Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Council Member Deborah Rose to announce the renovation plans for Tompkinsville Park on Staten Island during City Hall In Your Borough: Staten Island on Thurs, July 26, 2018.

Ask the Mayor; NJ Bill on Hair Braiding; Zephyr Teachout; J'Ouvert 2018

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 31, 2018

Coming up...

  • Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.

  • Shanique Speight, New Jersey State Assemblywoman (D, 29 Newark), discusses a bill she co-sponsored to eliminate the requirement for hair braiders in New Jersey to get licensed, which Governor Murphy conditionally vetoed this week.

  • Zephyr Teachout, political activist and associate professor of law at Fordham University, talks about her bid for the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general in the primary election on September 13th.

  • Yvette Rennie, President of J'Ouvert City International, the organizers of the official J'Ouvert parade, discusses the celebration, its traditions and how it's changed in Brooklyn.

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