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New York City Is Expanding Free Childcare. Some Providers Are Still Waiting to Get Paid
New York City has launched its new 2-K program as the first major step toward universal childcare. But some providers started the school year without city funding they were counting o... Sep 14, 2026
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9/11 25 Years Later: Remembering the Ordinary Americans Who Died on 9/11
Mike Kelly, columnist for The Bergen Record / NorthJersey.com and author of After Ground Zero: Everyday Americans and the Unhealed Scars of 9/11 (Bloomsbury, 2026), tells the stories ... Sep 11, 2026
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Why More City Dwellers Are Raising Chickens
Keeping chickens in city backyards is becoming more popular. WNYC’s Morning Edition producer Verónica Del Valle visits a Jersey City backyard farm to see what urban chicken keeping ac... Sep 9, 2026
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Chris Smalls Reflects on Amazon Unionization Effort in New Memoir
[REBROADCAST FROM June 2, 2026] Chris Smalls, who became known for his unionization efforts at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, discusses his book When the Revolution Comes: A Fi... Sep 8, 2026
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Why New York City Is Restricting Artificial Intelligence in Public Schools
New York City is restricting AI across public schools, including a one year ban for students through eighth grade and new limits on screen time for younger students. WNYC and Gothamis... Sep 7, 2026
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The Lawsuit Against Mayor Mamdani’s Grocery Store Plan Raises a Bigger Question: Can It Work?
A coalition representing hundreds of independent grocers is suing New York City over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open five city owned grocery stores, arguing the taxpayer backed st... Aug 31, 2026
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Losing A Parent and Coming of Age in Tom Perrotta's 'Ghost Town'
[REBROADCAST FROM June 1, 2026] Our May 2026 Get Lit book club selection was Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta. The story follows a 13-year-old boy in 1970s New Jersey as he grapples with th... Aug 28, 2026
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Championships, Heat Waves and Health Scares: New York City’s Summer in Review
WNYC’s Ryan Kost joins us to revisit some of the biggest stories NYC Now and Gothamist covered this summer, from the Knicks championship and Zohran Mamdani’s first months in office to... Aug 26, 2026
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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on MediKids, Iran and More
Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D-NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including his plan for children's healthcare, the war in Iran, and the state of a local... Aug 26, 2026
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Did Mamdani’s Free Bus Promise Lead More Riders to Skip the Fare?
[Heads up: technical issues affected the audio quality on this episode. Thanks for bearing with us — the conversation is still worth it.] The MTA says far fewer bus riders are payin... Aug 19, 2026
