Hudson Mohawk Magazine

If you haven't heard yet, the staff at Capital Roots asked the board and management to voluntarily accept their request to unionize. And, after some deliberation, they did! Elizabeth Press (EP) spoke to three Capital Roots staff members about the unionizing process.

That was an interview with Melissa Spiegel, Nicki Russell, and Cody Bloomfield. You can catch Cody on a labor panel this Saturday, July 9 called Organizers on Organizing at the James Connolly Social Club.

Around 20 people who have been living on a vacant lot for many years, received notice that they had to leave last week. The way the developers who own the land handled the situation left many questions about the rights of owners vs. homeless and the problems of affordable housing in the area. Moses Nagel spoke to some Saratoga officials and activists involved.

Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry joins us for this week’s check-in with a community group in his capacity as co-founder and organizer of the MLK Labor and Community Network. He spoke with Cathy Silber.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s conversation with Albany County Legislator Sam Fein about the Albany Riverfront Collaborative.

Then, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry brings us excerpts from remarks delivered at the recent Labor Notes conference in Chicago, by Stacy Davis Gates, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Elise Bryant, President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women.

Later on, reporting on our top headline, Elizabeth Press brings us an interview with Bobby Hodgson of the New York Civil Liberties Union about their lawsuit against the New York State Police.

After that, Andrea Cunliffe takes us to the Townsend Park rally on June 24, hours after the Supreme Court announced the Dobbs decision to rescind the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years.

Finally, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry joins us for this week’s check-in with a community group in his capacity as co-founder and organizer of the MLK Labor and Community Network.

Do you remember when 50-A was repealed in New York in 2020 or what that even was? Well, Bobby Hodgson a supervising attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union spoke with Elizabeth Press about the NYCLU's continued efforts to uphold the appeal with their statewide police transparency campaign. In this interview, Bobby Hodgson further explains the repeal of 50-a, why police misconduct records need to be public, and the news that the NYCLU is suing the New York State Police for refusing to release their records.

On June 24th, the Supreme Court announced the overturn of Roe v Wade. In the Capital Region were various rallies, this one in Townsend Park to center survivors, people with disabilities, queer & BIPOC communities. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer reported on the scene Andrea Cunliffe.

Albany County Legislator Sam Fein recently received a Merit Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for his involvement with the Albany Riverfront Collaborative and its effort to reimagine I-787. Sam talked to Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about the ongoing effort to reclaim Albany's Riverfront for community use. https://www.albanyriverfrontcollaborative.com/

On June 17-19, 2022, Labor Notes held a major conference of grassroots labor activists in Chicago. Labor Notes is a non-profit organization and network for rank-and-file union members and grassroots labor activists. Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry covered the conference virtually. In this labor segment, he shares audio excerpts of the presentation given by Stacy Davis Gates, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Elise Bryant, President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and member of the Labor Heritage Foundation. To see the full recordings of these presentations and others, go to https://labornotes.org/.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with a story on the court throwing out Albany’s Good Cause eviction law

Then, for our peace bucket, we talk with Maureen Aumand about the film “Voices for Peace.”

Later on, we hear from several speakers from the June 24th rally at the Capitol protesting the Supreme Court on abortion

After that,as part of Amy Lin’s series, we hear about landscape architecture and 1011 2nd ave project in troy.

Finally, we have a segment from our archives from Meghan Marohn, who has gone missing during a visit to western Massachusetts.

A personal experience of abortion and the lie behind "pro-life" are shared in this excerpt from the 6/24/22 Albany NY protest against the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Produced by Brea Barthel, who regrets the poor sound quality due to wind.

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