Hudson Mohawk Magazine

After much debate, the Albany Common Council passed the city budget for 2023. The biggest issues were the funding for the Community Police Review Board and an initiative to provide aid to tenants facing eviction. Moses Nagel filed a report.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s story on ranked choice voting and why election reformists support it.

Then, we get a sneak preview of this Thursday’s event at the Sanctuary with an interview with journalist and author of "American Caliph" Shahan Mufti by Steve Pierce.

Later on, Marsha Lazarus talks to artist Rabbi Linda Motzkin about her passions for her work.

After that, we visit the new restaurant by the Sanctuary: Mediterranean Grill Cuisine.

Finally, Thom Frances introduces us to the local poet Nancy Klepsch.

The plaza next to The Sanctuary for Independent Media on River Street has been transformed, and its new occupants serve Mediterranean cuisine. What's unique about this family-run restaurant with Turkish-Kurdish roots? Sina Basila Hickey went to the Mediterranean Grill Cuisine to find out.

Journalist Shahan Mufti talks about his new book, "American Caliph," on the 1977 Hanafi Muslim seige of Washington D.C., with Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Steve Pierce.

Shahan Mufti will be speaking at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY at 7 PM on Thursday, December 1, 2022.

www.shahanmufti.com

Nancy Klepsch is a local poet and a teacher. Her poems have been published in Oberon, 13th Moon, Poetry magazine, Salvage, 200 Proof and Chronogram among others, and online on Barzakh and Albany Poets. "god must be a boogie man" is her first book of poetry and is available from her website at nancyklepsch.com. She has been reading at featured readings or open mics in the Albany area for the past 20 years. Klepsch is the co-host, with Dan Wilcox, of the Second Sunday @ 2 open mic for poetry and prose at Collar City Mushrooms in Troy, NY.

On April 12, 2015, Nancy read her poem "A Queer Horse" at the "Up The River, Issue Three" launch reading at McGeary's.

Retired National Weather Service meteorologist Hugh Johnson joined Blaise Bryant to talk about the weather and the lake effect that recenly pummeled Buffalo, NY.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Seneca Lake Guardians response to the signing of the Crypto Mining Bill.

Then, we get an overview of the “Open Spaces for All” report that was released to address who is visiting and feels welcome in public parks.

Later on, we remember Colia Clark, a pillar of the American civil rights movement, who passed away on November 4 with a recording from her visit to The Sanctuary for Independent Media in 2013.

After that, we go into our archives for an interview with Barbie Izquierdo on food insecurity.

Finally, retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us to tell us about the weather

Colia Clark, a pillar of the American civil rights movement passed away on November 4 at the age of 82. She worked with the NAACP alongside Medgar Evers in Mississippi. Then, as a member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), she played key roles in the effort to establish equal voting rights in Selma, Alabama and the Birmingham Campaign. Later she worked with Cynthia Mckinney in her Presidential Campaign and ran for the Senate from New York twice on the Green Party ballot line. She was more recently a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and chair of Grandmothers for the Release of Mumia Abu Jamal.

She was also a professor at SUNY Albany. In March 2013, she spoke at the Sanctuary for Independent Media about the importance of Troy and this area in the underground railroad and the the resistance to slavery.

Personal chef, entrepreneur, and owner of 8 Count Kitchen Jermaine Wright spoke with Marsha Lazarus about his journey as a chef, where "8 Count Kitchen" comes from, and how he celebrated Thanksgiving. This is part 2 of 3.

NYC has recently adopted ranked choice voting for its primaries in local election and several states (Maine and Alaska) are using it for races including federal elections. Over 100 communities nationwide are now using RCV, where voters ranked candidates in order of preference and the winner must end up with a majority of the votes. Howie Hawkins discusses the status of the effort to promote such election reforms in New York. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.