Dec 03 No indictment for police officer involved in NYC chokehold death of Eric Garner By Colleen Shalby A grand Jury in New York City will not indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of unarmed 43-year-old Eric Garner. Continue reading
Nov 29 New York teens will have new say in city's government By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press A new law lets 16- and 17-year-olds apply to serve on community boards, the panels that function as the front lines of local government in the nation's biggest city. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 23, the deadline looms for a nuclear deal between Iran and the West, we'll have a report from Vienna where negotiations continue. In our signature segment, New York City tries out a new plan… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 'A long way from zero': NYC takes on traffic fatalities By PBS News Hour Although New York City streets over the past few years have been the safest in decades, traffic accidents and pedestrian fatalities have recently started to tick back up. Now, city officials are looking to "Vision Zero," an initiative based on… Continue watching
Nov 18 New York City to replace phone booths with Wi-Fi kiosks By Anna Sillers Beginning next year, New York City residents may no longer have to search for a hotspot. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week plans to replace the city’s phone booths with new Wi-Fi hot spot kiosks complete with keypads to… Continue reading
Nov 15 NYC mayor signs laws to limit cooperation with immigration feds By Long Li New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed two bills into law on Friday that serve to limit the city's cooperation with federal immigration officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Continue reading
Nov 09 Uniting through narrative: A vet's plan to connect with civilians By Elisabeth Ponsot The weekly workshop is held by Words After War, a literary nonprofit that brings together veterans and civilians for writing instruction in an effort to bridge the gap between the two increasingly separate groups. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 'The other one percent': Bridging the military-civilian divide in Brooklyn By Elisabeth Ponsot Tuesday is Veterans Day -- a day to honor those who have served. But since the draft ended in 1973, the number of Americans who serve in the armed forces has decreased dramatically, leading to what some fear is a… Continue watching
Nov 03 World Trade Center reopens as Condé Nast employees arrive for first day of work By Nora Daly Employees of the magazine publisher Condé Nast arrived for their first day of work at 1 World Trade Center Monday morning, marking the reopening of the site thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack. Continue reading
Oct 25 More calls for quarantines across U.S. amid Ebola concerns By Connie Cass, Associated Press The Ebola virus's arrival in New York City and yet another West African nation - Mali - renewed questions about whether stricter travel restrictions would help lock down the deadly disease. The governors of New York and New Jersey went… Continue reading