Marianne McCune

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A federal judge has ruled that the city can appoint a permanent principal to its new Arabic-language middle school this week, despite an attempt by the school's founding principal to get a second chance at the job. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: Debbie Almontaser says the ...

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The city is set to select a new principal this Thursday for the Arabic-language school it opened this fall. But a federal judge could intervene and force the city to reconsider the application of the school's founding principal – Debbie Almontaser. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

Debbie ...

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A new report on immigrants in New York State says they are more a part of the State’s middle class than is commonly thought. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

Here are some of the report’s more salient findings: immigrants make up a quarter of all CEOs who ...

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NEW YORK, NY November 14, 2007 —Some immigrant rights advocates say they're not disappointed in Spitzer -- they, like Spitzer, blame the federal government for failing to pass comprehensive immigration reform and forcing states and cities to try to find piecemeal solutions.

REPORTER: Meanwhile a restaurant ...

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This election season, WNYC has an ear on some of the political conversations taking place in this or that corner of our area, to find out what people are saying about the candidates and their ideas. But this week, along certain stretches of Coney Island ...

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The immigration debate will likely be a deciding factor in the presidential election next year -- but this week, some local elections hinge on the issue. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports on a nasty race for Town Supervisor in Putnam County.

In the Town of Southeast, the ...

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NEW YORK, NY October 22, 2007 —A new public school that teaches Arabic language and culture has been in session for 7 weeks now and one student's mother says her son comes home from the sixth grade with a big smile, saying ‘Shukran’ for thank ...

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It’s been a week of high-powered international meetings, with a lot of focus on climate change and how to stop it or at least slow it down. In Manhattan, members of the United Nations General Assembly met early in the week. Then, foreign leaders, business ...

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Former President Bill Clinton is pushing big businesses to create ways of reducing carbon emissions without reducing profits. WNYC's Marianne McCune has more from this year's Global Initiative conference.

REPORTER: On the stage with Bill Clinton Wednesday morning were the leaders of Afghanistan, the Philippines and ...

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Throngs of protestors were in Morningside Heights yesterday to greet Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before his speech at Columbia University. Ahmadinejad has denied the Holocaust and called for the destruction of Israel.

So what shocking remarks would he make at Columbia? Well, as it turned out, ...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is getting all of the headlines, but he's not the only foreign leader of note in town this week. Unfortunately for traffic, world leaders have descended on the city for the UN General Assembly. Many of these power holders plan to ...

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Columbia University's president Lee Bollinger introduced the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a blistering critique calling him "ridiculous" and saying he exhibits all the signs of a petty dictator. WNYC's Marianne McCune was at the speech and reports on Iranian leader's response:

The Iranian president began ...

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With an upcoming election and a few high profile crimes by illegal immigrants in the news, another small town outside New York City is planning to get its police officers deputized to enforce immigration laws. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: The Village of Brewster's ample supply of ...

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Yesterday, a Mount Kisco police officer was charged with recklessly causing the death of a Guatemalan immigrant. The homeless man was found unconscious on a Westchester County road last May. The officer is charged with 2nd degree Manslaughter and unlawful imprisonment.

Some residents saw the indictment ...

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Along the route to the city's Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, students and administrators are likely to encounter school security and NYPD officers, and possibly a protester or two.

The new Arabic language and culture-focused public school has survived months of opposition - from parents ...

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The head of New York's biggest association of businesses is decrying the federal government's plans to crack down on employers of illegal workers. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: Katherine Wylde of the Partnership for New York City says employers in the city's restaurant, tourism and entertainment ...

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Out by the ball fields at Brooklyn’s Red Hook Park, the Latin American food vendors are setting up as usual to sell tacos and pupusas for the day -- but with trepidation. As WNYC’s Marianne McCune reports, some fear inspectors from the city’s Department of ...

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The controversy surrounding a new public school that aims to teach children Arabic language and culture is far from over. This afternoon supporters will rally for the school and its original principal - who resigned after defending the use of the word intifadah on a ...

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As the Bush administration unveils plans to increase enforcement of immigration laws and secure the Mexican border, local advocates say illegal immigrants are growing more frightened. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: Immigration agents are targeting immigrants with criminal records or old deportation orders. But in the ...

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Just after UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon urged the Security Council to keep peacekeeping troops in Haiti at least another year, elected officials in Rockland County are delivering a different kind of aid - 6 Haitian mayors will spend a long weekend in Ramapo ...