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—In our first segment, we spoke with Lee Ziesche, spokesperson for Public Power New York, about climate legislation recently enacted in New York that greatly expands the ability of the public sector to produce renewable energy. Advocates are hailing it as the first state-level Green New Deal. But, will Gov. Kathy Hochul seek to undermine an initiative she was cornered into supporting? —Sounds from...

Tess Cohen has been both a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Now, she is running in the Democratic primary for Bronx District Attorney against incumbent Darcel Clark. Cohen has vowed to shrink the footprint of the criminal justice system in NYC's poorest borough.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul delayed the passage of NY's annual state budget by a month to win rollbacks in the state's 2019 bail reform law. The Indy's criminal justice correspondent Ted Hamm talks about what the impact could be of these punitive new measures.

We spoke with Lee Ziesche, spokesperson for Public Power New York, about climate legislation recently enacted in New York that greatly expands the ability of the public sector to produce renewable energy. Advocates are hailing it as the first state-level Green New Deal. But, will Gov. Kathy Hochul seek to undermine an initiative she was cornered into supporting?

Sounds from May Day '23: Union Square Rally and Starbucks Workers Confront Management by The Indypendent

We get an update on the New York State budget impasse in Albany with socialist State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn. We find out more what has Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul and the legislature at odds, starting with criminal-justice and bail reform.

We speak from tenant organizers down in Coney Island with the United Front Against Displacement that have been fighting against the privatization of their NYCHA complexes, a practice that has been implemented city-wide since 2016 and is hurting longtime New Yorkers.

We hear from workers at Trader Joe’s who are on the verge of voting on whether or not to unionize at their store at Essex Crossing in Lower Manhattan. They held a rally yesterday in front of the store. We also have updates from Rutgers, retired NYC municipal workers and ongoing protests in France.

Another fantastic show. In our first section, we hear from workers at Trader Joe’s who are on the verge of voting on whether or not to unionize at their store at Essex Crossing in Lower Manhattan. They held a rally yesterday in front of the store. We also have some other labor news updates. In our second segment, we speak from tenant organizers down in Coney Island with the United Front Against Di...

We talk with NYPD watchdog, lawyer and Indypendent columnist John Teufel about the fat new contract Mayor Adams signed last week with New York City’s PBA police union.

The NYPD and Parks Police violently shut down a community gathering on April 9 in Sunset Park organized by Mexicanos Unidos. The organization has previously held an unpermitted open-air market on Sundays at the park. The market, known as Plaza Tonatiuh, was shut down on Sunday, April 2 for not having the proper vending license. The group returned last Sunday to celebrate the Easter holiday and wit...

A New York City activist has finally made it home from Cop City protests in Atlanta after being jailed for a month. Priscilla Grim was arrested at a music festival in the Weelaunee Forest on March 5. The DeKalb County DA’s office charged Grim and 22 other Stop Cop City week of action participants with domestic terrorism on trumped-up evidence. It claims that wearing black clothing and having mud o...

In the opening segment, we hear from Priscilla Grim, Brooklyn-based digital media activist. She was arrested at a Cop City protest in Atlanta on March 5th and was held without bail for a month before finally being released last week. Later in the show, we follow up on the violent police raid that shut down an Easter Sunday at Sunset Park organized by Mexicanos Unidos. And we talk with NYPD watchdo...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for paying $130,000 in hush money to a former mistress in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying related business documents. We hear from Indy criminal justice correspondent Ted Hamm who interviewed then-candidate for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in 2020 and has continued to closel...

Donald Trump flew back to his Mar-a-Lago mansion following his arraignment. Meanwhile, thousands of incarcerated people on Rikers Island who have not had a trial cannot leave that hellhole of a jail for lack of money to make bail. On yesterday’s radio show, Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest, a democratic socialist from Brooklyn, updated us on state budget negotiations in Albany between Gov. K...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for paying $130,000 in hush money to a former mistress in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying related business documents. Supporters and detractors of Trump rallied outside the courthouse. The intense divisions of the Trump era were on full display as well as the toxic brew of grievances a...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for paying $130,000 in hush money to a former mistress in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying related business documents. Supporters and detractors of Trump rallied outside the courthouse. The intense divisions of the Trump era were on full display as well as the toxic brew of grievances a...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump was arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for paying $130,000 in hush money to a former mistress in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying related business documents. Supporters and detractors of Trump rallied outside the courthouse. The intense divisions of the Trump era were on full display as well as the toxic brew of grievances a...

We will hear from Indypendent investigative journalist Ted Hamm about a wrongful conviction case he's covering. Hector Lopez was convicted of a 1994 arson-double murder despite a lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime.

We speak with Gabriel Medrano, a lead worker-organizer at the Essex Crossing Trader Joe's in lower manhattan, where the independent Trader Joe's Union announced a union election will be held last week. We also get updates on other labor happenings in the city and country and hear voices from the current mass protests and strikes in France. Then, we take listener call ins to honor their heroes for...

We speak with Gabriel Medrano, a lead worker-organizer at the Essex Crossing Trader Joe's in lower manhattan, where the independent Trader Joe's Union announced a union election will be held last week. We also get updates on other labor happenings in the city and country and hear voices from the current mass protests and strikes in France.

We take call-ins from listeners who shout out women they'd like to honor for Women's History Month.

We hear from DSA-NYC organizer Danny Valdez about the DSA's ongoing Tax the Rich campaign that aims to expand social spending to New York that would benefit the state's working class. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature are facing an April 1 deadline to complete the budget. On Saturday, hundreds of New Yorkers with the Invest in Our New York coalition marched from Columbus Circle to “Billi...

We look at the battle over New York State’s $227 billion annual state budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature are facing an April 1 deadline to complete the budget. On Saturday, hundreds of New Yorkers with the Invest in Our New York coalition marched from Columbus Circle to “Billionaire’s Row” on 5th Avenue to call for higher taxes on NY’s wealthiest residents. We speak with Socialist...

In the first half of the show, we look at the battle over New York State’s $227 billion annual state budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature are facing an April 1 deadline to complete the budget. On Saturday, hundreds of New Yorkers with the Invest in Our New York coalition marched from Columbus Circle to “Billionaire’s Row” on 5th Avenue to call for higher taxes on NY’s wealthiest res...