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Coney Island To Celebrate Opening Weekend

April 07, 2017|Rowan Hornbeck

This weekend, Coney Island will be buzzing as businesses and rides open for the season. Dick Zigun is the founder of the...

New Jersey Cracks Down on Distracted Driving

April 06, 2017|Andrew Seger

New Jersey is making it easier for motorists to rat each other out for distracted driving. The state is rebranding what it...

New York City Lawmakers Call for Safer Elevators in Public Housing

April 06, 2017|Mario Nicastro

In 2015, Olegario Pabon left his apartment for the last time. A routine elevator ride turned into a nightmare when Pabon...

Toyland

April 05, 2017|George Bodarky

For generations, kids, mainly little boys, have played with little green soldiers. Go into any dollar store and you’re bound...

Mayor Gives Rikers Island the Death Sentence

March 31, 2017|Jake Shore
Mayor de Blasio vowed to close the controversial Rikers Island on Friday in a move he said is intended to end mass...

Rockland County Continues to Tackle Illegal Housing

March 30, 2017|Andrew Seger

Rockland County is unveiling its newest tool in its fight against illegal and substandard housing. The county now requires...

BX Hot Sauce, Community Gardens and Refugees

March 29, 2017|Robin Shannon

Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with members of The Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce about their business- and...

The Unique and Exotic

March 29, 2017|George Bodarky

If you’re a regular listener of Cityscape you know we don’t settle for the status quo. We aim to uncover hidden attractions...

Lawmakers Proposing Increased Penalties For Gang-Related Crimes

March 28, 2017|Michael Dobuski
Brooklyn lawmakers are pushing an anti-gang bill they say could have prevented the March 16 death of a Bronx fire department...

Fire Forces Evacuation At Chelsea Market

March 28, 2017|Michael Dobuski

Firefighters have put out a smoky rooftop blaze that forced the evacuation of the Chelsea Market building in Manhattan.

Fire...

Report: Social Media Companies Need to Better Monitor Terrorism, Hate Accounts

March 28, 2017|Jake Shore

Some social media companies are better than others at policing terrorist propaganda and hate speech. That's according to a...

Advocates Pushing to Legalize Dancing in NYC

March 27, 2017|Andrew Seger

Advocates in New York City are calling for an end to a Prohibition-era law that criminalizes dancing in bars throughout the...

Remembering the Factory Fire That Started New York's Labor Movement

March 24, 2017|Jake Shore
The anniversary of the historic factory fire that birthed the labor movement in New York City rests on Saturday, March 25...

Tattooed New York

March 22, 2017|George Bodarky

To some they’re works of art or a unique form of expression -- to others they’re an abomination. We're talking about tattoos...

Gov. Cuomo Takes Aim at New York Republican Amendment

March 21, 2017|Jake Shore

Upstate New Yorkers may not have to pay their share of Medicaid costs, thanks to a recent amendment ot the Republican health...

NYC Comptroller Releases Plan to Serve NYC's Growing Senior Population

March 21, 2017|Diana Nelson

In recent years, senior citizens have become the fastest-growing population in New York City. And as WFUV's Diana Nelson...