HMM 6 – 12 – 2020

Hello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, WOOA-LP 106.9 FM Albany, and WCAA-LP 107.3 FM Albany, broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy.

Today on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, Mark Dunlea speaks with Nick Encalada-Malinowski, Civil Rights Campaign Director for VOCAL-NY, about criminal justice reforms the New York Legislature made in the last week.

Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory covered the BLM protest and you will hear interviews and excerpts for the protest.

After that, Andrea Cunliffe speaks with curators Stacy Pomeroy Draper o and Belinda Colon about documenting and archiving street art from the plywood that many Troy business owners used to protect themselves from last weekend’s peaceful protest.

Then, on Upstate Housing, Michele Maserjian speaks with Laura Felts, Executive Director of United Tenants of Albany, about the confusing guidance being offered to many tenants facing pending evictions.

And to close out the show, Mark Dunlea speaks with Arielle Swernoff of NY Renews, about the group’s concerns over the state’s slow progress in implementing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

But first, here are some headlines.