Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez on Public Safety and Criminal Justice; Councilmember Gale Brewer; Hate Crimes vs. Democracy; Your 'Vegan Friday' Reviews

Mayor Adams urged all New Yorkers to reserve judgement about his Blueprint to End Gun Violence until they read the actual plan. So let's read it and talk about it together on the show. Here are some discussion questions to get you started.

• Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez talks about criminal prosecutions in Brooklyn, balancing public safety against over-policing and what he wants to hear from the local, state and federal leaders.
  
  
• The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Gale Brewer talks about her priorities for District 6. which includes the Upper West Side, Lincoln Square, Central Park and Clinton.
  
  
• Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the author of It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable―And How We Can Stop It (Mariner Books, 2022), talks about antisemitism and hate crimes and the danger they pose to American democracy.
  
  
• Last Friday marked the first 'vegan Friday,' an Eric Adams initiative to make all New York City public school lunches completely vegan at the end of each week. Jen Chung, executive editor of Gothamist, talks about what she's been hearing from students. Plus, listener lunch reviews, and what does it mean if the vegan mayor eats fish?