Host: New York City’s annual budget is more than 80-billion dollars… and the process of deciding out how that money is spent can be confusing. But each year, some regular New Yorkers get to decide how a little bit of that money is spent. It’s a process called “participatory budgeting.” Alissa Escarce visited an … Read More

HOST: And now for the next in our commentary series… Juan Torres-Falcon, tells us about why he decided to start the second act of his adult life. TORRES-FALCON: I’ve always been a performer. My mother threw me into theatre camp in 1st grade. She used to take me to buy my little broadway albums  at … Read More

    HOST INTRO: More bike lanes are coming to New York City. That’s according to the Transportation Department, which announced plans earlier today to add bike lanes to 13 bridges connecting Manhattan to the Bronx. Meanwhile, in Red Hook, the New York Bike Expo is back. Reporter Bo Hamby was there, and met cyclists … Read More

Wendy Rhodes’ newscast at the bottom of the hour.

HOST INTRO:  Our next story takes us to Manhattan’s Chinatown where displaced residents are in their fourth month since being evicted from their homes.  Tenants are demanding a deadline for return. It’s the latest in an ongoing skirmish between the tenants and their landlord over their right to remain in- the building.  Augusta Anthony has … Read More