![]() Shaughnessy and co-anchors Roma Torre, Amanda Farinacci, Vivian Lee, and Jeanine Ramirez sued NY1’s parent company, Charter Communications, for age and gender discrimination. Then, in 2019, the public illusion of the NY1 family blew up. NY1 wasn’t polished, but it made good on its promise: hyperlocal news delivered by someone who could very well live in your neighborhood. Sure, the major networks had fancy studios and flattering lighting, but NY1 was where New Yorkers learned about a delay on the Q train and had the day’s headlines read to them as they swigged their coffee. ![]() To watch NY1 - at home or in a laundromat, a nail salon, or the waiting room of a doctor’s office - and recognize its faces was to be a true New Yorker. Viewers were still buying into the camaraderie years after the chummy vibe had begun to dissipate behind the scenes, the launchpad morphing into something of a professional flytrap. They were cub reporters convinced they weren’t simply doing a job but performing a public service. The news team was young back then: Shaughnessy and Kiernan were in their 20s their managers were barely over 30. They were both part of the ragtag team hired at the 24-hour local-news station in the ’90s, when NY1 seemed like a launchpad for a sparkling career in broadcast journalism. On 9/11, Shaughnessy reported live with Kiernan as the south tower collapsed, Kiernan from the anchor desk, Shaughnessy from outside the World Trade Center. Shaughnessy and Kiernan had worked together at NY1 for more than two decades. “They literally dropped the bagels,” says a former producer. ![]() “The second he heard that it was Kristen, it was like, Do not touch - it’s poison,” says a colleague. The bagels had been sent to weekend anchor Kristen Shaughnessy, but Kiernan didn’t ask where they’d come from until he and his co-anchors were under the lights, ready to go live. It was JanuNational Bagel Day - and the crew of NY1’s morning show, Mornings on 1, had already pillaged the breakfast platter in the control room when word came down that it was being requested on set. Proceeds from "The Crawfish Festival" on May 2nd in Clinton Square will benefit "Operation Northern Comfort's" efforts to build these 'Tiny Homes.'įor more information visit more information.Pat Kiernan wanted the bagels. The chair of the County's Ways and Means committee said this plan is in the beginning stages and the earliest it could go before the full legislature is June. "I think the idea of putting them into their own individual house so to speak will help them and hopefully will help the community as well," said Warren Machell, Operation Northern Comfort Co-Chair. And they're looking forward to giving people a new lease on life. Operation Northern Comfort has built homes for a variety of people in need. How much they pay depends on if they are working or if they have a fixed income. Residents will be responsible for their own rent. The organization will work with other groups to determine who will be selected to live here. They have full bathroom, a shower, a washroom, a toilet all connected to the sewer and they're all electrically heated," said Lunetta. ![]() And they'll have some of the same features that you would in a typical apartment. That's about the size of a one car garage. They are working to acquire this county-owned land on Syracuse's South Side where they want to build three of these tiny homes for the first project. Construction for each home is estimated at $22,000. Operation Northern Comfort and A Tiny Home for Good are partnering to get these homes built. I also see a Tiny Home as being a much more manageable space to work with," said Andrew Lunetta, A Tiny Home for Good Executive Director. "Having their own contained space, only 2 or 3 per property makes those issues surrounding homelessness easier to deal with. The interesting part is what would be built: Tiny Homes. An empty lot at the intersection of South Avenue and Kennedy Street could be part of the solution to the city's homelessness problem. Reporter Iris St. Meran explains their solution can be found in 250 square feet. Two local groups are teaming up to tackle what seems like a never ending problem. In Syracuse a number of groups and organizations work to serve those who are in need of shelter, providing them with the basics.
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