement to hold immigrants wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Mother-Daughter Love for Judy Blume

Monday, February 05, 2018

The iconic YA novelist turns 80 this month, but her writing feels as fresh as ever to the young girls just discovering it.

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Judge Scolds Trump Again in Brooklyn DACA Case

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

A federal judge in Brooklyn had more harsh words for the President during a hearing that challenges the decision to end DACA, the program that protects young undocumented immigrants. 

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Why Corey Johnson, New York's 35-Year-Old City Council Speaker, Keeps Rising

Monday, January 29, 2018

He's using his eventful life story to do it.

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ICE Renews Apparent Crackdown on Indonesian Christians in NJ

Thursday, January 25, 2018

At least two men were arrested on Thursday morning and a third sought sanctuary with fellow Indonesian Christians at a Highland Park Church.

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