Wednesday Morning Politics; City Budget Cuts; Redistricting, Again?; Bronx Gentrification

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 13, 2023

Coming up on today's show:

  • As the House returns to session, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has ordered an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Annie Karni, congressional correspondent for The New York Times, discusses this development and other headlines in Congressional news.

  • Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, talks about the impact of the migrant influx on the city budget and Mayor Adams' latest calls for department heads to cut 5% in November, January and April.

  • With 2024 congressional contests on the horizon, Jeffrey Wice, adjunct professor and senior fellow at New York Law School where he directs the New York Census and Redistricting Institute, discusses why New York's district maps are being revisited again by the courts.
  • Carolina Hidalgo, senior producer for WNYC's Radio Rookies, introduces the new class of Radio Rookies while WNYC Radio Rookie Christina Adja shares the story she reported, about gentrification coming to her neighborhood in the South Bronx.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available. 

 

 

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