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What's going on in NYC right now? Listen and subscribe to NYC NOW for three quick local news updates every weekday, delivered right to your podcast feed:
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JUST IN: Leticia James has won New York's Attorney General race becoming New York's first black woman ever elected to the job.
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Does a Boy Scout have to be a boy? Hear from a teen pushing the @boyscouts to allow girls to become official members
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Our favorite New York City moments on @instagram in 2014: http://t.co/9NRW2aT4Gf http://t.co/jQbHP4HIu4
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16 New York City Instagrammers you should follow: http://t.co/2idFnromjn http://t.co/rhPMaNhmWq
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. @Gothamist is making a comeback! We’re excited to announce we’re acquiring the news site in a deal with our fellow public radio stations @KPCC and @wamu885 .
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#KnockDownTheHouse by @jubileefilms is our Documentary of the Week. The film follows four working-class candidates running for Congress, including a young long shot from the Bronx named @AOC ... Guess how it ends.
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Massive anti-Trump rally in Union Square. You can hear the crowd chanting "black lives matter."
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George Santos tweeted in February 2021 that he owned 13 rental properties where tenants had not paid rent for a year. He later admitted that he does not own any real estate and lives at his sister's home.
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You're not imagining it: that really was a humpback whale swimming up and down the Hudson River.
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A high school English teacher from Oklahoma says she was placed on leave after providing her students with information about a program that grants access to the Brooklyn Public Library’s digital collection at no charge.
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Just over a year ago, @Lin_Manuel , along with some of his @HamiltonMusical collaborators, joined forces to purchase the @dramabookshop and save it from shuttering. Yesterday, it was announced that the store will re-open at a new location in March 2020.
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. @ThisIsTheRead has been around for years, but in the beginning @crissles was nervous about the podcast's audience. "I told @KidFury before we started that nobody's going to listen because black people don't listen to podcasts." Turns out, she was wrong.
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More people have been murdered in New York City’s subways since the start of 2020 than in the preceding 15 years — a grim statistic driven by an alarming start to the year in the mass transit system.
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WNYC intern @autumn_wav visited Antony Gormley's installation ‘New York, Clearing,’ which is part of the global initiative #CONNECT_BTS . Check it out!
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Here’s artist Anthony Gormley’s installation in collaboration with K-Pop septet, BTS, titled “New York Clearing.” It’s a single line of coiling aluminum that stretches approx. 11 miles at New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park. Best part? It’s free! @WNYC
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At least someone had a good commute today
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Peaceful snowfall, the first of the season, on the MANDARIN DUCK at the Central Park Pond. 📷 @AnilMelwani
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"I think it’s got Instagram potential, or at least TikTok vibes." See the latest contribution to CONNECT, BTS at Brooklyn Bridge Park:
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Meet Charlie. He's a bodega cat. He enjoys long walks down the aisles and candlelit dinners. #BCITOW
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First there was @TheTweetofGod . Then it became a Broadway hit. |via @sideshow http://t.co/X7YO98H2WA http://t.co/76G1lwzKIR
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"My name is Snowball, I'm all-white all-over, and I'm a bodega cat." #BCITOW
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Here's a screenshot of this tweet before someone on @GovMikeHuckabee 's team deletes it. #DemDebate #RadioTalksDem http://t.co/5J7NJj5OUW
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Following an episode of Arthur took the internet by storm, @rebeccasugar , the creator of Steven Universe, joined @TheTakeaway to talk about her show and LGTBQ representation in children’s entertainment.
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The politically-connected son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge was among the band of Trump-supporting marauders who ransacked the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.
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It's April.
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Masses flooded to lower Manhattan to protest @POTUS ' executive order. #NoBanNoWall
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While working for a Russian oligarch, Paul Manafort bought three properties in NY. Now experts are raising questions
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"In November, we need to do what we did eight years ago." - @FLOTUS #DemsInPhilly
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"I might be the most famous cat on Instagram from Chinatown." #BCITOW
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Making their first joint, in-person public appearance since leaving their roles in the British royal family, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle visited the World Trade Center with Gov. Hochul & Mayor de Blasio before attending Saturday's Global Citizen Festival.
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It's official! The New York State Senate will be led by a woman for the first time in state history.
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It’s official, @ChancetheRapper has acquired the @Chicagoist from WNYC. Hear it from him in his new song “I Might Need Security.”
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Tonight at 7 pm, a #ClapBecauseWeCare initiative will launch with a two-minute clap that you can participate in from wherever you are in the city. It will be in celebration and appreciation of all essential workers.
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"I'm trying to be as thoughtful as possible about what happens with Rookie next." — @tavitulle http://t.co/rErsjxPIAd http://t.co/4keF22Ujl2
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In the most alarming sign that New York may be on the cusp of a resurgence or second wave, coronavirus cases are skyrocketing in two communities in suburban Rockland County.
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The Tribute In Light above Manhattan.
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Star is one bodega cat who isn't going to let a little bad press ruffle her fur. #BCITOW
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The Department of Education's grab-and-go free meal service has been expanded to include anyone who wants food, no questions asked.
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"My headline for the first 100 days would be 'nobody knew it would be so complicated.'" - @Fahrenthold #IndivisibleRadio
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. @SJP 's new series shows a side of the New York City Ballet you've never seen before. http://t.co/geyqvr0QeO
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"Food Stamp recipients did not cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did." - @POTUS #SOTU
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Weather forecasters are warning Thanksgiving travelers to be cautious and prepare for delays as hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall and a "bomb cyclone" hit the western and central U.S. this week.
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Images from the anti-Trump protest in Union Square that will begin marching north to Trump Tower.
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"If more adults commuted with their friends, and their friends said something that's lit, adults would be loud too" says @shubasu after hearing what loud commuting teens have to say to adults who complain about them. Hear their responses: #WeTheCommuters
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The one and only @YokoOno discusses her life, her music, and her new exhibit at MoMA. http://t.co/9yerp6Ohae http://t.co/Jh1afjZC32
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. @netflix "Get Me Roger Stone" is our documentary of the week!
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More photos from Union Square anti-Trump protest.
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This baby North American Porcupine was born at the @BronxZoo on April 24th.
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In 2012, NYC prosecutors considered charging two of Trump's adult children with fraud involving Trump Soho. LISTEN:
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One World Trade Center spire will be lit blue, white & red on Friday & in the days to come in honor of those killed in #ParisAttacks
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Flanked by police, these two @BernieSanders delegates stand in protest #DemsInPhilly
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Hundreds of NYPD officers arrested dozens of protesters on West 8th Street and 5th Avenue. Many of the officers wearing armor did not display any identification. One officer told a reporter they didn't need to.
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Carl Becker just asked the hardest question. #debate
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An impassioned statement by Representative @AOC is drawing renewed attention on a push within the City Council to bail out New York City taxi drivers saddled with outstanding medallion loans. Watch:
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On Tuesday morning, the 2020 Rockefeller Christmas Tree revealed a secret: a tiny owl. For now, the owl — nicknamed Rockefeller — is being contained at the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, New York.
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As if the heat wasn't unpleasant enough, it's now so hot that NYC's cockroaches are likely to use their wings & take flight to cool off.
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Hey listeners, did you know it's @brianlehrer 's birthday today? Happy Birthday Brian Lehrer!🎂🎉🎁
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These kids are named Barack, and became part of a movement. Listen:
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It's our last morning with the @NPR @MorningEdition theme song. Hear it playing on air for one last time with @RScottHake ... and watch until the end.
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. @Mobeen_Azhar : Prince has enough unreleased material to drop an album a year for the next 100 years. @TheTakeaway
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🇵🇷 NEW PODCAST 🇵🇷 "La Brega" is a series created by a team of Puerto Rican journalists, musicians and artists—about life, power, history and "the hustle" in Puerto Rico. All episodes in English and Spanish are out today! Listen now:
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130 years ago today, Penn Station opened. It was beautiful. http://t.co/eH1vzbJJer http://t.co/nHU0ZIGzvS
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We are very on top of the weather 😂
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"The Confederate flag is nothing less than the American swastika," says @JamilSmith .
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On Sept. 25, 1989, @BrianLehrer hosted his first broadcast on WNYC. Three decades later, he is still one of New York's most trusted and beloved voices. This week, we celebrated 30 years of having Brian Lehrer on our airwaves. Join us in saying happy anniversary, and thank you!
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For those of you googling "Bagdaddy" it's spelled Baghdadi and he's the leader of ISIS. #Debate
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It’s been over 100 years since she died, but Emily Roebling, the woman who oversaw the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, finally has a street named after her.
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. @Fahrenthold talks about his investigation into Donald Trump's questionable charitable giving: via @LeonardLopate
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"No more war" chants drowning out former Secretary of Defense and CIA director Leon Panetta's speech #DemsInPhilly
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At 16, Maya Angelou was San Francisco's first black streetcar conductor. http://t.co/7BCWkv4I9z http://t.co/h6cU4Cn1ji
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BREAKING: Leonard Lopate and Johnathan Schwartz, two longtime hosts at WNYC, have been put on leave effectively immediately pending investigations into allegations of inappropriate conduct.
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For this week's #RebelConvo on WNYC @rebel19 sat down with @ThisIsTheRead podcasters @crissles and @KidFury to talk about their new TV show #TheReadOnFuse 📺 Tune in tomorrow!
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. @RepJerryNadler said Sunday that Trump administration officials should be jailed for civil contempt if they fail to reunify migrant families by the July 26 deadline.
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#VPDebate fact-check:
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. @BrianLehrer : "This is not permanent. This is an election. Democracy is so much more than an election." #ElectionMorningAfter
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"I don't see any sign that Pres. Trump knows what to do under the Constitution." -John Yoo, fmr Bush staffer
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EXCLUSIVE: People with Hispanic last names were disproportionately purged from voter rolls in Brooklyn this April.
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Hidden messages have been found in the computer code from the Apollo Moon mission.
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Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is on tour, and at one of his stop, he's helping bring musical education programming to kids from his home turf in Harlem.
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Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are STILL having the most fun in NYC. (Holiday Edition) http://t.co/CTSCvvHE5y http://t.co/WGIZW15TQd
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Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric is motivating residents to become citizens so they can cast a vote against him.
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Happening now: Protesters form a human wall outside #RNCinCLE arena chanting, "There is no debate, Trump = hate."
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Huge upset! AP has called it for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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BREAKING: U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley defeated by young challenger in Democratic primary in New York.
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This weirdly warm weather in NYC has us like... @giphy
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It's the first faculty strike in Rutgers University's 256-year history. Unions are seeking better compensation and more security for adjunct members, as well as protections for students.
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The ruling kicks the case back down to the lower court, which has ordered former Pres. Donald Trump—as well as Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump—to testify beginning on July 15th regarding allegedly fraudulent business practices at the Trump Organization.
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. @neilhimself talks free speech, the nightmare of tweeting, & more on @BrianLehrer :
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Hundreds of @BernieSanders delegates are silently protesting inside the media tent at the DNC #DemsInPhilly
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"I don't think Trump has any insight into rural populations." - @sarahkendzior #IndivisibleRadio
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#HappyNewYear from all of us here at WNYC!
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