Healthcare For All New Yorkers; Eliot Engel; Farming While Black

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 In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, an ambulance departs Bellevue Hospital in New York.

Coming up on today's show:

  • Brigid Bergin, the City Hall and politics reporter for WNYC, breaks down NYC Mayor de Blasio's plan to provide health coverage to 600,000 uninsured New Yorkers including undocumented immigrants.

  • U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D NY16),  representing parts of the Bronx and Westchester  and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, talks about the new legislative session and his leadership role on the Foreign Affairs committee.

  • Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land, talks about how racial disparities in American agriculture create injustices in who has access to food in this country.