NY Leaders Endorse Kamala Harris, State to Close Some Prisons
Episode 401 of the New York NOW podcast, hosted by WMHT Educational Telecommunications, titled "NY Leaders Endorse Kamala Harris, State to Close Some Prisons" was published on August 23, 2024 and runs 26 minutes.
August 23, 2024 ·26m · New York NOW
Summary
New York elected officials traveled to Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention. Along with Democrats, the Working Families Party is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. We sit down with Jasmine Gripper, co-director of the New York Working Families Party, for more. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced two upstate prisons will close this fall. State Sen. Julia Salazar, Chair of the Senate Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, joins us to discuss the decision and the conditions of prisons across the state. EXPLORE MORE: nynow.org
Episode Description
- New York elected officials traveled to Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention.
- Along with Democrats, the Working Families Party is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. We sit down with Jasmine Gripper, co-director of the New York Working Families Party, for more.
- The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced two upstate prisons will close this fall. State Sen. Julia Salazar, Chair of the Senate Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, joins us to discuss the decision and the conditions of prisons across the state.
EXPLORE MORE: nynow.org
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