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Tuesday:

  • In light of news that the US will publicly execute the Fort Hood shooter, and the recent botched execution of a woman in Tennessee, Justin Mazzola, deputy director of research at Amnesty International USA, talks about the history and current state of the death penalty and public execution, here in the United States and around the world.
  • Grace Rauh, executive director of Citizen's Union, explains the five proposals on the ballot aimed at streamlining city government and why Citizens Union supports them.
  • A recent nor'easter battered beaches on Long Island and New Jersey. Jase Bernhardt, associate professor of geology, environment, and sustainability at Hofstra University, discusses the threat of coastal erosion in the context of climate change.
  • Tom Allon, founder and publisher of City & State New York, talks about the essays of the Irish-American writers (and brothers) Frank and Malachy McCourt, that they originally published in local New York City outlets.

Recent Segments

The State of the Death Penalty

NYC Ballot Questions

The Coastal Erosion Threatening NY and NJ

Frank and Malachy McCourt's New York Essays

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