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- Yesterday16 min
Cooking Affordable NYC Inspired Meals with Chef Ham El-Waylly | NYC Now
Chef Ham El-Waylly grew up in Doha, Qatar, eating his mom's Egyptian and Bolivian cooking and dreaming about New York bagels while watching Seinfeld. Today, he's the co-owner and chef behind Strange Delight, a Creole restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.In this episode, Ham joins NYC Now host Janae Pierre to talk about the unexpected throughlines between Southern cooking and the food he grew up on, how the pandemic sent him back to his late mother's recipe book after years of avoiding his grief, and the empanadas that helped him finally process it. He also breaks down what actually separates fine dining from cooking for his own family, and how affordability shaped the recipes in his new cookbook, Hello Home Cooking. Watch Ham and Janae cook a New York inspired recipe straight from the book on Youtube! Get the cookbook: Hello Home Cooking, by Ham El-WayllyGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.orgLawyer challenging NYC rent freeze releases Mamdani officials’ emails and text messagesHochul names NY AG James as special prosecutor on rape case at Cornell University Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 days ago24 min
Know Your Rights: What Tenants Need to Know as NYC's Heat Season Begins
October 1st marks the start of heat season in New York City, when landlords are legally required to keep buildings warm... but getting a landlord to actually fix a heat problem can be its own battle. Tenants' rights attorney Leah Goodridge walks us through what tenants are entitled to and the steps she, herself, took to get the hot water back in her apartment. Then, WNYC and Gothamist housing reporter David Brand breaks down landlords' perspective on why heat repairs can take as long as they do and also what the city's new policy requiring inspectors to check every complaint individually means for New Yorkers.Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org.Mamdani must redo his pied-à-terre tax rollout, NY judge ordersWhat Trump's Title IX rollback means for LGBTQ+ students in New York Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 5 days ago30 min
Grief, Fear and Memory Loss: The Lasting Toll of Legionnaires’ Disease in New York
New York City has seen a string of deadly Legionnaires outbreaks. Daniel Thomas reflects on losing his father, retired New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Thomas, after he contracted the disease during this summer’s Upper East Side outbreak. But death is not the only lasting consequence. WNYC and Gothamist reporter Joe Hong speaks with two survivors of the 2025 Central Harlem outbreak who are still living with serious health problems more than a year later, and looks at why Legionnaires outbreaks keep happening across the city.Photo cred: Daniel Thomas, son of The Honorable Charles J. ThomasGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org. NYC childcare providers say city contract rates fall $12.6K short per childMamdani says NYC will investigate every tenant heat complaint starting this OctoberThe NY Liberty head back to the playoffs today. Catch up on what you missed.For more on Legionnaires NYC Now - New York City Vowed Reform After Harlem’s Legionnaires’ Deaths. A New Outbreak Is Exposing the Gaps What we know so far about the Legionnaires’ outbreak ahead of Bronx town hall5 Bronx buildings had no recent record of monthly testing before Legionnaires’ outbreakNYC councilmembers plot next steps on Legionnaires', hear from a widow Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago27 min
Harry Styles Pop Up Clash Ends in a Bookseller’s Arrest, Plus Immanuel Wilkins Returns to the Village Vanguard
WNYC and Gothamist culture reporter Sonia Rao joins Matthew Schnipper to discuss the Harry Styles pop up that drew huge crowds to the East Village and a confrontation that ended with cookbook store owner Bonnie Slotnick being arrested. They also look at a new film about location scouting in New York, the growing number of creative workers going freelance and the return of Saint Vitus in Bushwick. Plus, they preview an interview with saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins ahead of his return to the Village Vanguard.Photo: Sonia Rao / WNYC & GothamistGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org. Judge orders NYC officials to turn over phone messages, keeps rent freeze in place - GothamistNYC councilmember wants to ban tickets for spitting after arrest video circulates - GothamistHow a Harry Styles pop-up in the East Village led to a nearby bookstore owner's arrest - GothamistNYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says - Gothamist Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago25 min
The New York Liberty Were Always Cool. Now They’re One of the Hottest Tickets in Town
As the New York Liberty head into the WNBA playoffs for a sixth straight year, the franchise is also marking its 30th season. WNYC's Morning Edition producer Amanda Rozon takes us to Liberty Legends Weekend in Brooklyn, where original team members like Teresa Weatherspoon and Crystal Robinson reflect on the franchise's early years, as rising ticket prices are reshaping who gets to be in the stands. Then, sports reporter Priya Desai breaks down the Liberty's up and down season under a new coaching staff and what it'll take for the team to make another title run.Photo: Peter Fisher for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org DoorDash to pay $131.5 million to delivery workers, admitting it ‘screwed up’NYC Marathon changes route for first time in 15 yearsNY, NJ sue Trump admin over deals to scrap offshore wind projects Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago16 min
The Duck Stops Here: The Long Fight Over Foie Gras in New York
Upstate New York is home to the country's last two foie gras (fatty duck liver) farms, even though New York City banned the sale of foie gras back in 2019. The ban's never actually been enforced, and now it's headed to the state's highest court. WNYC's Walter Wuthmann drove up to the Hudson Valley to see the force feeding process for himself, and talked us through the perspective of the farmers who say they've been unfairly targeted, as well as the animal rights advocates who've spent decades trying to shut them down.Photo: Walter WuthmannGot any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.orgNew York bodegas join grocery giants' push to sell wine, liquorMamdani says NYC will investigate every tenant heat complaint starting this October Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago13 min
A Calisthenics Lesson From New York's Playground Fitness Scene
New York City's parks have long doubled as free, open air gyms, and the tradition stretches back to groups like The Bartendaz, who started training on playground bars in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the early 2000s. WNYC producer James Ramsey headed to Chelsea Park to get a lesson in that scene from Brooklyn-born trainer Danny Kavadlo, and shared what he learned with us. Photo: Walter Wuthmann Got any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org.South Bronx Legionnaires’ outbreak death toll rises to 2NYPD expects daily UN General Assembly protests as NYC street closures beginNYC deploys robotoilets. The public bathrooms have a strict 10-minute time limit. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago25 min
Fifteen Years Later, Revisiting the Promise and Limits of Occupy Wall Street
Fifteen years after Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park, NYC Now returns to WNYC’s archives to ask what the movement changed, where it fell short and what remains today. WNYC reporter Stephen Nessen reflects on covering Occupy in real time, while City Council member Sandy Nurse looks back on her experience inside the movement and the path that eventually took her from activism into elected office.Photo: Getty/Paul McKinnon Got any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org.NYC raises snow shoveler pay to $30 an hour this winterPark Slope rejoices after catnappers return stolen kitten to bodega Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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