Why You Film NYPD; Time to Negotiate in Albany; Friday Morning Politics with Preet Bharara; Take Me Out of the Ballgame?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 17, 2022

Coming up on today's show: 

  • This week Mayor Adams said bystanders witnessing police interactions should stop filming cops at close range. Dean Meminger, reporter/anchor for NY1 covering crime, talks about this week's NYPD news, including the rollout of a new anti-gun unit, and takes calls from listeners on why they film police.

  • The New York State Senate and Assembly have passed their budget resolutions, now it's time for negotiations with the governor ahead of the April 1 deadline. New York State Senator Liz Krueger (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side), chair of the Finance Committee, details what's in the Senate version and where the sticking points are.

  • Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and host of the podcast "Stay Tuned with Preet," talks about the latest political news.

  • Mike Lupica, columnist for the New York Daily News and author of several books including most recently The Horsewoman (Little, Brown and Company, 2022), co-authored with James Patterson, discusses why the current vaccine mandate in New York City which would prevent unvaccinated baseball players from the Mets and Yankees from playing in home games should remain in place.

Transcripts are uploaded to each segment page as soon as they are available. 

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