Eric Adams Declares Victory in Democratic Mayoral Primary; The Reasons for Youth Gun Use; The Essential Workers' Radio Parade
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 7, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, reports the latest news on the primary election results, including that Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee for mayor.
- As shootings continue to plague the city, Rachel Swaner, the research director at the Center for Court Innovation, Elise White, deputy research director at the Center for Court Innovation focusing on justice issues related to youth, human trafficking, and alternatives to incarceration, and Basaime Spate, participatory researcher on the report, talk about their 2020 report "Guns, Safety, and the Edge of Adulthood in New York City" — a year-long study into the reasons young people carry guns in NYC.
- Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, was assassinated earlier today. Garry Pierre-Pierre, journalist and publisher of the Haitian Times, joins to talk about what happened and what may be in store for Haiti.
- The city is hosting a "hometown heroes" ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan honoring essential workers. Listeners call in to honor essential workers in their lives.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
