In the first part of the show, we hear the voices of Harlem voters as well as those of participants in Sunday’s Queer Liberation March. Then we speak with Maria Flores of Starbucks Workers United. Flores is a Starbucks barista whose union is challenging their company over its support for Pride, which workers say is hypocritical. And we speak with Talia Jane, an independent journalist who has been closely following the rise in far-right movement that are targeting the LGBTQ+ community. In the fin...
Jun 28, 2023•57 min
We speak with John Teufel, the author of the cover story in this month’s Indypendent that takes a look at the completely broken process for how the NYPD disciplines, or not, officers accused of serious misconduct. John has followed the NYPD closely over the past 20 years; we also talk about the surprise resignation last week of Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
Jun 21, 2023•16 min
We get an update on the just-completed state legislative session in Albany from democratic socialist State Senator Kristin Gonzalez. We talk about the Build Public Renewables Act, the New York Power Authority, the failure to pass Good Cause Eviction and more.
Jun 21, 2023•19 min
We talk about the Rent Guidelines Board which meets today, June 21, to vote on how high rents will be allowed to go up this year and next for New York’s nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants are urging the RGB to scrap proposed rent hikes of as much as 7% and freeze rents or even roll them back.
Jun 21, 2023•12 min
We talk about the Rent Guidelines Board which meets today, June 21, to vote on how high rents will be allowed to go up this year and next for New York’s nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants are urging the RGB to scrap proposed rent hikes of as much as 7% and freeze rents or even roll them back. Then, we will get an update on the just-completed state legislative session in Albany from democratic socialist State Senator Kristin Gonzalez. We talk about the Build Public Renewables Ac...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr
The only way to stop the climate crisis, or at least slow it down, is with organizing. Here in New York, we have a robust climate justice movement. It has been busy of late trying to put New York at the forefront of a Green New Deal. We speak with Jessica Azulay, executive director of the Alliance for a Green Economy. The Alliance’s goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources to end our stat...
Jun 14, 2023•18 min
We are joined by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, pioneers in the field of ecosexuality (the earth is a living being and spirit, they say). The ecosexuals will be hosting a four-day symposium in the East Village starting on Thursday, June 15, Exploring the Earth as Lover: Ecosex and the City, the idea is to forage new relationships with the environment, engage in human/ non-human collaboration, critique calcified ideologies, and engage in new sexualities—all through the lens of environmentalism...
Jun 14, 2023•19 min
First segment: The only way to stop the climate crisis, or at least slow it down, is with organizing. Here in New York, we have a robust climate justice movement. It has been busy of late trying to put New York at the forefront of a Green New Deal. We speak with Jessica Azulay, executive director of the Alliance for a Green Economy. The Alliance’s goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources ...
Jun 14, 2023•46 min
We speak with Sam Fleischman of Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee about the group's expanding efforts to help workers organize labor unions and fight for better pay and working conditions. They recently helped launch the first-ever labor campaign at a standalone pizzeria in NYC.
Jun 07, 2023•16 min
In the first half of The Indy News Hour, we speak with Nerdeen Kiswani of Within Our Lifetime Palestine about right-wing attacks on the CUNY Law School after its commencement speaker denounced Israel as an apartheid state and called on progressives to support the Palestinian cause. She is joined by Mitchel, a former member of the CUNY School of Law Jewish Law Students Association (JALSA). In the second half of the show, we speak with Sam Fleischman of Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee abo...
Jun 07, 2023•55 min
We speak with Nerdeen Kiswani, chair of Within Our Lifetime Palestine about right-wing attacks on the CUNY Law School after its commencement speaker denounced Israel as an apartheid state and called on progressives to support the Palestinian cause. She is joined by Mitchel, a former member of the CUNY School of Law Jewish Law Students Association (JALSA).
Jun 07, 2023•30 min
Betsy Plum, executive director of Rider's Alliance, speaks about a hard-won boost in state funding for the MTA that should improve mass transit service in the coming year and what remains to be done.
May 18, 2023•9 min
On May 6, protesters took to the subway tracks at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street subway stop on the Upper East Side, bringing trains to a complete standstill demanding justice for Jordan Neely, a homeless man killed on the subway by ex-marine Daniel Penny. We speak with Kimberly Bernard, one of the protest's organizers, about police repression and what comes next.
May 18, 2023•18 min
Former Sunset Park tenant organizer-turned-Socialist Assemblymember Marcela Mitanyes speaks about the ongoing campaign this spring to win affordable housing legislation in Albany.
May 18, 2023•22 min
First Segment: Former Sunset Park tenant organizer-turned-Socialist Assemblymember Marcela Mitanyes speaks about the ongoing campaign this spring to win affordable housing legislation in Albany. Second segment: On May 6, protesters took to the subway tracks at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street subway stop on the Upper East Side, bringing trains to a complete standstill demanding justice for Jordan Neely, a homeless man killed on the subway by ex-marine Daniel Penny. We speak with Kimberly Bernard...
May 18, 2023•55 min
—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 May Day '23: Union square rally and Starbucks workers confront management —NY Gov. Kathy Hochul del...
May 09, 2023•54 min
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.
May 09, 2023•10 min
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.
May 09, 2023•13 min
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?
May 09, 2023•20 min
Sounds from May Day '23: Union Square Rally and Starbucks Workers Confront Management by The Indypendent
May 09, 2023•7 min
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.
Apr 19, 2023•8 min
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.
Apr 19, 2023•18 min
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.
Apr 19, 2023•18 min
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 Displacement that have been fighting against the privatization of their NYCHA complexes, a practice th...
Apr 19, 2023•55 min
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.
Apr 12, 2023•16 min
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 with no intention to engage in vending. It didn’t matter to the police. The Indypendent’s Amba Guerguer...
Apr 12, 2023•16 min
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 on pants was evidence of having engaged in property destruction that took place in another part of th...
Apr 12, 2023•19 min
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 watchdog and Indy columnist John Teufel about the fat new contract Mayor Adams signed last week with New Yo...
Apr 12, 2023•56 min
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 closely follow his career.
Apr 05, 2023•11 min
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. Kathy Hochul, who wants to roll back the 2019 bail reform law and state legislators who do not.
Apr 05, 2023•11 min
