Roger Clark

New York

Reporter and Anchor at Spectrum News NY1

@NY1 News Reporter - 2-time Emmy winner. Mets, Jets, Rangers, Knicks - @SyracuseU @NewhouseSU grad. NYC Native - Drummer @PerpWalkNYC - My opinions /not emplyr

Articles

City's outdoor dining program set to return Tuesday

3 weeks ago | mynews13.com | Roger Clark

When it comes to roadway dining — and there were thousands of examples of this during the pandemic — some New Yorkers loved it. Others, not so much. The pandemic curbside sheds are gone, but the city is allowing for the return of roadway dining through a new program, with the season set to start Tuesday. What You Need To KnowRoadway dining season in the city starts Tuesday, April 1. The structures can stay up until Nov.
Critically acclaimed Broadway show returns in Brooklyn

2 months ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

"Thoughts of a Colored Man" made history as the first Broadway play to be written, directed by, starring and lead produced by all-Black artists.
Nonprofit prepared to deliver thousands of Thanksgiving meals in NYC

Nov 26, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

God’s Love We Deliver is gearing up to deliver 15,000 classic Thanksgiving meals—including turkey, stuffing, and sweet potato mash—to New Yorkers too ill to cook or shop for themselves. The SoHo-based organization’s kitchen is buzzing as the holiday approaches. “It is a months-long preparation to kinda get all of our ducks in a row for Thanksgiving, but once you got that, the plan kinda goes on its own,” said André Daquigan, executive chef at God’s Love We Deliver.
New exhibit traces graffiti's journey from trains to galleries

Nov 21, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

It's like watching a master at work when legendary graffiti artist Lady Pink demonstrates graffiti writing in what she calls a "Queens style."Subway trains were once her canvas. Now, her works are displayed on the walls of museums around the world. "I feel we were an important part of the last quarter part of the 20th century," Lady Pink said.
Wise Walking Warriors lead seniors on path to better health

Nov 10, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

A group of seniors hits the boardwalk in the Rockaways for a walk, and some calisthenics too. Among them is Janice Williams, who estimated the mileage of this twice-a-week gathering on the boardwalk. “It was at least two and a half, maybe three today. We went a little further, but with the exercise and the walking, it’s so, so good,” Williams said.
Hank Azaria pays tribute to legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen

Nov 1, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Hank Azaria is accustomed to mastering all types of different voices. After all, the Queens native has been the voice of an array of characters on the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe the Bartender and Chief Wiggum. That’s not to mention a prolific career of appearances on television and in the movies, including Heat, The Birdcage, Ray Donovan, Friends and Mad About You.
NYC musician's journey from spinal stroke to sold-out shows

Oct 15, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

In May 2023, singer-songwriter Jesse Malin’s life took a sudden turn when he suffered a rare spinal stroke, leaving him paralyzed below the waist. The Queens native, who was celebrating a friend’s birthday at an Italian restaurant, described the event as a complete shock. "Who knew just walking to an Italian restaurant at 6 p.m. on an afternoon to celebrate a friend of mine that these things just come, and you have to deal with it, and that's what I'm doing," said Malin.
New York Hall of Science's Great Hall celebrates 60 years

Oct 8, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

As if the fun of the popular interactive exhibit called “Connected Worlds” isn’t enough for visitors to the New York Hall of Science in Queens, it’s inside a building that, in itself, is really something else. It’s the Great Hall. “People stop all the time at the front. They come in, they stop, they look up, and then they continue into the space.
Brooklyn pop culture gets the spotlight

Sep 25, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Michael “Kaves” McLeer says he made his name in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn as a young graffiti artist in the 1980s. He designed a full mock up of an actual subway tunnel that even smells like the subway. “Down in Sunset Park on 53rd Street, we honor some of the great graffiti writers. I made my voice on the subway,” Kaves said.
Metropolitan Opera returns with three productions

Sep 24, 2024 | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Dressed in a flight suit, Mezzo Soprano Emily D’Angelo portrays a fighter pilot named Jess, who unexpectedly falls in love and gets pregnant, and has to drop out of the military. It's the story of "Grounded," an opera-based on an award-winning play from 2013 from George Brandt.