New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa speaks with the media before a parade honoring COVID-19 pandemic essential workers in New York City on Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Supreme Court's Day One; Meet the Mayoral Candidate: Curtis Sliwa; Robert Costa's Peril; Street Vendors Navigate Tougher Enforcement

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 4, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • On this "first Monday in October," Melissa Murray, NYU law professor and co-host of the new podcast Strict Scrutiny, talks about the new Supreme Court term, the hot button cases the Court will take up and the fallout from the decision to let the Texas abortion law go into effect. 
  • Curtis Sliwa, Republican candidate for NYC Mayor, founder of the Guardian Angels and radio talk show host, talks about his campaign and the issues that matter to him.

  • Robert Costa, national political reporter at The Washington Post and co-author, with Bob Woodward, of Peril (Simon & Schuster, 2021) talks about his new book about the shaky transition of power from the Trump to the Biden administration.

  • Mohamed Attia, director of the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project, discusses the recent crackdown on street vendors in the city, and how new rules are affecting the industry. 

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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