Marianne McCune

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Haitians who are in the United States illegally can now apply for temporary legal papers unless past criminal convictions disqualify them. As WNYC's Marianne McCune tells us, local immigrant attorneys and advocates are already busy with applicants.

REPORTER: In Brooklyn, just hours after the new opportunity ...

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As the death toll in Haiti rises, many New Yorkers are feeling stymied in their attempts to help. One group of Haitian professionals is particularly frustrated -- they're doctors and nurses with the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians. And though a few recently ...

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Two Haitian brothers in Brooklyn are set on returning to Haiti and helping dig people out of the rubble. And, like everyone else they’re trying to reach members of their own family. WNYC’s Marianne McCune spent the day collecting supplies with them in the Flatbush ...

Now that cell phone service is starting to return, Haitian New Yorkers are starting to get information about relatives and friends.

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Some cell phone companies in Haiti are beginning to work, and that means Haitian New Yorkers who are waiting for information about relatives and friends are starting to get it.

Some people are breathing for the first time. Perkins Pierre lives in Brooklyn, but his wife ...

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There are tens of thousands of Haitians in and around New York and many have been desperately trying to reach their parents or children or sisters and brothers in Port-au-Prince since the earthquake hit there at 5 o'clock last night. WNYC's Marianne McCune spent the ...

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Police have arrested 10 people who are trying to draw attention to a high-profile activist who's facing deportation. WNYC's Marianne McCune has more on yesterday's protest outside a detention center in Lower Manhattan.

REPORTER: The man who inspired children's music star Dan Zanes and dozens of ...

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Last Friday on Morning Edition we told a story about the struggles of Puerto Ricans in New York. Statistics show that despite many success stories, they are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. The story sparked an energetic conversation in the comments section ...

Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York ...

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Puerto Rican leaders have made lots of news this year – from Sonia Sotomayor’s rise to the Supreme Court, to the so-called ‘three amigos’ who took power in the New York legislature.

While New York’s most visible Latino leaders are Puerto Rican…some researchers are trying to ...

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The federal government has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle the lawsuit of five men who say they were treated like terrorists in a Brooklyn Detention Center. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports:

The men were jailed for immigration violations after the September 11th attacks, but they ...

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A group of attorneys has determined that more than a third of immigration detainees housed in a lower Manhattan facility have a reasonable chance of avoiding deportation. In a report released today the City Bar Justice Center says, the immigrants just need lawyers. WNYC's Marianne ...

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The government now requires most businesses with a government contract of more than $100,000 to use a Department of Homeland Security website to verify that new employees are legal workers, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the system could cost $10 billion dollars a ...

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New York is always full of all kinds of people, but that's especially true during the United Nations General Assembly, and nowhere more than between the barricades at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: Around noon on Wednesday, the line of protesters included defenders ...

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Every year the Clinton Global Initiative attracts world leaders, the wealthiest of business moguls, Hollywood stars, and do-gooders looking to find support for their projects.

They're each supposed to make commitments to achieve some clear goal – and if they don’t work toward that goal during ...

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For the favorite restaurants of UN diplomats and their guests, this week is busy, and sometimes bizarre. The restaurant Convivio is a few blocks from the UN and as WNYC's Marianne McCune reports, many of their clients come with security.

REPORTER: All the Ambassadors come here.

CANON: ...

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It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly, and that means the usual traffic and street closures. It also means New Yorkers think a little more about the UN, especially those who live or work right next to it. WNYC’s Marianne McCune went to ...