Indypendent Radio Hour on WBAI // 16 March 2020
John Tarleton, Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent newspaper and co-host Julia Thomas interview: \n\u2014NY Assemblymember Marcela Mitanyes about the latest in Albany re: the multiple recent scandals around Gov. Cuomo and how the wrap up of budget negotiations is going. Mitanyes is part of a coalition of progressive groups from across the state is pushing a package of bills that would raise $50 billion in revenues from the rich to help pay for New York\u2019s recovery from the pandemic and economic crisis.\n\u2014Michael Hollingsworth about how Crown Heights residents are organizing to save the Associated Supermarket, a beloved neighborhood grocery store, as it faces a 30-day eviction notice from a luxury real estate developer. Hollingsworth is a candidate for City Council in District 35, one of the districts neighboring the Supermarket and a longtime housing justice advocate and the lead organizer for the Crown Heights Tenant Union. \n\u2014Elizabeth Palley, a professor at Adelphi University who has written extensively on the policy and politics of child care in the United States. They talk about the American Rescue Plan that Joe Biden signed into law this past Thursday. The $1.9 trillion spending package provides assistance to American reeling from the pandemic that includes new provisions to help poor and middle class families with children.