COVID-19 Update; NYC's 'Food Czar'; Passover Workarounds; 2020 Census FAQs
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 8, 2020
On today's show:
- Irwin Redlener, professor of pediatrics and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, co-founder of the Children's Health Fund, and the author of The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America (Columbia University Press, 2017), talks about the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic and issues of testing, medical volunteers and disparities in outcomes by sex, age, income and race.
- Kathryn Garcia, commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation and the Mayor's COVID-19 Food Czar, discusses the city's efforts to ensure sufficient food supply during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Faith Joy Dantowitz, rabbi at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey, talks about how to celebrate Passover during this pandemic, as listeners call in with their plans.
- Julie Menin, director of NYC Census 2020 and executive assistant corporation counsel for NYC law department, talks about NYC's efforts to get everyone counted in the 2020 Census and answers listeners' frequently asked questions.
