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In November 2008, WNYC aired a two-part report called 'The Cost of Doing Business.' It was an in-depth look at a construction accident that took the life of Mexican immigrant Jose Palacios. Palacios fell off of a poorly secured ...

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The National Action Network, a civil rights organization found by Rev. Al Sharpton, is calling today a 'National Day of Outrage.' It is holding a rally in Times Square to protest what ...

The Food Bank for NYC is pushing hunger awareness with a "Go Orange Campaign"

Across the city, emergency food providers say they're seeing more first time visitors at ...

Elected officials and community leaders in Brooklyn are rallying around the family of three victims in Wednesday's Crown Heights fire. Rose Etienne Jean was working when the fire claimed the lives of her two young children and her partner, Myrtel Jean.

The funeral for the three victims will be held ...

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Long Islanders who like their Thanksgiving turkey extremely fresh may be in luck. L.I.'s first turkey hunting season opens today, but only for those 1,600 who hold turkey hunting permits.

Seventy-five turkeys were reintroduced in Suffolk County ...

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. says residents have reached the breaking point with gun violence after 15-year-old Vada Vasquez was hit in the head by a stray bullet Monday.

Diaz told WNYC's Brian Lehrer he'll hold ...

Moody's Investors Service says the state's credit rating could suffer if legislature fails to make Governor Paterson's proposed cuts.

Artist Jeanne-Claude, co-creator of the Central Park installation 'The Gates,' has died at the age of 74.

Her family says it was from complications of a brain aneurysm.

With The Gates, in 2005, Jeanne-Claude her husband, Christo, covered Central Park's footpaths with thousands of saffron-colored drapes hung from specially designed ...

Drunk drivers who have a child in the vehicle will now face felony charges in New York State.

Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York was a tough call and that, in his view, the government is more likely to successfully prosecute Mohammed in a federal or so-called 'Article III' court ...

Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the decision to put alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and others on trial in a New York federal court.

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Demand for H1N1 flu shots is so high in most of New York state that doctors, hospitals, clinics and officials can't keep up. Yet, curiously, only a fraction of city residents have sought the swine flu vaccine. The majority ...

This morning WNYC's Brian Lehrer discussed the controversial decision to try accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Manhattan civilian court. Joining Brian were former NJ Governor Tom Kean and Richard Ben-Veniste, members of the 9/11 Commission.

Kean says a civilian trial will give Mohammed a global stage. "A ...

New York City agencies are being told to come up with $1.75 billion in savings as Mayor Michael Bloomberg tries to bridge next year's multibillion-dollar deficit.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will carve the crowded airspace over the Hudson River into separate areas for local and long-distance traffic.

As the remnants of Hurricane Ida whip up winds in the city, a street light at the corner of Varick and King streets was blown over.

The fallen traffic light at the corner of Varick and King streets.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind behind the September 11th terrorist attacks, will go on trial in a civilian court in New York.

A federal judge in Albany has denied a motion for a mistrial in the corruption case of former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno.

This weekend, the city will try again to attract New Yorkers to its H1N1 flu vaccine clinics at a handful of schools around the five boroughs. Last weekend, the clinics were largely ignored. Meanwhile, a parallel program through local neighborhood clinics seems to be doing a better job at drawing ...

Roughly 500 public school aides are losing their jobs today, after weeks of litigation between the city and their union.