Trivia

(1995-present) News reporter at WCBS-TV at Channel 2 in New York City (2005)

He is Puerto Rican and Cuban decent.

Graduated in 1968 from the Bronx High School of Science.

Grew up in the Melrose Housing Projects in the South Bronx.

Was one of the founders of the Young Lords party.

Graduated the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

Father Raul Guzmán and mother Sally Palomino.

Worked as a journalist writing for publications such as the Village Voice, Essence, Rolling Stone, Musician, Downbeat, Billboard and the New York Daily News before becoming a television news reporter.

He joined WCBS-TV from WNBC, where he spent three years. Prior to WNBC, Guzmán spent nine years as reporter for Metromedia's WNEW in New York (later Fox's WNYW).

Guzmán won an Emmy award for his report on a police officer murder and was cited in a poll in the New York Daily News as one of the city's three most popular television reporters.

Toward the end of the Vietnam War, Pablo, who had refused to report for the draft physical in an act of civil disobedience, was imprisoned for nine months of a two-year sentence. This occurred at a time when others with a similar background of not having any other arrests were getting community service or suspended sentences. The FBI said it was because he was in the Young Lords.

Guzmán served as an honorary member on the Selection Committee for the first two years of the Latin music category of the Grammy Awards; recognition for his efforts to encourage the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to create that category.

Pablo Guzmán was the first to report that the prime suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing was a white separatist and not a Middle Eastern jihadist.

Pablo was the first to report that Islamic jihadists were behind the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

After a year at the first two semesters of the brand new State University at Old Westbury on Long Island (so new they were still building the campus, and the 81students were housed on Oyster Bay), he became a founder and co-leader of the Young Lords Party, a radical political organization that fought for Puerto Rican and Latino rights. "During the next six years, Guzman was one of the group's main spokespersons; produced and hosted a twice-weekly show for the Lords on WBAI; edited their weekly newspaper, Palante; and helped the organization spread to Philadelphia, Newark, Bridgeport, and Puerto Rico, among other places.".

He has lived in Mexico; spent three months in the People's Republic of China when Mao was still alive; reported from places as varied as Kentucky, Costa Rica, Ohio, Cuba, and Texas.

His trademark style incorporated humor with cutting edge stories.

He also earned an award from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association for a story on a controversial police shooting in Washington Heights that helped vindicate the officer.

In the world of pop culture, and drawing from his background as a writer and radio DJ and talk show host, Guzmán has scored exclusive interviews with figures such as Sting, Carlos Santana, John Fogerty, Spike Lee, and Robert DeNiro.

In 2013 he suffered from severe blood clotting in his legs and was ultimately diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Survived his wife, two children, Angela, and Daniel. his mother, and his sister, Tanya Guzman.