MetroFocus Full Episode

In this edition of MetroFocus we report from New Jersey and New York six months after Sandy, and host Rafael Pi Roman follows up with New York City Housing Authority General Manager Cecil House.
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  • MetroFocus Full Episode: Public Housing After Sandy, Children’s Mental Health, Museum of Mathematics
    In this edition of MetroFocus we report from New Jersey and New York six months after Sandy, and host Rafael Pi Roman follows up with New York City Housing Authority General Manager Cecil House.
    Air Date: WLIW Wednesday 5/1 7:30 pm Thirteen Thursday 5/2 8:30 pm NJTV Thursday 5/2 10:30 pmLength: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus Full Episode: Corruption in Albany, Robin Hood Foundation, Sonia Manzano
    This week on MetroFocus: discussing New Yorkers' outlook on corruption in Albany, following up with the Robin Hood Foundation almost 6 months after Sandy, and an interview with Maria from Sesame Street.
    Air Date: April 17, 2013Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus Full Episode: Approaches to Saving Failing Schools, Yoani Sánchez, New York’s New Genome Center
    In this edition of MetroFocus an inside look at different approaches to saving failing schools. Rafael Pi Roman interviews Cuban blogger, Yoani Sánchez. And Dr. Robert Darnell talks about new developments from the New York Genome Center.
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode
    MetroFocus reports on the debate over raising the minimum wage, we talk about our Five Borough Ballot reporting project on the mayoral election, some famous cheesecake by upstate nuns, and much more...
    Air Date: March 20, 2013Length: 00:26:47
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    MetroFocus reports from three New York regions four months after Sandy, Rafael Pi Roman interviews Vin Cipolla of The Municipal Art Society about plans to make major changes to Manhattan’s East Midtown and more.
    Air Date: February 27, 2013Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode
    MetroFocus takes an in-depth look at the relationship between gun violence and poverty. Rafael Pi Roman interviews AIDS activist, Peter Staley, and more.
    Air Date: February 13, 2013Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode January 22
    MetroFocus looks at the recovery nearly 90 days after Superstorm Sandy, compares and contrasts two different state of the state addresses, and wishes Grand Central Terminal a happy birthday.
    Air Date: January 22, 2013Length: 00:26:47
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode January 9
    January 9: MetroFocus follows the hurricane recovery money, checks in with a New Jersey school, and presents a Solutions Story on homeless youth.
    Air Date: January 9, 2013Length: 00:26:48
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 20
    An in-depth look at what happened when the power went out at New York hospitals, interviews with former Mayor Ed Koch and former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and more.
    Air Date: Dec. 19, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 6
    How the region is recovering from Hurricane Sandy and a look at the magnificent trees of the New York Botanical Garden.
    Air Date: December 6, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode November 15
    Post-Sandy topics include continuing efforts to bring light and heat to thousands, the power grid, and tips on how to put traumatic events in perspective for children.
    Air Date: Nov. 14, 2012Length: 00:28:00
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  • MetroFocus Special Edition: Wealth and Income in New York City
    A look at wealth and questions of disparity with economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former New York Times economics columnist Jeff Madrick, and historian Kenneth Jackson.
    Air Date: November 12, 2012Length: 00:56:45
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  • MetroFocus: Full Episode November 8
    Coverage of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath focuses on how the region is coping with the worst storm in its history and moving forward with recovery efforts.
    Air Date: November 8, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • NJTV/MetroFocus Special Report: Coping with Catastrophe
    NJ Today and MetroFocus assessed the effect of Hurricane Sandy on the region. Watch the livestream archive of the video.
    Air Date: October 30, 2012Length: 00:26:43
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  • MetroFocus: Full October Episode
    Local elections and how changes in ethnic communities are being mapped. Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on income inequality. How the Arthur Ashe Institute is saving lives.
    Air Date: Oct 23, 2012Length: 26:46
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  • MetroFocus: Full September Episode
    National and local gun politics, and interviews with the former NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Israel's Consul General and journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
    Air Date: Sept 19, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • ‘MetroFocus: Transforming Transportation’ Full Episode
    MetroFocus explores the diverse ways to get around the metropolitan area and the large-scale projects that will improve overburdened transit systems.
    Air Date: July 24, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • ‘MetroFocus: The Tech Economy’ Full Episode
    This half-hour program hosted by Rafael Pi Roman examines the booming tech sector in New York City and its future.
    Air Date: June 26, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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  • ‘MetroFocus: Education Innovation’ Full Episode
    This half-hour program takes on some of the controversial issues and new trends in education, with New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and more.
    Air Date: May 15, 2012Length: 00:26:46
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Video: Segments
  • Web Extra: The Making of the Sweater Tree
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:01:52
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  • Genome Center Readies for its New York Debut
    New research center, to open in Tribeca in May, will be 'Manhattan Project' for genomic sequencing. But can it do better than others?
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:04:33
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  • Union City May Provide a Blueprint for Failed School Systems
    NJ Today Managing Editor Mike Schneider sat down with University of California-Berkeley professor David Kirp on one of the unsung success stories in public education and it’s taking place in Hudson County’s Union City schools.
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:04:03
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  • Giving Voice to Students in Failing Schools
    Rafael Pi Roman interviews Mary Conway-Spiegel, founder of a new organization called Partnership for Student Advocacy that is raising funds and awareness for closing schools in New York City.
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:03:46
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  • The Best-Dressed Tree in Hell’s Kitchen
    From designer sweaters to dog sweaters, not to mention designer dog sweaters, New York has it all – including a sweater-wearing tree.
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:01:26
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  • Cuba’s Yoani Sánchez Speaks Out
    In a wide-ranging interview, Cuba's famous blogger speaks to MetroFocus anchor Rafael Pi Roman about her home country.
    Air Date: April 3, 2013Length: 00:03:05
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  • MetroFocus Preview
    MetroFocus looks at different approaches to saving failing schools. Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez talks to Rafael Pi Roman in one of her few interviews in the United States.
    Air Date: March 28, 2013Length: 00:00:30
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  • Minimum Wage Debate Heats Up
    Should we raise the minimum wage? Rick Karr asks Linda Archer, a low-wage worker, and Heather Briccetti of the Business Council of New York State. Rafael Pi Roman sits down with Stephanie Luce Associate Professor of Labor Studies at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education.
    Air Date: March 20, 2013Length: 00:08:08
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  • An Alternative Spring Break: Helping Sandy Victims Rebuild
    Spring Break at the Jersey Shore? That’s not where most college students go for sun and fun during their winter break from school.
    Air Date: March 20, 2013Length: 00:02:43
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  • Birdwatchers in the Storm
    Hurricane Sandy pancaked homes and toppled trees as it spiraled up the East Coast, but it also brought something that only eager New York City birdwatchers were anticipating.
    Air Date: March 20, 2013Length: 00:03:08
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  • The Five Borough Ballot Project: What New Yorkers Want in a New Mayor
    What do the residents of the five boroughs actually think about the elections that will determine who governs them for the next four years?
    Air Date: March 20, 2013Length: 00:05:20
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  • MetroFocus Preview
    See what's coming up on MetroFocus this week: The minimum wage debate, our Five Borough Ballot reporting project with City & State and City Limits, New Jersey students lend their Spring Breaks after Sandy, and more.
    Air Date: March 19, 2013Length: 00:00:32
    PREVIEW MetroFocus Preview
  • MetroFocus Promo
    MetroFocus is a multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. Watch our promo video here.
    Air Date: March 6, 2013Length: 00:00:30
    MetroFocus Promo
  • Hoboken Mayor Announces Ambitious Anti-Flooding Plan
    The thing that makes Hoboken so desirable — its proximity to the water — is the very thing that makes living here a real crap shoot sometimes.
    Air Date: February 27, 2013Length: 00:02:48
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  • The Paris Cafe’s Twisted Road Back After Sandy
    Iconic South Street Seaport Cafe to reopen in April.
    Air Date: February 27, 2013Length: 00:02:06
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