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Bach To Normal

Everyone has a story to tell about Bach. Here’s mine. Bach brought me back after 9/11. It was Sunday, September 23, 2001, just 12 days after the terrorist attacks brought down the World Trade Center,...

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Harassment and Bullying Allegations Rock WNYC After Departure of Celebrated...

On the morning of August 11 of this year, John Hockenberry signed off for the last time as host of WNYC’s The Takeaway, the show he helped to launch almost a decade earlier. That afternoon, dozens of...

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Lopate, Schwartz Suspended From WNYC

The crisis at WNYC over workplace harassment deepened on Wednesday, as two longtime hosts, Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz, were placed on immediate leave, “pending an investigation into...

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New York Public Radio Board Fields Concerns About Harassment

WNYC listeners got a chance to voice their concerns to the station's Board of Trustees on Thursday evening. The organization has been reeling since New York magazine's The Cut published an article...

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New York Public Radio Fires Hosts Lopate and Schwartz

Two weeks after their abrupt suspensions, longtime WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz have been fired. In a statement, spokesperson Jennifer Houlihan Roussel wrote “New York Public Radio...

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My remarks to the NYPR Community Advisory Board on How We’re Moving Forward...

To all listeners: Last night, I was invited by the New York Public Radio Community Advisory Board (CAB) to speak about recent events at NYPR and the important efforts we’re undertaking to towards...

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New York Public Radio Reshuffles Executive Leadership Amid Harassment...

After allegations of harassment at New York Public Radio and the firing of two longtime hosts, the station is reshuffling its top management. Laura Walker, President and CEO, announced that Dean...

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NYPR and Gothamist Are on a Mission to Save Local News

If you’ve ever used the restroom at New York’s City Hall, you’ve probably washed your hands using a soap dispenser that looked like any other. What you might not have known is that that dispenser was...

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Investigation Finds Harassment Happened at NYPR, But Was Not Systemic

Nearly five months after allegations of inappropriate conduct rocked New York Public Radio, an investigation by the law firm Proskauer Rose found no evidence of systemic discrimination at the...

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Laura Walker Responds to Investigation

While I am gratified that the investigation found no evidence of systemic discrimination, we at New York Public Radio must hold ourselves to a much higher standard. I vow that we will. The report has...

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"Your Voice, Your Choice": Listen, Vote and Be Heard

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers will vote in the upcoming midterm elections, conveying how we want to be governed and what policies we believe are important. And tens of thousands of New Yorkers won’t...

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Longtime New York Public Radio President Laura Walker Will Step Down Next Year

Longtime New York Public Radio President Laura R. Walker will step down next year.  In a letter emailed to staff, Walker said she and the Board “have agreed that the time has come for me to move on.”...

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23 Years of Transformative Leadership: A Note From Laura Walker

It is truly overwhelming to write these words.   After having the privilege of serving 23 years at the helm, I will be leaving New York Public Radio in 2019. It is time for me to embark on a new...

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