51 Council Members in 52 Weeks: District 19, Vickie Paladino

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 9, 2022

The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino talks about her priorities for District 19 in Northeast Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Auburndale, Bay Terrace, Bayside, Beechhurst, College Point, Douglaston, Flushing, Little Neck, Malba and Whitestone.

Queens council member @VickieforNYC joined the show as part of the series '51 Council Members in 52 Weeks' & brought a piece of "Hollywood East" history as her show-and-tell item -- an apartment building on Powells Cove Blvd in Beechhurst that was associated with Charlie Chaplin.
— The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) May 10, 2022

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