BCR #30 Extra: A Walk with a Young Politician

Raphael Espinal is a 30-something NY City Council member from Brooklyn. We first invited him onto BCR when we learned about Raphael's idea for a NYC Night Life Mayor, and his work to end the city's ancient Cabaret Laws that banned dancing at bars -- BCR #6.

Then Raphael joined us for our "Margarita Crawl" -- BCR #16 -- to talk about his "ban plastic straws at bars" initiative. Each time, he was a delightful interview. When we learned that he was running for NYC Public Advocate Raphael joined us again at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar -- BCR #30.  

He promised us at the time that if he won he would return to the podcast for a follow-up –- Becky and I immediately became Espinal cheerleaders. And anyway – he’s a good guy with great ideas. So, we wanted to keep tabs on how he was doing with the race.

For this extra BCR podcast, Raphael and I talked as he moved from a downtown Educational Alliance 'meet the candidates' event, to a show with Ilana Glazer at WNYC's Greene Space.

It is a revealing conversation with a young politician trying to do the right thing for his city -- and maybe a bit more.

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