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Mario Cuomo: The Last Liberal Part 2 - Great Expectations
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 14, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsForty years ago, Mario Cuomo began his three-term tenure as governor. He inherited a state that was in the midst of a fiscal crisis and a crime problem. With the help of his top aide, Michael Del Giudice, Cuomo began to tackle the budget and try to get the state in order. To complicate matters...
Mario Cuomo: The Last Liberal Part 1 - Rising up the political ranks
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 07, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratings2023 marks 40 years since Mario Cuomo was sworn in as governor of New York for the first time. Cuomo was one of the most unlikely politicians the state had seen in a long time. The child of illiterate working-class immigrants who owned a grocery store in South Jamaica, Cuomo was a public-schoo...
Introducing…Mario Cuomo: The Last Liberal - A Special Three-Part Series (Trailer)
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 04, 2023 09:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith Ronald Reagan and the GOP dominating America’s political landscape in the 1980s, Democrats were largely dispirited and looking for someone to push back against a new wave of conservatism. Improbably, Mario Cuomo, the son of a grocer from Queens, became one of their heroes. Serving as gove...
GivingTuesday: Nudging the world in the right direction
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 30, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs we enter the holiday season, we celebrate GivingTuesday, where nonprofit groups hope to inspire people’s generosity. NY1’s Errol Louis is dedicating an episode of “You Decide” to 10 of his favorite charities in New York City. The conversation also includes a quick look back at the past year...
Naomi Klein: Doppelgänger politics and the 'other Naomi'
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 22, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratings“Doppelgänger: A Trip Into the Mirror World” is the most recent book by social activist Naomi Klein. The book has an unlikely premise: Klein has often been confused with author Naomi Wolf. Klein uses this confusion to tell her most personal story yet, but along the way writes of the online paran...
Joe Sexton: A Brooklyn reporter uncovers a tragedy in Nebraska
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 16, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsVeteran journalist Joe Sexton spent over two decades at the New York Times, where he was both Metro Editor and Sports Editor. Following a lengthy stay at ProPublica, the Brooklyn native started writing a magazine story about two tragic deaths in Omaha stemming from the 2020 George Floyd protests...
Melissa DeRosa: Former top Cuomo aide tries to flip the script
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 09, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsDuring the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa DeRosa became a familiar face as she sat by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s side during his popular daily briefings. As his top aide, she also stood by him amid a barrage of sexual harassment allegations, which led to Cuomo’s resignation in August 2021...
JoAnne Page: Rebuilding lives of those who were behind bars
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 02, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAbout 600,000 people are released from prison every year but finding support for them to reintegrate into society is a challenge. While the United States spends billions of dollars on incarceration, funding for reentry services remains limited. JoAnne Page is trying to change those numbers. As p...
Justin Brannan and Ari Kagan face off in a lively District 47 debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 26, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week, Democrat Justin Brannan and Republican Ari Kagan, who are running for a City Council seat in Brooklyn, squared off in a debate that took place during an episode of "Inside City Hall." Brannan and Kagan currently represent adjoining districts but are competing for the newly redrawn D...
Adam Nagourney: The big story behind The New York Times
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 19, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWhile The New York Times is riding a remarkable wave of journalistic success, it’s sometimes been a bumpy ride for the most-heralded and most-read newspaper in the United States. The long and storied history of the newspaper is detailed in Adam Nagourney’s new book, “The Times: How the Newspaper...
A week of tragedy and chaos
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 12, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsLast week, a horrific surprise attack on Israeli civilians by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas has now grown into a full-blown war. The conflict has gripped the United States, provoking intense and varied reactions from political leaders across the country. President Joe Biden has co...
Félix V. Matos Rodríguez: The future of the City University of New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 05, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs it did in universities and colleges across the country, enrollment at CUNY campuses dropped significantly due to the pandemic. For the first time in three years, the public university system has seen an uptick in enrollment. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez joined NY1’s Errol Louis to discuss the sta...
Luis Miranda and Melissa Mark-Viverito: Trying to amplify the Latino voice
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 28, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsEven though the Latino population in New York is at record levels, there are no citywide Latino officials. A new survey of Latino voters in New York finds that Latinos themselves have a hard time naming an influential Latino leader in New York, with just under 15% naming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-C...
Kirsten Gillibrand: Laying out agenda ahead of a re-election bid
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 21, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith a re-election campaign looming next year, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined NY1’s Errol Louis to talk about the issues she’s focusing on during a tumultuous political season, including her thoughts on the state’s migrant crisis. A senator since 2009, Gillibrand also discussed her recent 62-c...
Luis Gomez Alfaro: Attorney goes to court for migrants
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 14, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the migrant crisis continues, New York City has faced multiple challenges helping feed and house those staying in the five boroughs. Around 113,000 asylum seekers have entered the country since the spring of 2022, and last week, Mayor Eric Adams said the crisis would “destroy” the city. It ap...
Taylor Lorenz is extremely online
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 07, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe nearly constant shifts in our relationship with the internet have permanently altered our lives and they show no signs of slowing down. In her new book, “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet,” Taylor Lorenz, a technology columnist at the Washington...
Curtis Sliwa: Pushing back against a wave of migrants
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 31, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs migrants seeking asylum continue to come to New York City in droves, some residents are fighting efforts by the city to place the newcomers in their neighborhoods. One of the protest leaders, former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, joined NY1’s Errol Louis to discuss his fight against the po...
Leon Neyfakh: Telling the story of a subway vigilante
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 24, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn 1984, a subway straphanger named Bernhard Goetz shot four Black teenagers who he said were trying to mug him. The case soon drew national attention — with Goetz being celebrated as a hero by some New Yorkers, even after he was charged with attempted murder. The city was reminded of the Goetz ...
Antonio Delgado: A rapping lieutenant governor talks hip-hop at 50
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 17, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith the music world celebrating hip-hop’s 50th birthday, New York Lt. Gov Antonio Delgado joined NY1’s Errol Louis to talk about hip-hop, including his pursuit of a recording career as “AD the Voice,” which preceded his venture into politics. They also touched on the migrant crisis and the stat...
Barbara Butcher: The life of a New York City death investigator
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 10, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn the early 1990s, Barbara Butcher was hired as a death investigator at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Manhattan. She would be the second woman ever to hold the position, and she held the role for more than two decades. During that time, she investigated more than 55,000 death scenes...
Jumaane Williams: Advocating for migrants in New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 03, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe migrant crisis has been at the center of almost every political discussion in New York City for over a year. As the wave of new arrivals shows no signs of slowing down, Mayor Eric Adams says the city needs federal help because its resources are stretched beyond their limits. Public Advocate ...
How do Latinos vote?
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 27, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe myth of a monolithic Latino vote has been shattered in recent national and local elections. With a wave of new migrants coming to America from many Spanish-speaking countries, voting patterns are shifting in a community that is complicated and diverse. Recent analysis of the 2022 midterm ele...
Twenty years ago, an assassination shook City Hall
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 20, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn 2003, something almost unthinkable happened at City Hall when Brooklyn Councilman James Davis was killed by an assassin in the chambers of the City Council. The shooting sent shockwaves across the city, with New Yorkers stunned that a murder could occur in the building, which is heavily gua...
Ben Smith: The importance of going viral
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 13, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsOne could claim, without hyperbole, that Ben Smith helped invent modern digital media. Smith, the co-founder of Semafor News, is a former New York Times media columnist and the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. He is also the author of “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Bi...
Melissa Walker: From children’s books to state legislative campaigns
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 06, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe author of ten novels for young adults and children, Melissa Walker, got involved in politics in 2016 as a leader at The States Project, a left-leaning political group focusing on state legislative races. Last year, The States Project spent nearly $60 million in races in five states with some...
Analyzing primary shockers in Harlem and Brooklyn
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 29, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsPrimary Day in New York City had two big surprises. Yusef Salaam of the “Exonerated Five” is poised to win a City Council primary in Harlem and longtime Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron is badly trailing challenger Chris Banks. Brigid Bergin, the senior politics reporter at WNYC, and Em...
Thomas B. Edsall: American democracy at a crossroads
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 22, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith the United States still recovering from one of the most divisive elections in its history, the next presidential campaign cycle is revving up — with the possibility that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off against each other again. Thomas B. Edsall, a veteran...
Harlem City Council candidates face off in primary debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 15, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThree Democratic candidates for the 9th City Council District in Manhattan squared off in a primary debate, hosted by Errol Louis on Spectrum News/NY1. The district includes much of Harlem, and the seat is currently held by Kristin Richardson Jordan, who announced last month that she would not b...
A day at the races: Primaries to watch in Queens and the Bronx
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 08, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs we close in on June 27, Primary Day in New York City, we continue our look at some of the most competitive City Council races. This week, we head to eastern Queens in District 23, where there is a highly competitive race in which the incumbent Linda Lee is facing criticism from her challenger...
City Council primary preview: Races to watch in Brooklyn and Manhattan
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 01, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWe are less than a month away from June 27, Primary Day in New York City, where close to two dozen City Council seats will be on the ballot. Among the most-watched races is in Harlem with incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan dropping out of the race in May. Two state lawmakers and one of the exon...
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