Kathleen Horan

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Coney Island has long been known as the "playground by the sea," but the place has been in limbo lately. The city is in a standstill with developer Thor Equities over purchasing more than 10 acres, and hearings continue on the city's broad rezoning plan. ...

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The New York Army National Guard now requires that troops returning from combat attend two weekends of training. They don’t involve drills or briefings on new equipment. Instead, the citizen-soldiers attend workshops, including suicide prevention, alcohol and traffic safety, tools for facing troubling feelings that ...

There's a big difference in the workforce in the front and back of the city's restaurants. A new report says that workers of color make up about two thirds of behind the scenes restaurant jobs. White employees hold 68 percent ...

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Mayor Bloomberg continues to work his charm to get on the Republican Party ballot line in November's election, meeting with local, state and national Republicans this evening.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the leadership hasn't made a decision yet, but he hasn't forgotten that ...

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A new report from a restaurant workers group finds deep disparities in who's working in the front and the back of the house.

The report on expensive restaurants in the city shows discrimination and occupational segregation is often the norm. The study sent applicants to apply ...

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The city will soon be offering incentives to taxi fleet owners to buy more hybrid taxis. Under the new rules, owners will be able to charge drivers three dollars more per shift to rent the earth-friendly vehicles. But they'll also have to charge cabbies four ...

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Its a sea of green along 5th avenue as revelers enjoy the St. Patrick's Day parade. Many come from all over the city to enjoy the annual event. Eleven year old Steven Williams traveled all the way from Birmingham, Alabama with his family. He says ...

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A new report by an independent watchdog group says inmates in New York State's 70 prisons lack adequate access to health care. WNYC's Kathleen Horan has more.

REPORTER: More than 60,000 people live behind bars in New York, and many have chronic diseases, like HIV. But ...

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The Bloomberg administration's proposal to rezone Coney Island has been approved by the local community board. The board's vote is advisory only, but it's the first step in a long process to move the plan forward.

Last week Coney Island residents packed a public hearing to ...

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Governor Paterson says state officials have not decided how much federal stimulus money New York City will get for its schools.

REPORTER: Some officials say the city should get enough to restore Paterson's $770 million in cuts to city education aid. But the governor tells WNYC ...

Thousands of public employees crowded the sidewalks outside City Hall to protest feared city and state budget cuts. Kathleen Horan has this to report from the corner of Broadway and Chambers.

"The street is full of people with homemade signs that say 'Tax the rich to save ...

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The city's biggest unions are urging lawmakers to avoid cutting healthcare and school programs as they try to balance looming budget deficits. Thousands flooded the streets of downtown this evening to rally against such cuts, saying the governor and the mayor should tax the wealthiest ...

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Coney Island needs more jobs, amusements, retail, housing and more: That's what residents and elected officials seem to agree on. What they don't agree on is how to redevelop the historic district. WNYC's Kathleen Horan has more from last night's community board hearing.

REPORTER: Dick Zigun ...

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Starting in May, the city will test a pilot program to ease congestion and reduce traffic fatalities by closing seven blocks of Broadway to vehicles.

Former Department of Transportation Commissioner Sam Schwartz, also known as "Gridlock Sam", says he tried to implement a similar plan when ...

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Eighty nine year old Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is expected to announce he will not seek re-election this year, after serving for more than three decades in the post.

His longevity and reputation as D.A. has been lauded by many including fellow District Attorney in ...

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A push to put tolls on East River Bridges is gaining momentum. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he'll support the bridge tolls that have been proposed in an MTA rescue plan. But he says those tolls should be $2 not $4-15. Mayor Bloomberg says he's ...

Musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock perform at the memorial celebration for ...

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More than a thousand fans, admirers and loved ones packed Riverside Church last night to celebrate the life of folk singer and civil rights pioneer Odetta. The iconic singer was remembered in words and song in a service that lasted several hours.

Her old friend, writer ...

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In one of his last official acts as the Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrion gave his State of the Borough address this morning. He took the opportunity to look back at his seven years in office - and ahead to his new post as the ...

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New York City expects to get a share of a large federal grant to help local governments prevent homelessness during the foreclosure crisis. The Obama administration has announced more than a billion dollars in grants, on top of the $1.5 billion provided in the federal ...