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This week was Black Maternal Health week, a campaign to build awareness on the perspectives and lived experiences of Black mothers. According to the New York City Health Department, Black mothers in New York City are six times more likely to experience a pregnancy related death when compared with white women. New York State health commissioner Dr. …

Places to go when you've got to go will double in New York City over the next decade, under a bill passed by the City Council Thursday. NYC has among the fewest commodes per capita among large U.S. cities; a slew of city agencies operate 1,066 restrooms that are open to the public, or about one potty for every 7,800 residents. The bill's sponsor, C…

Federal officials say President Donald Trump is taking over the reconstruction of Penn Station and kicking the MTA off the project. On this week's On The Way roundup of transit news, the team talks about Penn Station's overhaul, gives an update on congestion pricing, and more.

It's the weekly Politics Brief from WNYC. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio says former Governor Andrew Cuomo should not be mayor of New York City. The Trump administration wants to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. And while Albany struggles to finish its budget, an attempt to ban flavored Zyn pouches has come and gone. WNYC…

Tens of thousands of New York City families would lose their child care vouchers under the state’s proposed budget — a move that advocates say would leave parents unable to work and force day care centers to close their doors. Lawmakers in Albany, city officials and child care advocates are furiously working to avoid the fiscal cliff that could kic…

In 2023, Tammy Antunes and her husband turned to New Jersey’s affordable housing program in the hope of finding a home that is both big enough to raise children and that was within a manageable commute to their jobs in North Jersey. Antunes works as a nanny. Her husband is a truck driver, and their combined income of $80,000 wasn’t enough to buy or…

What do Carole King, Judge Judy and Chris Rock have in common? They all went to James Madison High School in Midwood, Brooklyn. James Madison opened in 1925 and is a typical-looking New York City public school with an astonishing number of famous alumni, including Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stanley Kaplan (founder of test prep company Kaplan, Inc.), form…

It’s a Friday night and people are lining the block of a bodega near Union Square at the corner of 14th Street and Seventh Avenue. But the line isn’t for bacon-egg-and-cheeses or packs of cigarettes — it’s full of die-hard comedy fans. Some regulars greet each other like old friends. Others, first-timers, nervously shuffle into the transformed spac…

A new podcast examines how we came to use sirens on all our emergency vehicles, and finds they might actually endanger more people than they help. Ben Naddaff-Hafrey is a senior producer, writer, and frequent co-host of the podcast "Revisionist History" with writer Malcolm Gladwell. He also lives across the street from a fire station in Brooklyn. H…

Eater New York recently released the 2025 edition of their best pizza slices in New York City list. Eater's Melissa McCart joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to hit the delicious highlights.

We are just two months away from the primary in the New Jersey governor's race. Early voting starts on June 3, and old-fashioned primary day voting is June 10. Kristoffer Shields, head of Rutgers' Eagleton Center on the American Governor joins Weekend Edition host David Furst for an update.

The National Transportation Safety Board is on the ground in New Jersey, trying to figure out why a tour helicopter fell apart in the sky and crashed into the Hudson River yesterday afternoon. The crash killed the pilot and a family of five who were visiting from Spain. The tragedy is renewing concerns over the number of helicopters in New York Cit…

Mourners will gather in Inwood on Friday to remember the victims of a fatal roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Congressmember Adriano Espaillat will be among them. He represents Washington Heights and other parts of northern Manhattan and the Bronx in Congress. Both neighborhoods have huge populations with Dominican roots, and …

A jam-packed On The Way roundup of New York City transit news features breaking news on a deadly tourist helicopter crash in the Hudson River, the latest on congestion pricing, and the politics behind subway safety amid the mayoral campaign.

April is National Poetry Month. This past week on WNYC Morning Edition, we've asked for your poems on the theme of "history" inspired by historical happenings, real or imagined. Amy Penwell is a school library media specialist at Riverton School in New Jersey. Her third grade students recently participated in an online poetry workshop with Kate Mes…

It's the Politics Brief from WNYC. This week, Elizabeth Kim and Jon Campbell break down the latest out of New York City and Albany -- as rapid changes to tariff rates make economic outlooks unpredictable, and the federal government pulls more funding from the city.

New York City officials are trying out a novel way to move longtime residents of homeless shelters into new permanent housing — by guaranteeing most of their rent.

The New York region is in the midst of a historic housing crisis. Now, a new report says the region’s housing shortage could be made even worse due to the potential loss of up to 80-thousand homes over the next 15 years due to flooding. The study is called “Averting Crisis: Zoning to Create Resilient Homes for All,” and it comes from the Regional P…

LIU-Brooklyn told scholarship students at its new Roc Nation School they could graduate "without debt." But now, many say they're struggling to pay thousands of dollars in unexpected fees.

In one of the oldest railroad stories, folk legend John Henry races against a machine hammering holes for the construction of a railroad tunnel, only to die from exhaustion after just barely beating the machine. In the modern version of this tale, Google’s artificial intelligence algorithm could go up against the experienced ear of an MTA track mai…

Video and DVD stores are a thing of the past. Nearly all of them went out of businesses after the rise of Netflix and other streaming services. But two people are trying to bring the retro business model back to New York City. They’re opening a store in Williamsburg called Night Owl Video next Friday that will be selling everything from VHS to 4k U…

April is National Poetry Month and we have been putting listener poems on the air. The theme for the first week of April was "memoir," for the second week "history," and the third week "science-fiction and fantasy." Our new theme for the final full week of April is "MYSTERY.” For the last full week of Poetry Month, dip into the genre to speculate a…

New York City's subway system has a new map. On this week's On The Way roundup of transit news, the team gives a rundown of interesting details in the new design.

New York’s City Council says the city has more money to spend next year than the amount Mayor Adams laid out in his 2026 executive budget proposal. Council leadership is offering up a $117-billion dollar proposal of their own for the city’s next fiscal year, which starts in July. Justin Brannan is the chair of the city councils budget committee. He…