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A ProPublica investigation finds that "some vaccine programs have been designed with inherent barriers that disadvantage many people who are most at risk of dying from the disease." Caroline Chen, health care reporter for ProPublica, explains.
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Marking the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the natural disaster the devastated the city of New Orleans. To mark the anniversary, we are joined by Alisa Payne, producer and showrunner of the new Netflix docuseries "Katrina: Come Hell and High Water," which spotlights the stories of...
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How Trump's Climate Cuts Will Impact NYC
Samantha Maldonado, senior reporter for THE CITY, where she covers climate, resiliency, housing and development, explains how recent Trump administration cuts to Federal Emergency Management Agency threatens over $300 million in climate resiliency for New York City-specific efforts, plus a new...
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Environmental groups oppose $52B plan to build storm surge gates in NY-NJ waterways
As sea levels rise and temperatures soar, New York City is facing increasingly difficult choices about how to address the effects of climate change. Along the waterfront, billions of dollars' worth of sea walls, jetties and breakwaters are now being built to protect against future floods and...
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‘Hard to walk away:’ What Staten Island’s retreat from flood zones can teach NYC homeowners
For retired transit worker Frank Mosczynzski, Ocean Breeze on Staten Island’s eastern shore was the perfect place to raise a family and grow old. He had called the area home since the age of two when his parents moved there from Brooklyn. His work commute to Manhattan was easy, and he returned…
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A decade after Sandy, volunteer historians restore a Queens neighborhood's lost memories
It all started with an old film reel of Jackie Robinson, found in the wreckage of a Breezy Point house a couple of days after 350 other homes were leveled by floods and fire in a single night during Hurricane Sandy. On a top shelf, untouched by the floodwaters from the 9-foot-high storm surge…
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Florida’s Insurance Industry Is Factoring In Climate Change More Than Its Top Politicians
As parts of Florida and other southern states begin to recover from Hurricane Ian, we look at how the insurance industry is, and isn't, keeping up with climate risks. On Today's Show: Leslie Scism, a news editor for the Wall Street Journal, covering life and property-casualty insurance, joins to...
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Week Ahead: October 28, 2019
In this week's look ahead: early voting in New York continues. So far, more than 12,000 people have participated across the city. How's your experience going? Tell us about it here. Also: the City Council will meet today to decide if — and how — to punish Council Member Andy King; Tuesday is the...
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New Jersey Offers Homeowners More Help, Six Years After Sandy
Sharon Zappia enjoys her Sunday morning ritual: She sits on the front porch of the Atlantic City house she’s owned for 36 years, sips a hot cup of coffee, and listens to the church bells ring out. Then — she picks up her mail and heads back to the apartment she actually lives in — about a mile...
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Army Corps Proposes Giant Hurricane Barrier Across New York Bay
More than five years after Sandy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking a closer look at one of the ideas that caught the public's imagination right after the storm hit: a giant steel-and-concrete barrier that would stretch across New York Harbor and prevent an ocean surge from flooding...
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Erosion on Hart Island Exposes Human Remains
City workers are making emergency repairs to the public cemetery on Hart Island after photographers documented how human remains had become exposed to the elements. The burial site on the island's north shore has faced persistent erosion issues after it was damaged during Sandy in 2015. While…
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Riders Grill the MTA Over L Train Shutdown at First Open House
For the first time since the MTA released its L train shutdown plans, the public had a chance to talk with the agency about the planned work, and how they'll get around without the L train running into Manhattan. Jackie Hall, 45, lives near the Bedford Ave. stop, and studied a subway map…
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Superstorm Sandy, Five Years Later
Josh Robin, reporter and anchor for NY1, reports on what the city has accomplished in the five years since Superstorm Sandy to prepare for future storms. "I'm not going to deny that these are very complicated projects," said Robin, "some officials say the state should get involved."
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This Week in Politics: De Blasio in the Age of Harvey (and Sandy)
With Sandy nearly five years in the rear view mirror, residents in our region might be forgiven for wanting to move on and forget about the storm. But as the events in Houston this week vividly demonstrate, the next big hurricane could always be just around the corner. The historic flooding in...
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National Flood Insurance Is About to Expire. Here's What's Next
Harvey is pummeling Texas and Louisiana, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate from their homes and move into shelters. For those in New York and New Jersey, the flooding may bring back memories of Sandy in 2012. The National Flood Insurance Program became widely unpopular after…
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Gateway vs ARC: Matters of Timing and Funding
The ARC tunnel, which Governor Chris Christie killed, would've cost half the price of the $24 billion Gateway Project. But Gateway aims to do more than just add a tunnel under the Hudson. Gateway encompasses several projects in both states. Last month, in two instances, trains got stuck in the...
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Open Your Eyes to Jamaica Bay
For most New Yorkers, Jamaica Bay is just some place out by JFK airport. But the new documentary "Saving Jamaica Bay," directed by David Sigal, calls attention to the natural wonders that lie below the air traffic. The film honors the local residents who never wavered in their commitment to the...
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30 Issues | Week 8 Recap: Infrastructure
Catch up on what we learned during Week 8 of #30 Issues... Hit "play" above to hear all of our #30Issues segments from this week about infrastructure, on local and national levels. You'll hear: The Political History of Infrastructure Presidential Infrastructure Plans Heading Into the NJ Primary...
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The Big Winners and Losers in the Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy
Laura Sullivan, NPR News investigative correspondent, discusses a joint investigation between NPR and the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE, which reveals that private insurance companies made hundreds of millions of dollars administering claims for the government after Superstorm Sandy. "The...
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Prospect Park Finds Retro Way to Remove Weeds: Goats
This summer Prospect Park has a retro way to remove unwanted weeds: goats. Eight of them, from Rhinebeck. The goats will graze on 1.5 acres in the northeast corner of park. They're fenced in on a hilly section of the Vale of Cashmere, next to the Donald and Barbara Zucker Natural Exploration…
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In a Flood Plain? Damaged by Sandy? These Home Buyers Aren't Fazed.
This week, 115 Sandy-damaged homes went up for auction on Staten Island and Long Island. Hundreds of people turned out to bid on below market rate properties in flood zones. The homes and tracts of land were purchased by the state through the NY Rising Acquisition-for-Redevelopment Program at...
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Come L or High Water: Sandy Damage Leaves MTA With Tough Choice
As subway-riding New Yorkers know, the system was dealt a huge blow during Sandy, when nine subway tunnels flooded with salt water. "By far, the worst-damaged tunnel was Canarsie," said MTA president Tom Prendergast, naming the tunnel that carries the L train under the East River between…
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Coming to Jamaica Bay (Maybe): Giant Tidal Gates
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is leaning towards building a set of giant gates across the mouth of Jamaica Bay as a means to prevent flooding of the communities arrayed along its shores, an option generally opposed by environmentalists. The Corps had also been considering keeping the inlet…
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The Plan to Build a Wall in Hoboken
A controversial plan to build a wall has been met with outrage. No, not that wall. The city of Hoboken has been looking for a solution to prevent floods, like when the Hudson River poured into the city during Hurricane Sandy. And city officials thought they'd found a plan when they secured a $230...
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What the L: Residents Outraged By Possibility of Canarsie Tube Closure
In the aftermath of Sandy, the MTA has been repairing subway tunnels under the East River — replacing tracks, signals, electrical components and other pieces of equipment that were fatally damaged when they were flooded in salt water. The L train tunnel was flooded with 7 million gallons of...
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Christie Under Fire for Leaving NJ and Returning to Campaign Trail
Gov. Chris Christie swooped back into New Jersey Tuesday for a hastily organized and rare news conference. He announced an economic rescue plan for Atlantic City — which, while important, is not the reason why the governor has found himself in the news recently. New Jersey Public Radio's Matt…
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New York City Wins Big in Disaster Resiliency, New Jersey Comes in Last
At least $181 million was reserved for Sandy-damaged New York State, New York City and New Jersey to support resiliency against floods and disaster, as part of the National Disaster Resilience Competition. But New York state and city alone took home more than that for having strong applications....
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Feds Give $176M to Extend Manahattan's Flood Walls
Within the next few days, the federal government is expected to announce a $176 million grant for the next phase of a 10-mile-long protection system, stretching from Midtown on the East Side down to the Battery and back up to Midtown on the West Side. The first phase, from East 23rd Street down…
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A ProPublica investigation finds that "some vaccine programs have been designed with inherent barriers that disadvantage many people who are most at risk of dying from the disease." Caroline Chen, health care reporter for ProPublica, explains.
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