“Right now, I don’t feel any more prepared than we were five years ago,“ said LES resident Trevor Holland. Trevor stands along the East River, which is just as unprotected today as it was when Sandy hit. Hear the story of the proposed "Big U” storm barrier and where it stands today as we look back on Sandy.
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Meet Mila, NYC’s newest viral dog of the week on Gothamist.
James Comey To ‘Fresh Air’: The FBI Isn’t 'On Anybody’s Side’
The former FBI director tells Terry Gross that he wants to sound the alarm about the “forest fire” of the Trump presidency – and also to defend the FBI against charges of partisanship. "People love the FBI when they think it’s on their side,“ Comey says. "We were not — and are not — on anybody’s side.” Comey talks about being fired by President Trump, hiding from the president in a curtain, and the origin of his now-famous use of “lordy.” His new memoir is A Higher Loyalty.
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City pigeons get a bad rap. But now, one New York photographer is challenging those assumptions.
Andrew Garn’s latest book, “The New York Pigeon: Behind The Feathers”, features over a hundred pages dedicated to the bird. “I think that pigeons are sort of underappreciated as birds,” Garn told WNYC. “It’s my belief that pigeons are actually the most important bird in the world."
Listen to the full interview on wnyc.org
Shred it and forget it! A look at Good Riddance Day 2017.
It’s got wider doors, flip-up seats, redesigned poles and open gangways. Didn’t get to see the new MTA subway prototype? Watch the video to see inside.
Shumita Basu talks to Richard Hake about the eventual passage of women’s suffrage in New York State in 1917.
As the MetroCard gets phased out, so might a familiar horror story captured in the short documentary, “Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt.”
We asked one of the film’s directors, Pacho Velez, five questions about the inspiration and impact of “Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt”, which was released online Monday for the 25th anniversary of the electronic turnstile.
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@phoeberobinson‘s new podcast Sooo Many White Guys just dropped! Listen now. Featuring “Good As Hell” rapper/singer Lizzo!
