Technology

STEM Jobs on Brink of Eclipsing Wall Street in NYC Economy

Jan. 29, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Jan. 29, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

A new report shows STEM jobs are driving economic growth and adding high paying jobs to the city. But diversity remains an issue.

How to New York

How to Record a Conversation or Phone Call in New York

Aug. 25, 2023, 5:00 a.m.May 9, 2024, 1:59 p.m.

Is it legal to record a conversation in New York? How about a scene on the street, or an incident with police? Here are the basics.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Do Congestion Pricing Cameras Breed ‘Ghost’ Cars?

Aug. 9, 2023, 6:19 a.m.Oct. 15, 2023, 12:33 p.m.

Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project s hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel to dig into the problems with automated enforcement, the perils in letting police collect too much data, and more. Subscribe to the FAQ NYC podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are found.

MTA

MTA Seeking to Expand Service — Into the Lucrative Metaverse

Aug. 4, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 3, 2023, 7:27 p.m.

The cash-strapped agency hopes to protect and make money from its iconic brand in video games and virtual reality.

Technology

Bronx District Attorney Expanding Phone-Cracking Technology

July 10, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 7, 2023, 5:46 p.m.

The pending purchase is another rock in a landslide of concerns about privacy, surveillance and law enforcement.

Subway

Why Blue Lights Are Appearing at Some Subway Stations

June 7, 2023, 5:00 a.m.June 7, 2023, 5:05 p.m.

The MTA is testing a technology, already in place in other transit systems, that’s been shown to deter suicide attempts.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Digidogs Unleashed In ‘Fear City’

April 18, 2023, 5:05 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:45 p.m.

The GOP is swinging wildly at the Manhattan DA, the NYPD is sending in the bots, again, and much more from another jam-packed week in New York City. Subscribe to FAQ NYC on Apple, Spotify, or pretty much everywhere podcasts are found.

311

Raccoons Eating Lasagna, Ghosts in the Window: The Wildest 311 Calls of Last 20 Years

March 9, 2023, 5:39 p.m.March 9, 2023, 7:57 p.m.

New York City’s municipal information hotline fields questions and reports on items from the mundane, like illegal parking, to the bizarre, including a few calls about dog dependents, aliens and ghosts.

MTA

Yellow Signals: MTA Looking Into Pee-Smelling Tech for Elevators

Dec. 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m.Dec. 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

The transit agency would be following the lead of systems in cities like Boston and Atlanta, which have installed devices to detect urine and alert cleaning crews.

Work

NYC Tech Industry Booms but Diversity of Employees and Locations Remains Elusive, Study Finds

Nov. 15, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 15, 2022, 10:30 a.m.

Last year 369,000 people worked in tech jobs after a decade of fast growth. But following the meltdown of the Amazon Queens deal, nearly all those jobs are in Manhattan or Brooklyn.

Technology

STEM Jobs on Brink of Eclipsing Wall Street in NYC Economy

How to Record a Conversation or Phone Call in New York

LISTEN: Do Congestion Pricing Cameras Breed ‘Ghost’ Cars?

MTA Seeking to Expand Service — Into the Lucrative Metaverse

Bronx District Attorney Expanding Phone-Cracking Technology

Why Blue Lights Are Appearing at Some Subway Stations

LISTEN: Digidogs Unleashed In ‘Fear City’

Raccoons Eating Lasagna, Ghosts in the Window: The Wildest 311 Calls of Last 20 Years

Yellow Signals: MTA Looking Into Pee-Smelling Tech for Elevators

NYC Tech Industry Booms but Diversity of Employees and Locations Remains Elusive, Study Finds

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