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Bruce Hayes: Behind the Olympic Gold
Reporter, Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein Producer: Dalal Mawad OUR NEW YORKER OF THE WEEK WON AMERICA’S HEARTS IN THE 1984 OLYMPICS BY WINNING A GOLD MEDAL UNEXPECTEDLY. BUT THERE’S MORE TO HIS STORY. AS SASHA SCHWENDENWEIN REPORTS, THIS LOCAL RESIDENT HAS INSPIRED ATHLETES HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD. Millions of televisions were tuned into the 1984 […]
Education: 24 NYC Schools Set to Close
April 27, 2012
In new york, the department of education voted last night to close twenty-four more schools. That brings the total to forty-four schools since february. As sasha schwendenwein reports, many parents, teachers, and students didn’t take the news well. Reporter, Prodcuer: Sasha Schwendenwein Producer: Anam Siddiq
WAR MENTALITY: The Psychology Behind the Scandal
April 20, 2012
The Obama administration has issued a strong reaction to the photos of U.S. soldiers posing with the corpses of insurgents in Afghanistan. Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, called such behavior disgusting. U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, said it was just foolish behavior by young people caught up in war. That kind of behavior, though, is not […]
Richard Migliore: The Iron Jockey
April 17, 2012
Now for the new yorker of the week … We went down to the aqueduct racetrack to speak with a retired jockey who is changing the lives of young men wanting to become professionals themselves. Sasha Maria Schwendenwein has the story.
Consumer Watch: Vitamin Water
April 3, 2012
(Leisha) Health experts say sugar is toxic…and liquid sugar – the type you get in soda -is often worst of all. But as sasha schwendenwein tells us in our consumer watch, liquid sugar is also hiding in drinks advertised as healthy. Switch to HTML5 player
Robot Challenge is Educational for High School Students
March 3, 2012
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ACROSS THE WORLD ARE ABOUT TO FACE OFF IN THE ANNUAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION HOSTED BY *FIRST*… WHICH STANDS FOR: “FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY”… NEW YORK CITY TEENS GEAR UP AS THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IS JUST WEEKS AWAY. SASHA SWEN-DEN-WINE REPORTS. LOOKS LIKE JEREMY LIN MAY HAVE SOME COMPETITION…
NYU Students Outrage at NYPD Surveillence
March 1, 2012
After documents of the NYPDs surveillance of Muslims were found last week, NYU President John Sexton responded to New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly with a letter, NYU students react.
Clothes-Maker, Musician and Scrap-Leather Artist
December 5, 2011
RED LEATHER, YELLOW LEATHER, BUT STILL NO STREET VENDING LICENSE Street vendors are found on almost every street corner of New York City, but there’s a surprising law prohibiting new vendors from obtaining licenses, and it’s coming as a cost to those most in need. George Green is an artist, musician and self-proclaimed philosopher, he […]
Thanksgiving Weekend Violence
December 1, 2011
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend was a deadly weekend in New York City. On Wednesday Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin openly blamed Harlem gun violence on the community and their families. He said this after sentencing Jaquan “Jay Cash” Layne, to twenty years in prison for gun trafficking. Harlem Mothers is a non-profit organization against gun […]
Beloved is the Protector
November 28, 2011
From “Bad News” to a “Beloved” Member of his Community By Sasha Schwendenwein and Stefan Doyno In this Harlem neighborhood a small group of people are handing out fliers trying to put an end to the gun violence. Frederick Douglass Boulevard is bustling, traffic zooms past, and even though it’s raining, they’re still out there […]
Harlem, Apollo Theatre, remembers Michael Jackson
November 18, 2011
By Sasha Schwendenwein and Sky McCarthy A medical expert testifying for the defense Friday told jurors Michael Jackson gave himself the fatal injection. Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter and has pleaded not guilty in the singer’s death. Jackson’s legacy surrounds the Apollo Theater and local residents are divided over the untimely death […]
The Heights March Downtown
November 11, 2011
The Heights march downtown By Hema Parmar, Monica Alba, and Sasha Schwendenwein Nov.11 — On Monday, hundreds of Northern Manhattan residents marched from Washington Heights in the northern tip of Manhattan to Zuccotti Park, on its southern end. They walked in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement on a crisp November morning. As the […]
Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E: BATTLE AGAINST THE GUNS
November 10, 2011
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend was a deadly weekend in New York City. On Wednesday Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin openly blamed Harlem gun violence on the community and their families. He said this after sentencing Jaquan “Jay Cash” Layne, to twenty years in prison for gun trafficking. Harlem Mothers is a non-profit organization against gun […]
Harlem Gun Buy Back Program
November 7, 2011
Nov. 7– Federal prosecutors charged 12 men, including 8 New York City police officers, in an alleged one million dollar conspiracy to transport guns across a state lines. That’s one of many ways illegal guns get into the hands of some Harlem residents. On Saturday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. and the New York […]
Sasha Maria Schwendenwein 
May 7, 2012
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