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"The shadow of the verrazzano bridge with an eyesight of brooklyn bay hey rich which is being targeted to justin brandon my little pretty you've been begging and beseeching eric adams at city hall please don't put any tents in shore road art that'll be a shul way of getting the unelected and electing ari kagan the next city councilperson at dica heights in bay ridge of which i'm working every making moment to make sure justin brennan that we bury you who who defunded the police voted for that a billion dollars and you've turned your back on your constituents because you would prefer to take care of the illegal aliens rather than the who elected you into office all this is sort of like this is sort of end of the godfather remember when all of a sudden the christening is taking place out of mount laredo michael corleone looks at everybody and says now we settle all scores and we're gonna settle all scores starting first with eric adams swaggerman with no plan who has forsaken us forsaken us out there all weekend long all he cares about hip -hop ray hip -hop hip -hop i'm the hip -hop mayor and did you hear me at midland beach when i gave that speech i said hey to to you and your hip -hop nation this is our city and you have turned it into an illegal alienation and we are not in any way date or form gonna roll over for this and then kathy crime wave hokum who made a deal with the feds to now start putting illegal aliens in fort wadsworth and i told you joanne areola out in the rockaways in howard beach and broad channel in ozone park you didn't want to listen to me floyd bennett field right along flatbush avenue don't shoot the messenger enough people want to shoot me because you don't like the sound of the messenger all i can do is the 50 000 powerful watch some sound to alert you to warn you to help you organize to hit the barricades that's right to the barricades and to stop the because invasion there's no one else left if we don't do it ladies and gentlemen what the next step is they want you to sell your house leave your condo leave your co -op they want you to leave your apartment they want you out of here haven't you heard kathy crime wave hokum haven't you heard who evilized como don't you remember when they said you're not new yorkers you don't represent our get values on a bus go to florida get the hell out of here well guess what so many of new our new yorkers and folks from jersey and connecticut and eastern pennsylvania are doing exactly that but now we're going to fight for what we know is right no more illegal aliens no more tents no more turning recreational facilities into a playground for illegal aliens and we have to tell our senior citizens we have to tell our children and grandchildren no no no you can't use this facility in fact could you believe this at that senior citizen in long -term housing facility in midland beach they told all the seniors you had to know they looked at some of our seniors some of whom were veterans some of whom were wives of veterans gold star mothers and they told them pack your bags and to hell out into the street and empty the apartments because we're making way for the new americans the illegal aliens and the illegal alien invasion and understand this there is now four billion dollars on the table and eric adams who obviously didn't do too well in arithmetic in going to school he claims he was dyslexic he well just turned 4 billion times 3 into 12 billion and i said wait a second in one month's time you've given us a bill for four billion and now you've tinged it by three to twelve billion where's all this money going oh but we can't show you the contracts because there's a hell of a lot of kickbacks going on the friends of eric adams friends of kathy crime wave hokum and friends of papa joe chulo joe biden we've laid it out for you ladies and gentlemen i want to thank all of you who came out in force today at midland beach it's the first of what will be many protests out in staton island staton italy the forgotten the island to some but not to us here at wabc as we departed i i met with scott libato who is the political artist extraordinaire and john tobacco who does the news max show on the weekends and has been a gadfly in staton island we are putting together a series of demonstrations on staton island we will not let them take fort we will not let them take the senior citizen facility at midland beach in back it's going to require civil disobedience prepare for the army of and walkers we will get people 65 plus some of you never been arrested never been involved in civil disobedience and we will introduce you to something i've done throughout my life look i've been arrested 77 times some of it's civil disobedience it hurt it's like chicken soup it can't help you it can't hurt you but in this case it's going to help us make our point they are not going to get away with us they are not driving us out they are not putting our senior citizens into the streets they are not closing our recreational facilities to house illegal aliens over our dead bodies and to our management and to our ownership john and margo katsumatidis and chad lopez thanks for enabling us to use the 50 powerful 000 watts of sound to get out the message because the one thing that resonated to crowd at midland beach earlier on saturday we said most had heard the call that came from wabc from the many programs that i do where wabc stands for always broadcasting curtis especially with sid rosenberg in the mornings at when they come on monday through fridays and he allows me to actually talk to about upcoming demonstration and naturally the five o 'clock roundtable discussion with john katsumatidis and rita had video for seller on many times this past week to promote the demonstration and hundreds showed up my estimate a thousand five hundred that's just the first demonstration shit and there'll be many more to come we're not gonna surrender we're not gonna retreat this is for america america first and foremost this is for our state of new york and this is for the city that we love they are not going to drive us out and
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"justin brandon" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Lugging into a sliding scale or a traffic ticket. Councilman Justin Brandon says a sliding scale would level the playing field between lower and higher income residents besides double parking though, Brandon's Bill doesn't specify which categories would be included, leading to a varying reaction among New Yorkers. It's kinda hard. I say you should just be fair across the board because how would you know the person is rich or poor? When you're giving the ticket, right? That's a tricky one in the city. Especially with now these parking lanes in the middle of the avenues. A so called Dave fine structure was once tested out in Staten Island and found an increase in collection rates while the system is very common in Europe. For 77 WABC news, I'm Yao bonsu. A Supreme Court Justice says he has a pretty good idea who leaked the courts abortion draft rolling. That's what justice Samuel Alito said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, but noted that there isn't enough evidence for public accusation. New Jersey's second largest malls, new chaperone rules in effect this weekend. The garden state Plaza, one of the most successful malls in the nation fed up with the packs of Lao teenagers running around the mall on Friday and Saturday night, so now if you're under 17, you have to be accompanied by someone over 21. Teens at the mall not happy. I don't really like it so much. I feel like before I reach a certain age, I was too nervous to go to the mall alone, so now being at an age where me and my friends want you, I feel like there's no need for a parent. Maul management will be checking idea and they say if you can't prove your
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"Thank you. Steve. Justin Brandon chairs New York City's Committee on resiliency and If you know Marilyn food, you know the crab cake soft Patties made of fresh lump crab meat, But the main ingredient blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay have been harder to come by this summer. The price went crazy, You know, like crazy high and for most people that would like to have a bunch of people over and make crab kicks or something. They probably would have to take a second mortgage to do that. John Shields would know. He's the owner of Gertrude's restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the author of Multiple cookbooks on Chesapeake Bay Cooking. This has honestly been one of the toughest years ever for crab meat. A labor shortage and low supply drove crab prices up so much this summer that some Maryland restaurants had to take it off the menu. Shields is still offering his classic crab cakes at Gertrude's. But for the budget minded and food curious, he has cooked up another option. I think I got a pound of tofu. It was organic tofu, and I thought, Well, what about if I took the toe, Phil? And put it into pieces that were similar to like crab mean. A new special combines local extra firm tofu with lump crab meat in a cake called the Crab Fuel ish isse fuel Delicious dishes. Okay, go on. The 50 50 split between tofu and crab makes it much cheaper than the traditional crab cake. If you're a crab purist, let the man explain himself were traditionalist here in the Chesapeake region. I mean, really traditionalist. So you have to be careful. You know, this could be deemed sacrilege is what I'm talking about here. But I think you know people could be a little adventurous, A little playful. You know, these are the kinds of things that actually could be done to see how we can still use crab meat, But we don't overuse it and we can keep it at a price point. Shields tells us feeding more people with less is something Chesapeake Bay home cooks have done for generations. Take the traditional Maryland crab soup, which combines crabmeat with cheaper ingredients like vegetables and barley. Yeah, so it's just like that. Just try it. Just try it and see what you think. If you don't like it fine, But.
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"And the listeners and supporters of KQED public radio Now, 7 35. This is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C and I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan, even here, as we report on different stories on the other side of the world. It's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida, you will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power. Even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district are have names that include elevation You have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. And usually in storms like this. We are immune and stay pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on Water of some kind, So it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here and like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for a very, very Quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city's already been raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know, a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Um so you have You also have an equity issue here because you have Primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, So I think really, what called right now. What's what's called for is partnership on every level of government. To recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee, and we need to do something about it. But we know what to do. We just got to do it. Sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn from from what other cities or states or countries might be doing because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater. And the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time, and none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what we've been warning finally being here, but But that's that's what we're dealing with right now that the climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible. You saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve People forget that New York City is 590 miles of coastline. We have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one So you know, I don't know. People think of New York City is landlocked. In some way. It's very, very much not so not only do we have a coastline, we have islands and and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms are one of the most active Urban hurricane centers. So this is just, you know, it's new reality, but it's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending the alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like. Well, how many once in a lifetime storms can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like we're all about to find out. Council member, Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Steve Justin Brandon chairs in New York City's Committee on resiliency and waterfronts..
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"It's 7 34 on KCRW. This is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C and I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan. Even here. As we report on different stories on the other side of the world. It's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida, you will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power. Even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district are have names that include elevation. You have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Uh, and usually in storms like this. We are immune and stay pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on Water of some kind, so it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here. And like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for very, very quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city has already been Raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know, a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Um so you have You also have an equity issue here because you have Primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, So I think really, what called right now. What's what's called for is partnership on every level of government to recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee. And we need to do something about it. But we know what to do. We just gotta do it sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn from from what other cities or states or countries might be doing. Because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater than the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time, and none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what we've been warning finally being here, but But that's that's what we're dealing with. Right now. The climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible. You saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve People forget that New York City is 590 miles of coastline. You have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one So you know, I don't know if people think of New York City is landlocked in some way. It's very, very much not so not only do we have a coastline, we have islands and and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms or one of the most active. Urban hurricane centers. So this is just, you know, it's new reality, but it's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending the alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like. Well, how many once in a lifetime storms can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like we're all about to find out. Council member, Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Steve. Justin Brandon chairs New York City's Committee on resiliency and.
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"justin brandon" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C and I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan. Even here, as we report on different stories on the other side of the world, it's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida, you will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power. Even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district's are have names that include elevation You have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Uh, and usually in storms like this. We are immune and stay pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on Water of some kind, so it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here and like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for a very, very Quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city's already been raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. So you have You also have an equity issue here because you have primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, Um, so I think really what called Right now. What's what's called for is partnership on every level of government to recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee. And we need to do something about it, but we know what to do. We just got to do it. Sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn from from what other cities or states or countries might be doing. Because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater than the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time. And none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what? We've been warning finally being here, But that's that's what we're dealing with. Right now. The climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible. You saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve People forget that New York City is 520 miles of coastline. We have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one Um, So you know, I don't know. People think of New York City is landlocked in some way. It's very, very much not so not only do we have a coastline, we have islands and and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms are one of the most active urban hurricane centers. So, um, this is just you know, it's new reality, but but it's It's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending me alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like, well, how many once in a lifetime storms Can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like we're all about to find out. Council member, Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Steve. Justin Brandon chairs New York City's Committee on resiliency and waterfronts. Yeah. If you know Marilyn food, you know the crab cake soft Patties made of fresh lump crab meat, But the main ingredient blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay have been harder.
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"justin brandon" Discussed on KQED Radio
"This is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C. And I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan. Even here, as we report on different stories on the other side of the world, it's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida. You will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district's are have names that include elevation you have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, and usually in storms like this. We are immune and stayed pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on water of some kind, so it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here and like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that you know, devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for a very, very Quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city has already been raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. So you have You also have an equity issue here because you have primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, Um, so I think really what called Right now it's what's called for is partnership on every level of government to recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee, and we need to do something about it. But we know what to do. We just got to Do it, sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn from from what other cities or states or countries might be doing because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater. And the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time, and none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what we've been warning finally being here, but But that's that's what we're dealing with right now that the climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible. You saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve People forget that New York City is 520 miles of coastline. We have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one So you know, I don't know. People think of New York City is landlocked. In some way. It's very, very much not so not only do we have a coastline, we have islands and and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms are one of the most active Urban hurricane centers. So this is just, you know, it's new reality, but it's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending the alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like. Well, how many once in a lifetime storms can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like we're all about to find out. Council member Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Steve Justin Brandon chairs in New York City's Committee on resiliency and waterfronts. Mhm. If you know Marilyn food, you know the crab cake soft Patties made of fresh lump crab meat, But the main ingredient blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay have been harder to come by this.
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"justin brandon" Discussed on KCRW
"And I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan, even here, as we report on different stories on the other side of the world. It's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida, you will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district are have names that include elevation You have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. And usually in storms like this. We are immune and stay pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on Water of some kind, so it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here and like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for a very, very Quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city's already been raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know, a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Um so you have You also have an equity issue here because you have Primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, Um, so I think really what called Right now. What's what's called for is partnership on every level of government to recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee. And we need to do something about it. But we know what to do. We just gotta do it sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn. From from what other cities or states or countries might be doing because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater than the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time, and none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what? We've been warning finally being here? But but but that's that's what we're dealing with right now that the climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible you saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve. People forget that New York City is 520 miles of coastline. We have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one. Um, so you know, I don't know if people think of New York City is landlocked in some way. It's very, very much not so. Not only do we have a coastline, we have islands, and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms or one of the most active urban hurricane centers. So, um, this is just, you know, it's it's new reality. But but but it's It's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending the alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like, well, how many once in a lifetime storms Can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like we're all about to find out. Council member, Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Steve. Justin Brandon chairs New York City's Committee on resiliency and waterfronts..
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"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingly. The Taliban reportedly are preventing a number of chartered flights from leaving Afghanistan. The New York Times says three flights approved by the U. S are set to evacuate hundreds of people from the airport in Mazari Sharif to an air base in Qatar. The Times cites documents it's reviewed, indicating dozens of those passengers are Americans. Afghanistan will be the focus this week when Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks with officials in Qatar and Germany. Germany's ambassador to China has died less than two weeks after he took up the post. NPR's Emily Fang in Beijing says it's not yet clear how 54 year old Jan Hecker died. Before becoming Berlin's envoy to Beijing, Hecker was best known as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief foreign policy advisor. He was a prominent figure in crafting European foreign policy, especially in contending with China's economic and political rights. That familiarity with European politics would have given Germany and by extension, the European Union continuity and its China policy. After Merkel finishes her last term, Hecker was also very familiar with American politics. Helping shepherd numerous multilateral statements and exchanges across the Atlantic. His last event as ambassador to China was only three days ago and the German Embassy in Beijing. Berlin has not yet stated what his cause of death was. Molly Fang. NPR NEWS Beijing This is NPR news Live from KQED News. I'm Brian what? Good morning. Tens of thousands of South Lake Tahoe area residents are allowed to return to their homes for the first time. Since they were pushed out last week because of the massive called or fire. Favorable weather over the weekend allowed crews to strengthen containment lines. Several evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings yesterday afternoon. El Dorado County Sheriff's Sergeant Simon Brown says returning citizens should stock up on food and water, be cautious on the roads and be wary when returning to their homes. The delicate balance between humans and bears has been upset over the last week or so. So that is gonna be a big challenge law enforcement and working really hard to do what they can to keep the bears out of people's homes. Please call us if you need any assistance. If you think as a bear in your house, give us a call. The Cal door fire still threatens over 28,000 structures and his destroyed over 700 homes in this year of foothills. San Francisco supervisors are considering outlawing unregistered parts used to build so called ghost guns. This week, an ordinance would make it a misdemeanor to ship gun parts without serial numbers to San Francisco or to possess those parts in the city. The city has seen a recent explosion of unregistered home assembled guns with more than 100 ceased in the first half of this year, according to Police Department statistics. San Francisco's district attorney sued three California based gun part manufacturers last month, alleging they misled customers on the legality and registration requirements of privately assembled firearms. Brian what KQED news Support comes from service up with one collect service up, We'll pick up a car, repair it at a local shop and return it visits service up. Dot io. Ahead on morning edition. Rachel Martin talks to New York City Councilman Justin Brandon about how his district is recovering from the damage of last week's rain and flooding He represents district 43 in Brooklyn. I'm Robin Young, confused by all the offerings on streaming services will film critic Tipper has a new newsletter to let you know about gems like this one. It's this wonderful, hilarious, moving, philosophical Danish action movie. You've seen this thing on your cue. It doesn't look like much. It's actually worth seeing next time here Now, here now, with a story whether you hear it here via our audio streamer over the airwaves on KQED at 11 Support for NPR comes from.
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"Patron for proof. Beth Fertig w N. Y C news This is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C and I'm Steve Inskeep in Islamabad, Pakistan. Even here, as we report on different stories on the other side of the world, it's been hard to miss the images of flooding in New York City. My former home Hurricane Ida, you will recall devastated much of Louisiana when it came ashore and then remarkably kept much of its destructive power. Even after it moved far inland and passed over 1000 miles of land before slamming New York. New York City Council member Justin Brandon represents part of Brooklyn and also chairs the city's committee on resiliency and Waterfront. So we've called him Council member Good morning. Morning, Steve. Thanks for having me. How's the recovery going in your district? What's interesting about my district is two of the main neighborhoods in my district are have names that include elevation. You have Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Uh, and usually in storms like this, we are immune and stay pretty dry. But this time was different. I don't know that there was a house or a basement in my district that didn't take on water of some kind, so it's clear that we're dealing with a very new reality here. And when you say new reality, you mean, of course, that by climate change, there's likely to be more storms like this. Absolutely. And for those of us who have been sounding the alarm on this stuff for a long time, you know, we often feel like the boy who cried Wolf. But now it's clear that you know the clock has run out and the new climate reality is here and like you said, I mean, the fact that we had a storm that devastated Louisiana and, you know, days later, also devastated New York City is just It's just a very, very new reality that that we need to prepare for it. We need to prepare for a very, very Quickly. Well, let's talk about that preparation because some people will know New York has had devastating storms before the city was trying to respond. The city's already been raising some of its shorelines. Now, I guess we have to ask are those existing and planned improvements enough? And I think they are enough. I think the issue is that they're not happening fast enough. I think it's not like we're staring at a blank page here where we don't know what to do. And now, today, we have to figure out how to make our city more resilient. We know what to do. The problem is bureaucracy. You know you have you have fights on city state federal level that often, uh, that often bottle up these projects that frankly, we don't have time for. You know, this isn't the same as You know, a new slide in the playground. You know, these are projects that really is a matter of life and death. Um, and everyone really needs to come together to push this stuff through because almost 10 years later Now I'm still visiting communities that are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Um so you have You also have an equity issue here because you have Primarily low income communities of color who are really on the front lines of the climate crisis, whether they like it or not, So I think really, what called right now. What's what's called for is partnership on every level of government to recognize that this is an emergency. That's not coming soon. It's here right now. It's sitting on our couch with us drinking coffee. And we need to do something about it. But we know what to do. We just gotta do it sitting on the couch with you drinking coffee and perhaps feet in the water that's on the floor. How different does the city need to look in 10 or 20 years and it looks now. That's a great question. I mean, I think part of this is about sort of lifting that veil of exceptionalism, right? I mean, I love my city. I love my state. I love my country. But maybe we don't have all the answers. And if other places are doing things better than we are, I think we've got to be willing to listen to and learn from from what other cities or states or countries might be doing. Because, frankly, the cost of doing nothing at this point is far greater than the cost of doing something. Um, and these storms clearly are only going to get worse. And there's a lot of us who have been saying this for a long time, and none of us take any satisfaction over. You know what we've been warning finally being here, But that's that's what we're dealing with. Right now. The climate crisis is not at our doorstep. It's here. It's inside homes. Can I just ask? New York, of course, is an archipelago. It's almost all on islands other than the Bronx. Can you imagine some parts of New York City being abandoned in the future? It's certainly possible you saw that in parts of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, I think you're absolutely right, Steve. People forget that New York City is 520 miles of coastline. We have four of the five boroughs are either islands are connected to one. Um, so you know, I don't know if people think of New York City is landlocked in some way. It's very, very much not so. Not only do we have a coastline, we have islands and and we're very, very vulnerable to these storms or one of the most active urban hurricane centers. So, um, this is just you know, it's new reality. But but but it's It's something that we've been. We've been warning. We've been sending the alarm on for a long time. And it comes to a point where it's like, well, how many once in a lifetime storms Can I have in my lifetime? Um, it looks like Councilman find out. Council member, Brandon, It's a pleasure talking with you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Steve. Justin Brandon chairs New York City's Committee on resiliency and waterfronts. Yeah. If you know Marilyn food, you know the crab cake soft Patties made of fresh lump crab meat, But the main ingredient blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay have been harder.
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"Ready for the big leagues yet does have some Fast hardcore parts to it. They never really fit but it. It's you know clearly. The drummer or somebody in the band still feel fills the need to be a hardcore band. Despite the fact that we're clearly a medical van. Can you picture this type of band in your mind. Yes okay. I have a gun to your fucking heads one gun but it both your heads are lined up. Okay and i say we can either sound like the chokehold record or the second fuck howard. Jones will be Jesse leach how do i know that know. How do i know the dudes in the bands. I don't know the fucking kills which engage. Oh i can sound like the chokehold record content with dying or whatever the fucking second of that. You ready for tom. This trustfall take us wherever. We're gonna go if i was in a medical like virgins the band. We're we're we're all the this band patrick's pulled guys. This is our direction. We're either going this. kill switch. sound or chokehold. He's got the gun at my temple and you're behind me and i'm trustfall them letting you take wherever you go is how will. I'm probably going to die. But i probably would kill switch. Oh okay patrick. Did you pull the trigger. No i respected the fact that you guys committed in every ban like that there is a guy you know what i mean. There's a there's a person in the ban. That's like not totally. They'd just go like i know. I know i'm going to ban like this. This isn't really what i like. Yes immoral even in my own. Like justin brandon likes to anger. Simone's listen to fucking anything in the grand scheme of things you like. He is like he'll listen up the crisis but it's not like he's not like the guy it's like and then this deep cut fucking vegan medical van on He's not that guy always fucking black flag and in la yet like fucking minute men but meanwhile you wanna sound like this or if we could redo this and make it sound bigger when you want. Bigger he'd probably be like give me a little bigger. Not like everything will trigger artisanship like talent a big grown. I mean he. He's yeah. I think that would make sense if tom knows by going to kill switch route. That obviously in this ban. Patrick me and you are playing either bass or guitar. Is tom's going to sing. That's fact and he's like yo..
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"Large with, um Woz. Uh, Was. I'm sorry. I don't have the exact alleged crime here. But her comments afterwards in her own Facebook feed included that she claimed she was able to quote break down Nancy Pelosi's office door. And then said F F word. Yes, I am proud of my actions. I effing charge the Capitol today with Patriots today, I would absolutely do it again. And she's been allowed by a judge reportedly to go to a vacation spot outside the country. While the nine year old in Rochester in the mental health crisis gets Pepper sprayed, Ms Sawyer. I mean, what can we even say to that? I think that is those types of juxtapositions the disparate treatment that should tell us that this is not something that can be fixed with more training's or reports or studies or task forces with police. And I think I'm grateful that you mentioned the death of Tamir Rice because What we often overlook is the way the police treated his sister who just witnessed her brother be murdered before her eye. She was 14 years old and the police handcuffed and arrested her. Asked there they murdered her 12 year old brother in front of her eyes. We also and that's a young black girl, and that's how they're treated when they experienced trauma. And I also think about the young woman who filmed the murder of George Floyd, another young black woman. Who, you know, basically have to go into hiding after sharing the video of George Floyd being murdered and so again and again, black women and black girls are bearing witness and are the victims of police violence. Police brutality, sexual assault at the hands of the police. Which is a big part of our work at G as well and there is no care for them. There is no support for them on Guy wanted really might remind folks of the ways that black women in black girls get treated when they come into contact with law enforcement. And I just want to keep reminding folks that that's not going to be fixed with another task force or a slap on the wrist for the officers or a short term paid vacation is actually gets that for those officers. This is where we have to say to our local city council members and Who are elected officials. We need you to use the purse strings, particularly in this crisis to redirect resources to what could have actually provided safety and healing for the members of our community, and also for black girls in particular. And we leave it there with Ashley Sawyer from girls for gender Equity. She has previously been co chair of the Legal Rights of Children Committee for the Philadelphia Bar Association. And has that tweet that went so viral. It's gotten close to 500,000 likes. The last time I looked with reference to the Rochester Case with a nine year old girl. Thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you so much for having me. This is w n y C FM HD and AM New York WN J T F M 88.1 Trenton, WN J P. 88.5, Sussex, WN J Y 89.3. NET Kong and W. N. J 0 90.3. Toms River. We are New York and New Jersey Public radio, where it's time for the latest news with David first. Hi, David. What's happening? Thanks. Brian. President Biden has called for a confrontation of the political extremism that inspired the U. S. Capitol riot in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. Today's Breakfast is a Washington tradition. Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to address it. A number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to 779,000 last week and shows that a sizable number of people are still losing jobs to the pandemic. According to the U. S. Labor Department. Last week's total dropped from 812,000 the previous week. And is the lowest and two months more than 87,000. People in New York and New Jersey, filed for unemployment last week, the Labor Department says more than 75,000 people in New York applied for benefits that is a 13% increase. More than 12,000. People did So in New Jersey, a 26% decrease New York says layoffs in healthcare and social assistance was the reason for the rise. New York City's Free childcare program for working parents is expanding. Gothamist reporter Sophia Chang has more. The Learning Bridges program is run at more than 450 locations across the city. It was originally offered for students. Three Katie eighth grade, who are enrolled in blended learning in public schools. It was set up to provide supervised child care for those students on their remote learning days so that their parents and guardians could go to work. But the vast majority of the learning bridges locations are actually under enrolled. So the city is opening the program to all fully remote students in eighth grade or younger. Still, priority will go to students whose parents are essential workers or Department of Education staff. Those who live in temporary or public housing as well. A students who have disabilities or are in foster care. About two thirds of New York City Council seats are up for grabs this year. WN my sees David Cruz reports campaigning is underway, including by one political action group that is looking to back up incoming leaders. The law firm closing. O'Connor is based in Philadelphia and has a lobbying office in New York. It holds regular meetings with City Council members now would still need $13,000 to several council members, including Justin Brandon, Keith Powers and Raphael Salamanca Junior who are all poised to retain their seats for another term and have expressed interest in being council speaker. The firm says his donations or small. In separate statements, All three council members insisted they are.
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"Biden is scheduled to deliver a major foreign policy speech this afternoon at the State Department. He's expected to touch on broad issues involving the U. S role in the world. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports by May mention the military coup and Myanmar and Russia's detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He has already spoken out about navalny in Russia and a coup and he's looking at his options, none of which are easy, but both are going to be tests of his appetite toe work with international partners to confront these kind of issues. How buying handles them will speak to how he'll turn the page on Trump's unilateral America first approach and how strongly he'll promote democracy around the world. NPR's Franco Ordonez reporting This morning, Biden is scheduled to give remarks to the National Prayer breakfast. It's being held. Virtually it has been attended by every president since Dwight Eisenhower, A Russian journalist has been sentenced to 25 days in jail for a retweet that Russian police claim is an illegal called to protest. NPR's Lucy and Kim reports from Moscow. The Kremlin is targeting journalists amid protests over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Sergei Smirnov is the editor of Media Zona, an online news outlet that tracks human rights violations. Police say Smirnoff broke the law with a retweet that contained the time and date of an unauthorized protests supporting Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Police detained Smirnoff Saturday while he was out for a walk with his five year old son. Scores of Russian journalists have been detained since the beginning of the demonstrations and news organizations are protesting Smirnoff's jail sentence. President Vladimir Putin spokesman has defended the case against Smirnoff. Calling it absolutely logical. Lucian Kim NPR NEWS Moscow The consulting giant McKinsey is expected to pay about $570 million Is to settle legal claims linked to its role in the nation's opioid epidemic. The deal, reported by The Associated Press and by other news outlets will be filed in state courts later today. NPR's Brian Mann prepared this report. Last year documents became public for the first time showing McKinsey worked behind the scenes for produced Pharma developing marketing plans designed to turbo charge sales of the opioid medication OxyContin long after the risks of addiction had been well documented. Mackenzie issued an apology in December. Facing a wave of lawsuits, Mackenzie has now reportedly reached a settlement with more than 40 states as well as the District of Columbia and U. S territories. Most of the $573 million payout to states will go to fund drug treatment and rehabilitation programs. Mackenzie didn't respond. NPR's request for comment. It appears that is part of this deal. The firm will admit no wrongdoing. Brian Mann NPR NEWS You're listening to NPR news. And this is W when my C in New York four minutes after eight o'clock Good morning. I'm David 1st 32 degrees now going up to 38 today with the sunny skies this afternoon alternate side parking suspended through Saturday parking meters. Are in effect. New Jersey won't be following New York's lead in allowing restaurant workers to get the covert 19 vaccine WN Y sees Cameron Yee reports. That's despite plans to expand into our dining to 35% capacity. Governor Phil Murphy says on Lee Restaurant workers with pre existing health conditions are eligible for the vaccine, and he hasn't said when the rest of the states more than 300,000 food Service employees will be able to get in line. Moncler State University epidemiologist Stephanie Silveira says. If the state is loosening into our dining restrictions, it also needs to protect workers risking their lives so others can enjoy and endure meal. We have to recognize that those individuals are not disposable. They're not simply here to make our lives easier. A new study from California shows line cooks were more likely to die last year during the pandemic than health care workers. About two thirds of New York City Council seats are up for grabs this year. W When my sees David Cruz reports campaigning is underway, including by one political action group that's looking to back up incoming leaders. The law firm closing. O'Connor is based in Philadelphia and has a lobbying office in New York. It holds regular meetings with City Council members now would still need $13,000 to several council members, including Justin Brandon, Keith Powers and Raphael Salamanca Junior who are all poised to retain their seats for another term and have expressed interest in being council speaker. The firm says his donations are small and separate statements. All three council members insisted they are not influenced by money. Dozens of New York City cultural groups are coming together to provide micro relief grants for individual artists. The Cultural Solidarity Coalition fund will give priority for the $500 grants to people of color immigrants and those who have disabilities. The initiative is backed by groups across the city. Applications will open later this month. In for more information on how to apply or donate, you can visit Cultural Solidarity fund don't work, The city has lost thousands of jobs in the art to do to the pandemic. 62% of arts and cultural.
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"I'm Cordova Coleman. The House will consider expelling Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees. Today she has backed racist conspiracy theories said some deadly school shootings never happened and supported calls with a violent killing of Democratic leaders. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy condemned greens remarks and said she has denounced those views to him and to others. She came inside our conference and announce them as well. She said She was wrong. She has reached out in other ways and forms and nothing that she said has been based upon Since she's been a member of Congress, A Green has not publicly renounced her remarks. Separately, Republicans in the House have overwhelmingly voted to keep Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney in a GOP leadership position. She had faced opposition from some colleagues After pushing for former President Trump's impeachment, the social media company parlor is fired its CEO NPR's Bobby Allen, reports. The former head of the conservative friendly site says he was forced out over a disagreement about free speech. After parlors role in amplifying the insurrection on the Capitol chief Executive John Mates devised a plan parlor is known for extreme free speech, but made was ready for some hard rules this lead to a fight with major conservative donor Rebecca Mercer, the co founder of parlor, Here's mates, get rid of domestic terrorists. Groups that incite violence, but not ideologically ban Anyone when I presented my plan to Rebecca Mercer and one of the other reps. She? They were silent, So I took that his disagreement. This came just days before mates expected parlor to come back online For weeks. The site has been nonfunctional after Amazon refused to provide Web hosting service is over parlors, failure to moderate violent content. Bobby Allen NPR NEWS SAN Francisco Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are seeking a new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, alleging he's violated the terms of his release. Wisconsin Public Radio's Corinne has reports written House is charged with killing two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha last summer. Prosecutors say they sent a hearing notice two written houses Illinois home, but it was returned. They later they're in the teaching world moved in mid December, violating the rules of his bail agreement. Written houses. Attorney says the family moved to a safe house because they've received death threats. Written House's case has become a national flashpoint. He was released on bail in November after his $2 million bond was paid by what prosecutors call Dubious Internet fundraising campaign. Some have condemned the 18 year old for killing two men and injuring a third during a black Lives matter rally following the shooting of Jacob Blake. Others, including Donald Trump, have rallied behind him. For NPR news. This is Corinne Has you're listening to NPR news? And this is W N. Y. C in New York, four minutes after six o'clock. Good morning. I'm David first going up to 38 degrees today. It's 32 now in Central Park alternate side parking is suspended through Saturday Force No operations parking meters still in effect. About two thirds of New York City Council seats are up for grabs this year. W one Way sees David Cruz reports campaigning is underway, including by one political action group, It's looking to back up incoming leaders. The law firm Cosign. O'Connor is based in Philadelphia and has a lobbying office in New York. It holds regular meetings with City Council members now would still need $13,000 to several council members, including Justin Brandon, Keith Powers and Raphael Salamanca Junior who are all poised to retain their seats for another term and have expressed interest in being council speaker. The firm says his donations are small and separate statements. All three council members insisted they are not influenced by money. New Jersey won't be following New York's lead in allowing restaurant workers to get the cove in 19 vaccine W. On my sees Cameron, he reports. That's despite plans to expand into our dining to 35% capacity. Governor Phil Murphy says on Lee Restaurant workers with pre existing health conditions are eligible for the vaccine, and he hasn't said when the rest of the states more than 300,000 food Service employees will be able to get in line. Moncler State University epidemiologist Stephanie Silveira says If the state is loosening indoor dining restrictions, it also needs to protect workers risking their lives so others can enjoy and endure meal. We have to recognize that those individuals are not disposable..