Gov. Hochul & the Climate Law; Detention Centers; NYC Poverty Rate Climbing; Irish Language's Return

On today's show:

• Gov. Hochul has recently made it clear that she intends to try to postpone the implementation of New York's 2019 climate law, that required cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on why she is doing this, and just how mad it's making environmental groups and others who supported the law.

• Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (Penguin Press, 2024), talks about the scale of the U.S. immigrant detention program, health and safety issues and expansion plans, following the firing of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem.

• A new report by Robin Hood and Columbia University found that the poverty rate in New York City has continued to climb, with 26 percent of the city's population now struggling economically. Richard Buery, CEO of Robin Hood and former NYC deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives, talks about what the report found and what might be coming in the near future as the effect of federal cuts to benefits kicks in.

• For St. Patrick's Day, Nicholas Wolf, associate director for research and publishing initiatives at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU's Irish Studies center, discusses the decades-long effort to restore the Irish language after it rapidly declined under British colonial rule. 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.