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City and state officials say wildfires are becoming more frequent in New York City and New Jersey as dry conditions in the Northeast continue. Just last Sunday, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service says firefighters contained a wildfire in a state park that grew to about 2,300 acres. What does this all mean for firefighters' mental health? Friends of…

March is National Women's History Month and to mark it. We are profiling several local musicians and their journey through the music industry. Today we hear from Amani Adelekan, artist name Amani Lillian, a 21-year-old artist from Staten Island. We talked with Adelekan in collaboration with Women in Music New York. The following transcript has been…

As mayoral candidates respond to the exodus of families with children from New York City – one of several symptoms of a citywide cost-of-living crisis – expanding access to child care has emerged as a consensus issue in the Democratic primary. But only state Sen. Zellnor Myrie is pushing for universal after-school, a sweeping plan that some experts…

A recent change in state law allows 16 and 17-year-old in Newark to vote in their local school board election. Zuri McCune is a senior at the Science Park High School and the Student Representative on the Newark Board of Education, and Ryan Haygood is President and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice which spearheaded the Vote16 camp…

New York is a city of renters... and when you're a renter, it can sometimes be hard to know what you should fix yourself, and when you should call in the super. What is a person supposed to do when the garbage disposal stops working? What's the safest way to install a window air condition unit? Why in the world do heaters make crazy clanging noises…

Every year a new batch of songs, books and movies enter the public domain. And Simon Close stands ready to take advantage. He's a Producer for WNYC's All Of It, and for the third year in a row, he's running the Public Song Project. The show invites anyone to record their own musical adaptation of a work in the public domain and send it in. Simon jo…

March is Women's History Month. And the New York Hall of Science has a new exhibit celebrating America's female astronauts. 'Imaging Women in the Space Age,' not only focuses on their achievements, but also considers the imagery and impact of movies, television, fashion and design. Curator Dr. Julie Wosk joins Weekend Edition host David Furst for a…

March is Women's History Month, and to mark it, we're profiling several local musicians and their journey through the music industry. Today we hear from Hayley Brooke, a 23 year old singer-songwriter based right here in Manhattan. We talked with Brooke in collaboration with Women in Music New York. You can find Brooke through Spotify, TikTok, and I…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy demands data on subway safety, while the battle over congestion pricing heats up. That and more in this week's On The way roundup of New Cork City transit news.

Moderate-income New Yorkers are increasingly becoming the face of eviction in the city. That’s according to a new report from the Community Service Society of New York, which found that nearly half the tenants who are now at risk of eviction are not the lowest-income New Yorkers. WNYC's Sean Carlson discussed the findings with senior reporter Arun …

Call it another quirk of New York City living. Though washers and dryers have been ubiquitous household items in most of the United States since the Eisenhower administration, their emergence as a common feature in apartment searches in the five boroughs has been far slower.

The U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has demanded MTA Chair Janno Lieber send the federal government a list of measures to reduce crime on the system. The agency says crime is already on the decline and has gone down 40% compared to the same period in 2020 just before the pandemic. But a new report from the urban policy organization Vital C…

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan met with Republican lawmakers in Albany before headlining a news conference on GOP-sponsored bills that would repeal some of New York’s pro-immigrant policies and force the state to cooperate more with federal officials. Several dozen Democrats gathered outside the door as Homan spoke with the press,…

They are New York City's nearly 600 secret oases: plazas, courtyards, rooftop gardens and patches of greenery carved into private buildings. Privately owned public spaces, often referred to as POPs, are free and open to the public — at least on paper. But controversially, they’ve often existed in obscurity. As with many conundrums, there’s now an a…

Tune in Wednesday, February 7 at 8 p.m. on WNYC to hear a discussion of the awards, and conversations with this year's winners of the Lehrer Prize for Community Well-Being. Community well-being is a phrase drawn from the public health arena that takes into account the combination of social, economic, environmental, cultural, and political condition…

You may have heard some bad news recently about butterflies. A new report in the journal Science found butterfly populations across the US have plummeted over the last 25 yeas, dropping by 22%. But there are things you can do to help – even if you don’t have a yard. Jeffrey Glassberg is the founder and president of the North American Butterfly Asso…

The city’s health department is warning New Yorkers about 22 skin lightening products with high amounts of mercury. These products are largely from Pakistan and Thailand and available over the counter in local stores. New York City's acting health commissioner, Dr. Michelle Morse, discussed the issue with WNYC's Sean Carlson. Read the full story he…

New York City officials are launching a multi-year effort to reconnect communities that have been, for decades, divided by the Cross Bronx Expressway. Meanwhile, the Adams Administration is considering yet another new design to replace part of the notorious Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Kate Slevin is the executive vice president at the Regional Plan…

New Jersey is known for having one of the most generously funded public education systems in the nation. But a new report from the Education Recovery Scoreboard shows students in the state still haven't fully recovered the academic ground they lost when schools moved to predominately remote instruction. State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz of N…

The wealthy Wilf family has committed to include affordable housing to get the plan approved. But thousands of trees will be lost and locals worry it poses a flooding risk.

New York City’s wet markets – stores that house and slaughter mostly live poultry – landed in the spotlight last month after bird flu was detected at nine downstate markets, prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul to temporarily shut down markets in the New York City metro area to prevent its spread.Since the wet markets reopened in mid-February, inspectors ha…

The politics of a new Penn Station plan, as well as the latest in New York City transit news in this week's On The Way.

WNYC asked decision makers, educators and students to share their memories of the days leading up to March 15, 2020, when the nation’s largest school system shut down.

New York City Public Schools are marking Civics Week. Students are focusing on the theme "Democracy Begins Here!" with projects that encourage them to use their voices to advocate for changes in their communities. As part of the curriculum, students were invited to submit soapbox speeches on issues they care about. Second-grader Rafael Serras from …