Ask the Mayor; Keeping 'Essential Workers' Safe; The MTA is Facing 'Financial Calamity'; 'In-Home' Entertainment Picks

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 20, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Elizabeth Joynes Jordan, supervising attorney on the Workplace Justice Team at Make the Road New York, and Charlene Obernauer, executive director at The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), talk about how essential workers, on the front lines of the pandemic, can best stay healthy, and what they can demand from their employers in terms of protective gear and paid sick leave.
  • As ridership plummets on the subway, buses and commuter rail lines, WNYC transportation reporter Stephen Nessen reports on the MTA"s request for a federal bailout. 
  • As many New Yorkers settle into a new life at home, Anne Helen Peterson, senior culture writer at BuzzFeed News, shares her favorite books, TV shows, games and films that could help listeners pass time.

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