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New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient langua ...
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WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk regularly teams up with the nonprofit Street Lab to highlight stories from neighborhoods across New York City. We recently set up shop on Thatford Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The transcript of the voices we collected has been lightly edited for clarity. Daniel Fields: "I've lived in Brownsville for 62 years. …
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Ever stumble upon a place that feels like an oasis in the midst of the city bustle? Think specialty cafes that serve as community hubs, or that little park where locals gather for impromptu picnics. Those sorts of places are the heart and soul of New York City's neighborhoods. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk is highlighting some of these neighbo…
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The MTA board has given its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The vote finalized a years-long saga to launch the tolls. MTA Chair Janno Lieber joined WNYC's Morning Edition host Michael Hill to talk about what it means for public transit …
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The MTA board on Wednesday gave its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The 11-1 vote finalizes a yearslong saga to launch the tolls. The state Legislature first approved the initiative in March 2019, which was followed by a lengthy federal…
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New York state lawmakers said they will renew their push to reopen a window that allows sexual abuse victims more time to file claims after a new Gothamist investigation revealed a pattern of alleged misconduct and sexual assault at Rikers Island. The chair of the City Council’s criminal justice committee, which oversees the Department of Correctio…
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Jeny remembers trying to hide under the rough, jail-issued sheets when the Rikers Island guards would come for her in the middle of the night. She said they called out the names and ID numbers of women in the room, where she slept on a makeshift pillow of bundled clothing. Then, she said, the correction officers ordered the women to rise from their…
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Police across the region say they are starting to curb a recent spike in car theft by using a slew of unconventional tactics — like shooting GPS darts, Batmobile-style, at stolen cars, and creating traffic jams to ensnare thieves on the run. The NYPD’s new tactics aim to track stolen cars as they move across the boroughs and even state lines, where…
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New York City's Office of Technology and Innovation says the city is the first place in the nation to enact a comprehensive municipal plan for how agencies can use Artificial Intelligence responsibly. The City developed the plan and recently published a set of key principles and definitions to help agencies and the public better understand AI. New …
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New Jersey's Department of Health says Essex County has one of the highest rates of late-stage breast cancer and cervical cancer diagnoses in the Garden state. And data shows the outcomes for Black women are often more deadly compared to other groups, especially in the city of Newark. To try and reverse these alarming trends, Newark University Hosp…
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Municipal leaders in one of New Jersey’s richest towns are personally risking severe sanctions for pulling out of a plan to build dozens of affordable-housing rental units — just as the state tries to ramp up development. Local officials in Millburn say the 75 affordable units in the heart of their downtown are a bad fit. They don't trust an enviro…
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The FDNY says the number of fires started by lithium ion batteries has increased exponentially in the last few years, as have the number of people killed by those fires. They can be deadly when they’re charged improperly. Some elected officials say a disproportionate number of proposed storage facilities for lithium ion batteries are sited in State…
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Two of New York City’s most historic — and dilapidated — subway stations are due for renovations that aim to restore the spaces to their original glory. The MTA is planning “historically sensitive” repairs at the Chambers Street station near City Hall and the 190th Street station in Washington Heights. The plan was revealed in a request for bids pu…
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An eligibility scandal in the New York City high school basketball league that prompted the cancellation of a championship game was more widespread than the education department initially disclosed, records show. The revelation comes after Schools Chancellor David Banks announced on Saturday that two teams in the highest basketball division had bee…
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is calling for more investment in early childhood education to stop New York City's exodus of working- and middle-class residents, who are leaving because they can’t pay for childcare. During her State of the City address on Wednesday, Adams said more than 80% of families can’t afford full-time care for their kid…
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Queens native Derek “iDom” Ruffin is a professional esports athlete and world champion of the 2019 Capcom Cup, one of the top-tier events in the fighting game world, for which he won a $250,000 prize. Ruffin has competed in Japan, South Africa, Qatar, the United Kingdom and nearly every major U.S. city. He specializes in one-on-one fighting games, …
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Appointments for New York City’s municipal identification cards are getting harder to snag as demand for the popular photo IDs surges, but some nonprofit groups helping people apply say they’ve finally cracked the code for how to secure a coveted slot. The trick is to rush to sign up within minutes after slots are released online or via 311 every F…
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The state of emergency in Haiti has been escalating, with gang violence wreaking havoc on Haiti’s capital Port-au Prince. Jocelyn McCalla is a senior policy advisor for Haitian Americans for Democracy. He’s one of many Haitian New Yorkers who are tuned to the news. He resides in Brooklyn and talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson more about how the Haitia…
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Gov. Kathy Hochul recently ordered 750 National Guard members into the subway system to help patrol it. But that isn’t the only measure she says will improve safety in the transit network that saw another shooting last week – this one on an A train in Downtown Brooklyn. Hochul is expanding a program that sends mental health workers – along with pol…
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More than 4,000 Black people were murdered in brutal lynchings in the United States through the end of the Civil Rights era. But much of the stories that have been told about these killings have centered around acts of mob violence in the South. Now, a new project from New York University is challenging that narrative by reminding people this viole…
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How would you like to own your apartment after years of renting? One Brooklyn community group is trying to make that happen for tenants of a four-story building in the Cypress Hill section of East New York through an innovative housing program. The East New York Community Land Trust bought the 21-unit, rent-stabilized apartment building on Arlingto…
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New Jersey remains unprepared for the next public health emergency, according to a new state-commissioned report examining COVID-19's high death toll in the Garden State and urging officials to improve their emergency planning. “I know New Jersey will be better off because of this review, and my administration looks forward to working with the legi…
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New York City officials reached an agreement on Friday to modify the city’s unique right to shelter rules by capping stays for newly arrived migrant adults, following a monthslong court fight over measures meant to guarantee a bed to anyone in need. The settlement with the nonprofit Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless — court-appointed…
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