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The city’s rising cost of real estate and gentrification have forced some well-known music clubs to go silent. The Bottom Line, Wetlands, Fez, Tonic, and Sine-e are now gone. Mo Pitkins is the music scene’s latest casualty. While venues come and go, bands are always able to find new places to play. And, from jazz to rumba to rock and roll, there’s always an audience in New York City. More »
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According to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Washington, DC-based Urban Land Institute, New York City ranks as the top domestic market to watch in 2008 because of its strength. Although the city continues to have one of the tightest real estate markets in the country, some neighborhoods, such as Jamaica, Queens are being hit hard with foreclosures. More »
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Over the next twenty years, the city predicts that one in every five New Yorkers will be 60 or older. This will be the first time in the city’s history that older New Yorkers will outnumber school age children. As New Yorkers are aging their lifestyles are changing. Online social networking and blogging are creating new internet neighborhoods.
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The US dollar has steadily depreciated against major currencies in the last five years. Recently, the decline has been even sharper. In early November, the US dollar hit its lowest level against the euro since that currency’s debut in 1999. The value of the British pound is the highest its been to the US dollar in 26 years.
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The number of hate crimes in the city this year has reached more than 200 — a 20% increase compared to the same period last year. More than half of hate crimes nationwide are based on the victim’s race, followed by religion and sexual orientation.
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On Sunday, November 4th, the city will host its annual ING New York City Marathon. More than 38,000 runners from over one hundred countries are expected to participate, including elite athletes and those running for charities.
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October and November are considered the best months to get a vaccination against influenza. Although the nasal spray is available, most New Yorkers who opt for the vaccine will get a needle in the arm. Dr. Jane R. Zucker, an assistant health commissioner for the city, joins us in our studio to discuss New York’s plan to ensure that 90% of its population over 65 gets the vaccine.
Producer: Megan Kelty
Reporters: Carolyn Nardiello, Laura Silver
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Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades. Our guests are Lori Rose Benson, the DOE’s Director of Fitness and Physical Education and Jean Harris, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education at Adelphi University. They join us to discuss the challenges that public schools face in meeting city’s guidelines.
Producer: Angela Hill
Reporters: Megan Kelty, Chika Osaka
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s executive order will give all New Yorkers the opportunity to apply for state driver’s licenses without regard to immigration status. Immigrants are praising the measure, but critics say it presents national security issues. Baruch College professor and immigration lawyer Allan Wernick joins us in our studio.
Producer: Marlene Peralta
Reporting by Jego Armstrong and Sebastian Bednarski
Producer/Reporters: Jego Armstrong, Sebastian Bednarski, Khadijah Cole, Angela Hill, Megan Kelty, Chika Osaka, Marlene Peralta
Chad Bernhard, audio engineer, has produced over 1300 radio programs for the New York City radio market including most recently programming for WNYE 91.5 FM. In addition, he has mixed and scored several feature films and television programs. He is also the lead singer of Things Outside the Skin, an audio/visual extravaganza currently signed to Invisible Records.
Beth Fertig, host, covers New York City politics and education as both a senior reporter on WNYC and a contributing correspondent on National Public Radio. In 2001, her series on a controversial proposal to privatize five failing NYC schools won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award.
Tina Pamintuan, executive producer, began her journalism career at National Public Radio, where she was part of the production team that won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for The Geographic Century. In 2006, she was a writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook Writers Retreat in Washington State.
Scotti Williston, editor, has worked as an on-air reporter here in New York City and as a producer in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and China. She has been a independent producer and consultant for television and radio stations around the world. Williston has taught broadcast journalism to masters candidates and conducting international workshops for the working press.
