Ending the COVID Emergency; The State of Manhattan; History of Hispaniola; Backyard Chickens

Coming up on today's show:

• Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, infectious disease physician with a PhD in molecular medicine, researcher at Columbia, ProHEALTH chief of the division of Infectious Disease, president of Parasites Without Borders and co-host of the podcast "This Week in Virology", talks about what it means that Pres. Biden plans to end the COVID emergency in May, planning for future boosters, and what we know about the "kraken" subvariant.
  
  
• Mark Levine, Manhattan borough president, recaps his "state of the borough" speech, which included plans for Manhattan on housing, crime, health and more.
  
  
• When we think of Black people in America, our first thought is of African-Americans in the United States. But, the first Black people on this continent were brought to the island of Hispaniola in the early 1500s. Lissette Acosta Corniel, Assistant Professor in the Department of Race and Ethnic Studies at CUNY's Borough of Manhattan Community College, discusses the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute's research on los primeros negros or 'first blacks,' who became the ancestors of Black Dominicans.
  
  
• With egg prices soaring, many people are wondering what they can do to combat the cost. According to the Wall Street Journal, some people have taken to keeping backyard chickens as a solution. Bill Hlubik, professor and agricultural agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Director of the Middlesex County EARTH Center, explains what it takes to keep a backyard chicken and answers listener questions about it.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.