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New York City Had Its First Weekend Without A Shooting In 25 Years

1:27pm October 17, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"A city of 8.6 million people — not a single shooting for three days," Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The NYPD says it has been focusing on preventing retaliatory violence.

At a recent meeting of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, angry taxi drivers who want the city to buy back their medallions, surrounded Kate Toran, who heads the city's taxi program.

Cities Made Millions Selling Taxi Medallions, Now Drivers Are Paying the Price

5:24pm October 15, 2018

by Sam Harnett

Hundreds of San Francisco taxi drivers purchased medallions for $250,000 to drive in the city. Taxi incomes have plummeted after Uber and Lyft took over the streets, and drivers are saddled with debt.

The Reverend David K. Brawley is one of the leaders of East Brooklyn Congregations, which put together the Nehemiah housing plan. They continue to build houses today.

Economy

The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

11:25pm October 04, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

Is geography destiny? It goes against the core idea of the American dream, but a new online data tool says where you were born and raised actually makes a huge difference — down to the very block.

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NPR's Planet Money has learned that more than 13,500 immigrants, mostly Chinese, who were granted asylum status years ago by the U.S. government are now facing possible deportation. During a 2012 probe, prosecutors in New York rounded up 30 immigration la

National

Thousands Could Be Deported As Government Targets Asylum Mills' Clients

12:19am September 29, 2018

by Ailsa Chang

In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave.

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A puppet technician for the long-running musical The Lion King was arrested after police found him allegedly using a 3D printer to manufacture a gun at the theater.

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'Lion King' Puppet Technician Arrested After Allegedly Printing 3D Gun At Theater

8:18pm September 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Ilya Vett, 47, said he was printing the gun for his brother who has a firearms license, according to police. Vett has been charged with attempted criminal possession of a firearm.

Police gather outside the private home where a day care center is located in the Queens borough of New York City on Friday, after three babies and two adults were stabbed there.

National

3 Babies, 2 Adults Stabbed At Queens Day Care

1:42pm September 21, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Officers who arrived at the house in New York City found multiple people with stab wounds, including three infants ranging from 3 days to 1 month old.

WTC Cortlandt subway station reopened in New York on Saturday, nearly 17 years after it was destroyed during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

National

New York Subway Station Reopens 17 Years After It Was Destroyed During 9/11 Attacks

7:29pm September 09, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

The newly reconstructed WTC Cortlandt station opened on Saturday, just three days before the anniversary of the attack.

Joe Dittmar holds remnants of the World Trade Center — a section from one of the core beams of the South Tower, right, and a bolt from a steel beam.

National

'They Thought I Was Dead': A 9/11 Survivor Recalls His Escape

11:22am September 07, 2018

Joe Dittmar was in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. In a StoryCorps interview last year, he vividly recounts what he saw that morning — and how he got home to his family.

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On Monday, Jared Kushner's family business, Kushner Cos., was fined $210,000 by New York City for falsifying construction building permits. The violations occurred while the presidential adviser was CEO of the company.

National

Kushner Cos. Fined For Falsifying Construction Permits

10:49am August 28, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Jared Kushner was CEO when, New York City says, his real estate company filed false paperwork. A company owned by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is also under scrutiny.

Music & Culture

Tell 'Em Where You're From: The Regional Anthems That Move Us

10:10am July 26, 2018

Some sprout from the cities and states they rep for; others are outsiders, held up in pride by a sister community. NPR's American Anthem series continues with a list of place-based bangers.