Rep. Torres on Housing Vouchers and National News; Extreme Weather May Only Get Worse; Vaccine Boosters News; Future of NYC Nightlife

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 22, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) talks about his proposed legislation to expand the Section 8 voucher program, plus other issues in his district and Congress.
  • Adam Sobel, professor at Columbia University, director of Columbia's Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate, host of the podcast Deep Convection and author of Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future (Harper-Collins, 2014), talks about the recent extreme weather seen both locally and globally, and what's the future holds as the climate crisis intensifies.
  • Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA, CEO/President/Founder of Just Human Productions, a non-profit multimedia organization; host and producer of American Diagnosis, a podcast on health and social justice, and Epidemic, a podcast about the coronavirus pandemic, clinical assistant professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases at NYU School of Medicine & Bellevue Hospital, who served on the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, discusses whether or not we will need vaccine booster shots in the near future.
  • Ariel Palitz, senior executive director of New York City's Office of Nightlife at the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, discusses the report issued last month that looks back on the Office of Nightlife's first three years, the hard-hit sector's recovery status, and offers ideas for where we go from here.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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