Biden Keeps Rolling; Coronavirus Economic Stimulus; Census Begins; Homeless Population Vulnerable to COVID-19
Coming up on today's show:
- Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent for New York Magazine, breaks down yesterday’s primaries, the first contest after Super Tuesday narrowed the field, and the second of three major contest days in March.
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President Trump has announced his plan for an economic stimulus package to try to fix the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus. Matthew Yglesias, senior correspondent at Vox.com and co-host of The Weeds podcast, talks about the White House proposals, and the pushback from Senate Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
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Starting this Thursday, homes all across the country will start receiving their 2020 Census form. Julie Menin, director of NYC Census 2020 and executive assistant corporation counsel for NYC law department, Fahd Ahmed, executive director of DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) and Sheena Wright, president & CEO of the United Way of New York City, talk about the reasons why filling out the form is so important, and some of the potential reasons for undercounting -- including the Trump administration’s unsuccessful efforts to add a citizenship question to the form.
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Giselle Routhier, policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless, and Dr. Kelly Doran, assistant professor of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health where she studies how health care systems can better address homelessness and other social determinants of health, talk about how the coronavirus could impact New York’s homeless population, and whether the city is doing enough to mitigate the risk.
