Category: News

There have been mixed messages on interest rate cuts, and that uncertainty is weighing on consumers. As the Federal Reserve continues its effort to bring inflation down to 2%, economists watch how consumers interpret that kind of messaging and what their expectations are. Also in this episode: Black unemployment spikes, the impact of cyberattacks on…

A 46-year-old Bronx man was indicted on hate crime charges in connection with a subway slashing last month, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Monday. Milton Hamlin was accused of making homophobic remarks and cutting a 27-year-old gay man who was riding the subway in Midtown on March 1, authorities said. Hamlin was charged with…

Clouds blanketed most of Texas as the total solar eclipse began its diagonal dash across land, starting along Mexico’s mostly clear Pacific coast and aiming for Texas and 14 other U.S. States, before exiting into the North Atlantic near Newfoundland. Just east of Dallas, the hundreds gathered at Mesquite’s downtown area cheered and whistled as the…

Coming up on today’s show: John Chell, chief of patrol at the NYPD, offers his take on current crime rates, subway safety and explains the department’s recent social media strategy, which includes calling out journalists by name. Megan Cassella, CNBC Washington correspondent, talks about Friday’s jobs report, Treasury Sec. Yellen’s trip to China, and other…

Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where people are itching “to be in our bodies and in places.” Here’s what else is happening: More than 20 New York state courts are closing or limiting proceedings during the eclipse. About 140 people, mostly New Yorkers, pooled together to buy a middling Danish professional soccer team…

April is National Poetry Month and we’re marking the occasion by reading poems on WNYC every day throughout the month. (Gothamist and WNYC are owned by New York Public Radio.) This year, our theme for poetry month is “local” – and we’re looking at the nearby places that matter to New Yorkers. Our first featured…

Roughly 1,000 gallons of oil spilled out of Con Edison equipment and into the Bronx River last week, and state officials said on Monday they were still scrambling to clean up the mess. Alfonso Quiroz, a spokesperson for the utility company, said the leak originated at one of its transmission feeder lines in Yonkers on…

New York City’s Law Department has hired Alex Spiro, a prominent attorney whose clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, to defend Mayor Eric Adams in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a former transit police colleague in 1993, according to a new court filing. Adams has repeatedly denied the allegations and said he does…

Warm up those knees and quads. You’ll need them to try a new dance that’s going viral in New York City. It’s called the “Reemski.” The dance involves rolling your shoulders in a circular motion while taking tiny steps and moving your hips side to side, like a downhill skier. It’s already been turned into…

Dan Pashman: Did you ever cook on the kibbutz? Naama Shefi: No …  Dan Pashman: [LAUGHS]  Naama Shefi: I did many, many other jobs. I worked in the cornfield, watermelon field, in a kiosk — we had like in this country club that was open to outside, like to the city people, and that job…