New New York Governor Sworn In; Kids and COVID; Hurricane Prep

On today's show:

• Liz Benjamin, managing director for Albany at Marathon Strategies, a communications and strategic consulting firm and a former reporter who covered New York politics and government for two decades, and Gwynne Hogan, reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the swearing-in ceremony of Governor Kathy Hochul, the first woman to hold the job in New York, and the challenges she faces as she takes office.
• Unvaccinated children are about to start school in what Leana Wen, MD, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021), calls maybe the most "dangerous moment" in the pandemic for them. She shares how to help keep young kids safe right now.
• While Henri wound up not being as bad as it could have been in this area, hurricane season is only just beginning. New York City Emergency Management Department Commissioner John Scrivani talks about how to prepare, and how to decipher warnings ahead of future storms.

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