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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." Click here to read through and listen to all the poems we had on our air this week as well as a collection of others that were submitted. Be patient, it sometimes takes a minute for the audio player to load. Now, we…

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…

Its been a whirlwind 24 hours for New York City mayor Eric Adams. He saw the criminal case hanging over his head dismissed, and he announced to the world that he's running for re-election as an independent. WNYC's Jon Campbell joined Michael Hill to discuss what happens next, and how the crowded field for mayor is responding.…

As childcare becomes increasingly expensive, a study from the Rutgers Center for Women and Work, a member of the First 1,000 Days Policy Coalition, shows that changing the income requirement for childcare subsidies would help tens of thousands of working parents. Debra Lancaster, the center's Executive Director and Becky Logue-Conroy, a research an…

With his criminal case in the rearview mirror, Mayor Eric Adams is pivoting to his re-election campaign. He will run as an independent, eschewing a crowded Democratic primary. WNYC's Brittany Kriegstein has been speaking to voters in areas that supported Adams four years ago. She joined WNYC's Michael Hill to discuss what they're saying, and the hi…

Korissa Matta had two months to move out of her old apartment in the East Village in spring 2022. She wanted to use her local Buy Nothing group to give away her old stuff. But over the course of the summer, she was removed from the group twice for not responding quickly enough to an admin confirming that she still lived in the area. Matta said the …

Adams says he's running for mayor as an independent in the general election. In a video posted to social media, he says that the city needs independent leadership. His decision comes a day after a federal judge yesterday dismissed his corruption case for good. Dr. Christina Greer is a professor of political science at Fordham University in the Bron…

Today marks World Autism Day, an internationally recognized day to raise awareness of autism. Newark Airport recently opened a second “sensory room” in the airport’s Terminal A. It’s a calming room for neurodivergent travelers and travelers on the autism spectrum. The vice chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Jeff Lynford and g…

Five years after the pandemic first struck New York and the nation, Alisha is one of potentially hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers — researchers are unclear exactly how many there are — who are still slowed down by long COVID. Their condition is defined by symptoms that come on after an acute COVID infection and last for at least three months, a…

New York City officials and anti-hunger groups are bracing for deep cuts by Republicans in Congress to the federal food stamp program that feeds more residents than ever before: 1.8 million people across the city, including more than half a million children. City officials estimate even conservative reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistan…

A deadly traffic crash on Brooklyn's Ocean Parkway is renewing calls to crack down on serial speeders. The NYPD says the driver in the Midwood crash had a suspended license, made an illegal turn and killed a woman and her two young daughters. A website that tracks moving violations shows she already had been ticketed for multiple moving violations,…

Starting today, New York City is increasing penalties for illegal dumping in city parks in an effort to keep them cleaner. City officials are also planning to install security cameras around the Bronx parks to monitor any illegal dumping. City parks commissioner Sue Donoghue talked more about the new rules with WNYC's Sean Carlson.…

March is Women's History Month and to celebrate it, we've been profiling several local musicians and their journey through the music industry. Today, we hear from Carys Dixon, a 23- year-old, multi-instrumental engineer and producer from the Bronx. The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. I would consider myself under hip hop t…

With Hochul's 'bell to bell' phone ban on track to become law, students visiting the state Capitol in Albany voiced mixed opinions about the proposal. The governor's plan would separate kids from their phones for the whole school day. Kids said they were open to it -- but worried about what could happen during an emergency.…

March is Women's History Month. To mark it, WNYC is profiling local musicians and their journey through the music industry. We wrap up our series with Raquel Delgado, a 22-year-old singer-songwriter, producer, and audio engineer currently attending New York University. We talked with Delgado in collaboration with CUNY Creative Arts Team's Sound Thi…

As they face a polarizing front-runner with wide name recognition, progressive mayoral candidates will likely need to take advantage of the city’s relatively new ranked-choice voting system by urging voters not just to support them, but also their competitors. The system allows voters to choose up to five candidates, and in order for a person’s vot…

On March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, would become the first African American man to cast a ballot in the U.S. under the 15th amendment. Noelle Lorraine Williams, director the African American History Program and the Black Heritage Trail at the New Jersey Historical Commission, joined WNYC host Michael Hill. She says …

Stargazers will be treated to two meteor showers that overlap this month. It's also a good time to observe the neighboring Andromeda galaxy and a phenomenon called "earthshine." WNYC's Rosemary Misdary joins Weekend Edition host David Furst with April's astronomical highlights.

Cherry blossom season is just getting started in our region, with some of the earliest varieties already in bloom. You can grab a front row seat for the entire cycle at Essex County Branch Brook Park in Newark and Belleville, New Jersey. The park boasts more cherry trees and more varieties than even the famous tidal basin in Washington, DC. Branch …

The Coney Island casino proposal, which is being developed by a consortium that includes Thor Equities, Legends, Saratoga Casino Holdings and Global Gaming Solutions, a commercial arm of the Chickasaw Nation, is one of 11 vying for a downstate gaming license as part of a protracted approval process expected to conclude by year’s end. Read the full …

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a $160 million plan to add a dedicated bus lane found for LaGuardia Airport to the BQE. That and more in this week's On The Way roundup of New York City transit news.

The "She Built NYC" program is an effort to honor women’s history in the city by commissioning a public monument or artwork in each borough, plus more. A design plan has already been approved for a monument of Brooklyn Congress member Shirley Chisolm in Prospect Park. The deadline is April 7th for artists to submit design proposals for monuments ho…