Gov. Hochul Gets Started; Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman; Black Home Ownership; Recently Vaccinated?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 25, 2021
On today's show:
- Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter for THE CITY, recaps Gov. Hochul's first day on the job, including the priorities she outlined in her first address to New Yorkers.
- U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, NJ-12), vice chair at large of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, talks about the Afghanistan withdrawal, the House deal on the budget and infrastructure bills, and more.
- Julian St. Patrick Clayton, deputy director of policy and research at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, talks about the findings from the Black Homeownership Project, which show the number of Black homeowner households in the city has declined by 13% over the past 20 years.
- With delta infections on the rise, employers and local governments are deploying both carrot and stick approaches to incentivize people to get the shot. S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, takes calls from listeners if this was the week they finally got shot, and what made the difference."
