As New York reopens, Harlem musicians are keeping jazz traditions alive at one of the city's most cherished venues, Minton's Playhouse.

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Coney Island Island’s famous amusement parks will start to welcome back visitors for the first time in more than a year and a half tomorrow. Our reporter Hayley Zhao went down to Luna Park and found that after being shut up by the pandemic New Yorkers are already excited to start their summer with roller coaster rides and hot dogs -- at least most of them.

The New York state legislature just passed next year’s fiscal budget last night. In that bill, there’s some 2.4 billion allocated for the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program. This is New York’s second attempt to provide pandemic rental assistance after initiating the program last year.

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Local Newscast - April 01, 2021 - Hayley Zhao by Uptown Radio

President Biden’s new infrastructure plan is taking on the environment including almost $200 billion dollars aimed at getting Americans to switch over to electric vehicles. In New York State transportation is the largest source of greenhouse emissions. More than those from home and commercial buildings combined. Last year Gov. Cuomo also announced an ambitious environmental initiative - to increase the number of electric vehicles in New York State. As Hayley Zhao reports, experts say the governor’s goal is reachable with some policy changes.

We're down to the Final Four of March Madness 2021. If your bracket isn't faring well, you aren't alone. The odds were against you from the start. However, something called "bracketology" might help improve your winnings next year, and it can teach us something about online search algorithms in the process.