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Moderate-income New Yorkers are increasingly becoming the face of eviction in the city. That’s according to a new report from the Community Service Society of New York, which found that nearly half the tenants who are now at risk of eviction are not the lowest-income New Yorkers. WNYC’s Arun Venugopal talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson to discuss the …

Call it another quirk of New York City living. Though washers and dryers have been ubiquitous household items in most of the United States since the Eisenhower administration, their emergence as a common feature in apartment searches in the five boroughs has been far slower.

The U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has demanded MTA Chair Janno Lieber send the federal government a list of measures to reduce crime on the system. The agency says crime is already on the decline and has gone down 40% compared to the same period in 2020 just before the pandemic. But a new report from the urban policy organization Vital C…

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan met with Republican lawmakers in Albany before headlining a news conference on GOP-sponsored bills that would repeal some of New York’s pro-immigrant policies and force the state to cooperate more with federal officials. Several dozen Democrats gathered outside the door as Homan spoke with the press,…

They are New York City's nearly 600 secret oases: plazas, courtyards, rooftop gardens and patches of greenery carved into private buildings. Privately owned public spaces, often referred to as POPs, are free and open to the public — at least on paper. But controversially, they’ve often existed in obscurity. As with many conundrums, there’s now an a…

Tune in Wednesday, February 7 at 8 p.m. on WNYC to hear a discussion of the awards, and conversations with this year's winners of the Lehrer Prize for Community Well-Being. Community well-being is a phrase drawn from the public health arena that takes into account the combination of social, economic, environmental, cultural, and political condition…

You may have heard some bad news recently about butterflies. A new report in the journal Science found butterfly populations across the US have plummeted over the last 25 yeas, dropping by 22%. But there are things you can do to help – even if you don’t have a yard. Jeffrey Glassberg is the founder and president of the North American Butterfly Asso…

The city’s health department is warning New Yorkers about 22 skin lightening products with high amounts of mercury. These products are largely from Pakistan and Thailand and available over the counter in local stores. New York City's acting health commissioner Doctor Michelle Morse talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson more about it.…

New York City officials are launching a multi-year effort to reconnect communities that have been, for decades, divided by the Cross Bronx Expressway. Meanwhile, the Adams Administration is considering yet another new design to replace part of the notorious Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Kate Slevin is the executive vice president at the Regional Plan…

New Jersey is known for having one of the most generously funded public education systems in the nation. But a new report from the Education Recovery Scoreboard shows students in the state still haven't fully recovered the academic ground they lost when schools moved to predominately remote instruction. State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz of N…

The wealthy Wilf family has committed to include affordable housing to get the plan approved. But thousands of trees will be lost and locals worry it poses a flooding risk.

New York City’s wet markets – stores that house and slaughter mostly live poultry – landed in the spotlight last month after bird flu was detected at nine downstate markets, prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul to temporarily shut down markets in the New York City metro area to prevent its spread.Since the wet markets reopened in mid-February, inspectors ha…

The politics of a new Penn Station plan, as well as the latest in New York City transit news in this week's On The Way.

WNYC asked decision makers, educators and students to share their memories of the days leading up to March 15, 2020, when the nation’s largest school system shut down.

New York City Public Schools are marking Civics Week. Students are focusing on the theme "Democracy Begins Here!" with projects that encourage them to use their voices to advocate for changes in their communities. As part of the curriculum, students were invited to submit soapbox speeches on issues they care about. Second-grader Rafael Serras from …

On March 15th, 2020, the largest school district in the country closed its doors to students. Cases of the new COVID-19 virus were beginning to soar, and New York City Public Schools made the call to send students home. Within a week, kids were learning remotely from kitchen tables and beds and living rooms — marking the start of a new era for educ…

March is Women's History Month, and to mark it, we're profiling women in music and their journeys through the industry. Today, we hear from Sky Hume, who is a music business major and vice president of the Women in Music chapter at Hofstra University on Long Island. The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. I've been interested …

It's the weekly Politics Brief from WNYC. This week, senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin and Capitol reporter Jon Campbell discuss the various problems plaguing Hochul, Cuomo's campaign treasurer's past work for a statewide anti-trans effort, and ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, who federal authorities arrested for his pro-Palestine political ac…

New York City Public Schools are marking Civics Week. Students are focusing on the theme "Democracy Begins Here!" with projects that encourage them to use their voices to advocate for changes in their communities. As part of the curriculum, students were invited to submit soapbox speeches on issues they care about. Fifth-grader Damon Hudes from PS …

New York City Public Schools are marking Civics Week. Students are focusing on the theme "Democracy Begins Here!" with projects that encourage them to use their voices to advocate for changes in their communities. As part of the curriculum, students were invited to submit soapbox speeches on issues they care about. First grader Phoemela Carsula at …

The St. John's University men's basketball team has already clinched the Big East regular-season title. Now, they'll play for the Big East Tournament title. The games start at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. St. John's plays its first game on Thursday. Then next week, the Johnnies will go for it all at the NCAA tournament, also know as March Ma…

New York officials regularly deploy lofty language to describe the importance of the subway system to the city. Phrases like “backbone” “lifeblood” and “economic engine” are regularly found in public statements from governors, mayors and elected officials across government. Sarah Feinberg is the former interim president of the MTA’s New York City T…

The Tri-State area is reflecting on five years since COVID brought the world to a halt. Do you remember where you were in March 2020 when hospitals were overwhelmed with patients and struggled to have enough beds? James Colon was one of these patients, who arrived at Mount Sinai Queens in April 2020 and eventually beat an extreme case of COVID. Jam…

It’s been five years since the once-ubiquitous injury law firm Cellino & Barnes ceased to exist as more than a persistent earworm — (800) 888-8888 — and a memory. In the half-decade since its dissolution after a contentious professional breakup, a number of local law firms have begun jostling to succeed Cellino & Barnes as the new personal injury l…