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New Yorkers have become increasingly frustrated by the amount of noise in the city that never sleeps. According to city data, noise complaints skyrocketed by one hundred and six percent at the start of the pandemic. So last summer, the city quietly began a year-long pilot program of sound meters that can catch noisy drivers and issue tickets. Our tech reporter Sarah Yokubaitis has more.

The alleged shooter in Tuesday’s Brooklyn subway attack was ordered to be held without bail at his arraignment hearing at the Brooklyn Federal Court today. Lucy Grindon reported on the scene at the courthouse.

Mahogany Brown is Lincoln Center’s first-ever poet in residence.

She believes poetry is a tool for transformation.

But Browne does much more than write poetry. She’s also the executive director of Just Media, a media literacy organization.

And she has authored several books including Black Girl Magic, Chlorine Sky, and “I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love.”

A key part of her residency at Lincoln Center is putting on poetry and art events – Including the Woke Baby Book Fair – a celebration of social justice children’s books.

Through her work as a curator, she’s focused on giving voice to underrepresented poets – including children and artists from black and brown communities many of whom were first-time performers at Lincoln Center.

This summer will mark a year into her residency. So I spoke with her today about her practice as a poet and curator and asked her what it means to her to be the first-ever poet in residence.

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Uptown Radio's Julian Abraham has the national newscast for April 14th.

Uptown Radio's Julian Abraham has the local newscast for the April 14th show.

This is a weekly Uptown Radio broadcast from the Columbia

University Graduate School of Journalism.

Nearly 8 hundred thousand New Yorkers a year bike regularly, and research shows that biking once a day instead of taking a car could reduce a person’s carbon footprint by almost 70%. More bikes sounds like a simple fix to our carbon emission problem. But, how do you encourage more cyclists to get started, especially children, when safety is often a huge concern? Rebekah Robinson reports

New York City is relocating some of its agencies to outer boroughs in an effort to boost economies outside the city center. The program is called the CARE initiative… for City Agencies Revitalizing the Economy, and yesterday the city broke ground at Broadway Junction in East New York in Brooklyn on a new building to house the Department of Social Services Human Resources Administration, and over a thousand employees. The building will also include 80 thousand square feet of private commercial space.

Bill Wilkins is Director of Economic Development and Housing at the non-profit Local Development Corporation of East New York. He says he approves of the city plan to move some agencies out of high rent districts.

The Mayor's decision to keep school mask mandates in place for small children has sparked disagreement among parents.

Hunter College says its experienced years of under-funding. That means its buildings have fallen into disrepair.

With midterm elections approaching in New York, Black female voters are organizing to have their voices heard.

And a new way for New York City’s models and photographers to collaborate is taking off thanks to TikTok.

All that and more on Uptown Radio.