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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 MathematicsIn 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.
MetroFocus Full Episode
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MetroFocus Full Episode: Corruption in Albany, Robin Hood Foundation, Sonia ManzanoThis 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.
MetroFocus Full Episode
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MetroFocus Full Episode: Approaches to Saving Failing Schools, Yoani Sánchez, New York’s New Genome CenterIn 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.
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MetroFocus: Full EpisodeMetroFocus 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...
MetroFocus: Full Episode
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MetroFocus: Full EpisodeMetroFocus 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.
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MetroFocus: Full EpisodeMetroFocus takes an in-depth look at the relationship between gun violence and poverty. Rafael Pi Roman interviews AIDS activist, Peter Staley, and more.
MetroFocus: Full Episode
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MetroFocus: Full Episode January 22MetroFocus 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.
MetroFocus: Full Episode January 22
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MetroFocus: Full Episode January 9January 9: MetroFocus follows the hurricane recovery money, checks in with a New Jersey school, and presents a Solutions Story on homeless youth.
MetroFocus: Full Episode
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MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 20An 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.
MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 20
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MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 6How the region is recovering from Hurricane Sandy and a look at the magnificent trees of the New York Botanical Garden.
MetroFocus: Full Episode Dec. 6
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MetroFocus: Full Episode November 15Post-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.
MetroFocus: Full Episode November 15
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MetroFocus Special Edition: Wealth and Income in New York CityA look at wealth and questions of disparity with economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former New York Times economics columnist Jeff Madrick, and historian Kenneth Jackson.
MetroFocus Special Edition: Wealth and Income in New York City
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MetroFocus: Full Episode November 8Coverage 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.
MetroFocus: Full Episode November 8
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NJTV/MetroFocus Special Report: Coping with CatastropheNJ Today and MetroFocus assessed the effect of Hurricane Sandy on the region. Watch the livestream archive of the video.
NJTV/MetroFocus Special Report: Coping with Catastrophe
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MetroFocus: Full October EpisodeLocal 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.
MetroFocus: Full October Episode
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MetroFocus: Full September EpisodeNational 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.
MetroFocus: Full September Episode
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‘MetroFocus: Transforming Transportation’ Full EpisodeMetroFocus explores the diverse ways to get around the metropolitan area and the large-scale projects that will improve overburdened transit systems.
'MetroFocus: Transforming Transportation' Full Episode
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‘MetroFocus: The Tech Economy’ Full EpisodeThis half-hour program hosted by Rafael Pi Roman examines the booming tech sector in New York City and its future.
'MetroFocus: The Tech Economy' Full Episode
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‘MetroFocus: Education Innovation’ Full EpisodeThis 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.
'MetroFocus: Education Innovation' Full Episode
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Municipal Art Society President Talks Midtown RezoningIn this week’s episode of MetroFocus, anchor Rafael Pi Roman interviews Vin Cipolla, President of the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), on the proposed rezoning of the East Midtown neighborhood.
Municipal Art Society President Talks Midtown Rezoning
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NYC Libraries: Despite City Cuts, Attendance SpikesGood news and bad news for NYC libraries: Less city support, but attendance is up.
NYC Libraries: Despite City Cuts, Attendance Spikes
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MetroFocus Preview: February 27MetroFocus 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.
MetroFocus Preview: February 27
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New York Gun Violence Casts a Long ShadowRick Karr reports from Crown Heights on a small group’s strategy to reduce gun violence and to address the connection between poverty and gun crimes.
New York Gun Violence Casts a Long Shadow
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NY Senator Adams Calls for Broader Actions Against GunsRafael Pi Roman interviews State Senator Eric Adams on New York’s new tough gun control law as well as poverty and Adams’ 22-year-career as an NYPD officer.
NY Senator Adams Calls for Broader Actions Against Guns
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Small-town Creator of Firearms Faces CrisisFrom upstate, NY NOW's Marie Cusick looks at how a new gun control law is impacting the Remington Arms Company.
Small-town Creator of Firearms Faces Crisis
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Lessons Learned from an AIDS ActivistIn the February 13 episode of MetroFocus, anchor Rafael Pi Roman interviews Peter Staley, an activist featured prominently in the Oscar-nominated documentary, “How to Survive a Plague.”
Lessons Learned from an AIDS Activist
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MetroFocus Preview: February 13MetroFocus takes an in-depth look at the relationship between gun violence and poverty. Rafael Pi Roman interviews AIDS activist, Peter Staley, and more.
MetroFocus Preview: February 13
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Listening In: Panel on Poverty Sounds Call to ActionCity Limits and Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness Host Animated Panel on Poverty
Panel on Poverty Sounds a Call to Action
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New Report Finds Striking Ways to Prepare for Future StormsAfter three months of deliberation, a task force set up by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has released its findings on how New York can better prepare for future storms.
New Report Finds Striking Ways to Prepare for Future Storms
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Contrasting State of the State AddressesNew York and New Jersey Governors Present Different States of their respective states.
Contrasting State of the State Addresses
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Long Island Symposium Pushes for Transportation ChangesLong Island Transportation System Put to the Test
Long Island Symposium Pushes for Transportation Changes
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FEMA’s New Flood Maps Offer Coastal Areas Guidance on RebuildingNJ Today's Mike Schneider talks to FEMA Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer, Bill Vogel, who says changes to the flood maps was the result of a long, ongoing study that was in the works prior to Hurricane Sandy.
FEMA’s New Flood Maps Offer Coastal Areas Guidance on Rebuilding
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Grand Central Hits Century MarkNew book by NYT reporter Sam Roberts explores Grand Central’s origins.
Grand Central Hits Century Mark
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MetroFocus Preview: January 22MetroFocus 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.
MetroFocus Preview: January 22
