This week, Latino USA brings you an episode of The Burden podcast. In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases an...
"Dead Outlaw" is a new musical about the real-life American outlaw Elmer McCurdy and the larger-than-life image he gained after his death. The show's band takes center stage in the production,...
Harry Siegel , editor at The City, FAQ NYC podcast co-host, and Daily News columnist, responds to top police brass calling him names after he published critical columns, and talks about the subst...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/covering-crime-public-safety-and-cops/
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 ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/nypds-chief-patrol-talks-public-safety-crime-stats-and-more/
Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The NYPD says major crime is down 2% so far this year over last year, driven by a decrease in murders and burglari...
On today's show: LAURA DAVISON, politics editor at Bloomberg News, talks about a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll that shows President Biden seemed to have gotten a bump in some swing ...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. DEFINING 'BLACKNESS' THROUGH LITERATURE (First) | RESPONDING TO FEAR ON THE SUBWAYS (Starts at 30:40 ) | A TOUR OF NEW YO...
Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim , Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this w...
On today's show: HARRY SIEGEL, editor at The City, "FAQ NYC" podcast co-host, and Daily News columnist, and DEAN MEMINGER, reporter and anchor for Spectrum News NY1, covering criminal justi...
Harry Siegel , editor at The City, "FAQ NYC" podcast co-host, and Daily News columnist, and Dean Meminger , reporter and anchor for Spectrum News/NY1 covering criminal justice, talk about the ci...
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (District 28, Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill, and South Ozone Park) talks about her recent State of the City addr...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/speaker-adams-state-city-march-15-24/
Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim , Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this w...
First, Richard Davis , president of TWU Local 100, shares his thoughts on Governor Hochul's move to send members of the National Guard to patrol the subways and inspect bags, and what members of ...
On the heels of Stalking Awareness month, Kris Mohandie, Ph.D and expert on security management joins to discuss stalking--why it happens, and what resources there are for those who are victim...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/kris-mohandie-phd-discusses-stalking-awareness/
A new thriller series on Showtime is based on the notorious Magdalene laundries in Ireland, schools for "wayward girls" and the trauma they endured. Actor Daryl McCormack plays a Dublin detect...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/actor-daryl-mccormack-and-showrunner-joe-murtagh-woman-wall/
A new documentary-style podcast, The Set , revisits New York City in the crack era of the 1980's, and explores how the flush of easy money corrupted some police departments charged with servin...
On today's show: ALVIN BRAGG, Manhattan district attorney, looks back at 2023, including the year's crime stats, and talks about his office's recent work on mental health and more. NYC Counci...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg looks back at 2023, including the year's crime stats, and talks about his office's recent work on mental health and more.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-looks-back-2023/
Last week, the National Retail Federation (NRF) removed language from their April report after reporting showed that their major claim about "organized retail crime" (ORC) was based on faulty ...
This holiday season, media outlets across the country are raising the alarm about an apparent crisis in retail crime. On this week’s On the Media, how the data about shoplifting don’t back up...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-media-shoplifting-panic-ai-journalism-wrong/
Why do people seem to always think crime is rising? Jeff Asher is a data analyst and co-founder of AH Datalytics. He sought to answer that question in his recent substack column, "Americans Are ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/why-do-people-always-think-crime-rising-on-the-media/
A look at a man who has played a key role in the conservative takeover of America's courts: Leonard Leo. ON TODAY'S SHOW: ILYA MARRITZ, fellow at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard, and ANDREA ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/donald-trump-plus-leonard-leo-equals-what-we-have-leonard-who/
Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about close—but complex—ties of family and friendship. Jamaica Kincaid offers up a lyrical, dreamlike account of the mother/daughter bond in “My Mothe...
A new docuseries on HBO follows a group of Indigenous police recruits that demonstrates the challenges of life on the Navajo reservation. We speak to co-directors, Kahlil Hudson , Alex Jablonski ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-docuseries-spotlights-role-young-police-recruits-navajo-reservation/
The new Attorney General for New Jersey opened an investigation into the Sheridan deaths, and another investigation into the real estate deals in Camden. While there's been no news on the murder ...
Paterson, NJ has seen a series of scandals and allegations over its police force, culminating in a takeover by the state's Attorney General's Office earlier this year. It's also been contending w...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/paterson-has-problem-crime-and-police/
After Billey Joe Johnson Jr. died in 2008, the state of Mississippi outsourced his autopsy. Al Letson and Jonathan Jones travel to Nashville, Tennessee, to interview the doctor who conducted it. ...
Late last week, the Department of Justice named a special counsel to oversee investigations into the business conduct of presidential son Hunter Biden. ON TODAY'S SHOW: IDREES KAHLOON, Washingt...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/why-doj-assigned-special-counsel-hunter-biden-probe/
Friday Special: We present longform readings of key excerpts from the Trump indictment, plus analysis from legal experts. ON TODAY'S SHOW: Hear portions of the indictment read aloud by WNYC ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/special-reading-special-counsels-trump-indictment/
In online news, stories live forever. The tipsy photograph of you at the college football game? It’s there. That news article about the political rally you were marching at? It’s there. A cha...
A number of headlines broke over the weekend related to the legal troubles of both former President Donald Trump, and the son of the current President, Hunter Biden. ON TODAY'S SHOW: JONATHAN L...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/inside-latest-legal-troubles-trump-and-hunter-biden/
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, on the recent arrest of a suspect involved in the Gilgo Beach slayings and how N...
We look at the findings of a report that investigates why some teens and young adults in New York City carry guns. The study is by the Center for Justice Innovation based on interviews with more ...
Alvin Bragg , Manhattan district attorney, talks about the recent arrest of a suspect involved in the Gilgo Beach slayings, how New Yorkers are feeling about crime in relation to actual crime nu...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/manhattan-da-bragg-crime-mental-health-and-more/
On today's show: SUSAN PAGE, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), rounds up the week's news from Washington, in...
While violent crime is dropping in New York and other major cities, car thefts remain high—at least partially driven by the viral TikTok trend leading to many stolen Kias and Hyundais. Andrew H...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/violent-crime-down-car-thefts-are/
Samantha Max , reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about the appointment of Edward Caban as the new head of the NYPD, crime rates and other matters that await him. →"6 c...
A new documentary-style podcast, The Set , revisits New York City in the crack era of the 1980's, and explores how the flush of easy money corrupted some police departments charged with serving a...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/-depth-look-notorious-nyc-precinct-known-dirty-30/
Coming up on today's show: Now that there has been an arrest in some of the murders, ROBERT KOLKER, journalist and the author of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery (Harper, 2013) and Hidden...
Now that there has been an arrest in some of the murders, Robert Kolker , journalist and the author of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery (Harper, 2013) and Hidden Valley Road: Inside the ...
Nearly every Sunday morning for four years, residents of a quiet block in Greenpoint, Brooklyn woke up to reams of paper dumped on their street. A serial litterer was precisely slicing pages from...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/brooklyn-mystery-solved-serial-litterer-was-nypd-sergeant/
A gunman convicted of killing one person and injuring 11 others at a 2019 Old Timers Day event in Brownsville, Brooklyn, faces sentencing on July 5. WNYC’s Bahar Ostadan talked to the victim’...
On today's show, catch up with some recent interviews: FELIX SALMON, chief financial correspondent for Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast, and author of The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and M...
Coming up on today's show: In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, JULIA PRESTON, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, traces the crisis at the southern border to its roots in Americ...
A city program aimed at helping people accused of crimes stay out of jail, show up for court and avoid rearrest has exploded in recent years in the wake of bail reform. Now, social workers who o...
Can Democrats, who are currently in the minority in Congress, push through gun control legislation, despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's reluctance to bring it to the floor? On Today's Show...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/democrats-plan-going-around-kevin-mccarthy-gun-reform/
Former President Trump removed classified documents from the White House. But the indictment hinges on what he did when he found out he shouldn't have them. ON TODAY'S SHOW: U.S. Rep. DAN GOLD...
Ross McNutt has a superpower: he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he? In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due t...
We talk about the systemic issues that lead to right wing radicalization, and about some of the personal factors that contributed to an influential insurrectionist's life trajectory. ON TODAY'S...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/so-you-married-insurrectionist-talking-stewart-rhodes-ex-wife/
Coming up on today's show: CHRISTINA GREER, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, host of The Blackest Questions podcast on the Grio and ...