Thirteen's METROFOCUS to Report on Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

The next edition of MetroFocus, premiering on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21 and Thursday, May 2 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and 10:30 p.m. on NJTV, reports from New Jersey and New York on what's ahead for the region six months after Sandy. NJ Today's Lauren Wanko reports from Ortley Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey where business owners and residents are still struggling to repair and reopen as summer approaches. In New York City, the focus is on public housing. MetroFocus takes a look back with an excerpt from a story reported by Jon Gerber and Kristen Reed last November. The two Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism students take viewers inside the Smith Houses on the Lower East Side when the lights were still out. Host Rafael Pi Roman follows up with an interview with New York City Housing Authority General Manager Cecil House about what's ahead for the agency and its tenants, as well as lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy.

Dr. Harold Koplewicz of the Child Mind Institute talks to Pi Roman about a new project to make mental health care for children a higher priority and about how to respond to children's questions about the Boston marathon bombings. The New York Executive Director of the Nature Conservancy Bill Ulfelder joins Pi Roman to talk about "LEAF," a growing program that takes urban students to the wilderness and helps them become environmental leaders, and Pi Roman takes a trip to Manhattan's new Museum of Mathematics to see what's making math fun.

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THIRTEEN and WLIW21. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.

MetroFocus is Made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Jody and John Arnhold, Bernard and Irene Schwartz, The Nissan Foundation, and The Ford Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.

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