Name: Marine Saint- City Congestion Charge to Bring Back Buses by Uptown Radio
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: After four years of delays, congestion pricing has been given the green light, but now some city lawmakers say more money is needed to improve public transport. Today state legislators launched the “Get Congestion Pricing Right” campaign, which aims to cut down traffic and bring in more buses to an ailing system. Our reporter Marine Saint went along for the ride.

The tradition of Langar is important to Sikh communities all over the world. Langar is the community meal, offered daily. The Sikh Cultural Society in Queens gave reporter Lucy Soucek a look at the inner workings of their Langar kitchen.

Welcome to Langar

A Gloomy Morning in Central Park

An interview with an Italian-American Brooklynite who gardened through the pandemic and is getting back into it come spring 2021

Lily Lopate: A Gardener's Oasis (3.20.21)

During the pandemic, birding, which involves finding and identifying birds outdoors, has soared in popularity. It’s safe, solitary, and you may even spot a celebrity. Joanna Robin reports from Manhattan.

Birding in Central Park

Federal and state governments have tried to support unemployed Americans since the start of the pandemic. The CARES Act sent out stimulus checks, expanded unemployment eligibility, and gave workers extra money. But undocumented workers were excluded.

Now in New York, as lawmakers finalize the state’s budget for the year, those workers are demanding relief.

Essential Workers Hunger Strike for Unemployment Funds

Taxi Medallion Owners Protest Mayor de Blasio Latest Relief Plan at City Hall

Live coverage of a neighborhood protest in Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn over the ongoing contentious rezoning issue that has residents at odds with developers.

Lily Lopate_Gowanus Canal Day Story

After four years of delays, congestion pricing has been given the green light, but now some city lawmakers say more money is needed to improve public transport. Today state legislators launched the “Get Congestion Pricing Right” campaign, which aims to cut down traffic and bring in more buses to an ailing system. Our reporter Marine Saint went along for the ride.

Marine Saint- City Congestion Charge to Bring Back Buses

New York City has three Chinatowns, but not one has a traditional red Chinese archway. That’s about to change. As the city celebrates Lunar New Year, an almost $60 million dollar renovation will bring the first of these iconic arches to the city. Marine Saint joined the festivities.

Marine Saint- Chinatown's Missing Archway

The Future of the Paid College Athlete

Laura Rothenberg tried to live a normal life, with lungs that betrayed her and the awareness that she might not live to see her 30th birthday.

http://www.radiodiaries.org/my-so-called-lungs

My So-Called Lungs

This is a weekly Uptown Radio broadcast from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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