Hudson Mohawk Magazine

The Gender Recognition Act passed the New York legislature and was signed into law on June 24 by Governor Cuomo. Moses Nagel reports on what this law will mean for gender non-comforming residents of New York State.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

To start the show, Mark Dunlea speaks with Rachel Fauss of Reinvent Albany about the New York State legislative session that adjourned in June.

Then, we speak with educator, researcher, activist, artist, and glaucoma patient, Nora Schaffer, about Pfizer’s decision to stop producing the glaucoma drug phospholine iodide.

After that, on Willie Terry’s The Struggle Continues, we hear from David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez in a panel discussion called “From the Fourth of July to Juneteenth: What do they Mean to Black People?"

Then, Byron Russ join Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY to talk about his rehabilitation process as well as his case for clemency.

And to close out the show, Corinne Carey speaks with local farmer and livestock manager, Justin Butts, about raising pigs, making soap, and working at Laughing Earth Farm in Cropseyville.

Clemency is a way to give a person convicted of a criminal offense relief from a sentence. This is usually done by reducing an individual’s sentence or waiving future consequences from a conviction.

Byron Russ joined Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY to talk about his rehabilitation process as well as his case for clemency.

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the June 2021 talk was "From the Fourth of July to Juneteenth: What do they Mean to Black People?" The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez.

On June 29, 2021, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the press conference at the Labor Temple in Albany, where Senator Kristen Gillibrand spoke, urging the passage of the PRO Act. The Capital District Area Labor Federation (CDALF) sponsored the event. Speakers included Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Senator Kristen Gillibrand, and Mark Emanatian, CDALF Director.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin by speaking with Jennifer Mann, a volunteer with the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County, about the results of the recent 2021 Primary Election.

Then, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry brings us his new series entitled "Solidarity Notes."

Later on, coverage of this week’s “Tonko Tuesday” rally centers on the recent speech by former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck.

After that, we hear from a resident of Lakeview Mobile Home Park in Saratoga, which has been sold and risks putting many people out of affordable home options.

Finally, Scarlett Rebman, the Director of Grants for Humanities New York, discusses the importance of the arts and what they can do for you

Justin Butts is a local farmer and livestock manager raising pigs, making soap, and working at Laughing Earth Farm in Cropseyville. HMM correspondent Corinne Carey visited Justin and his Kunekune (pronounced cooney cooney) pigs on the farm to talk about his career, soap-making, and humane and sustainable agriculture. Listeners can find Justin's Butts Brother Handmade Lard Soap at Laughing Earth Farm's farmstand or online on Facebook.

On Monday, June 28 the Rensselaer County Board of Elections opened and counted absentee ballots cast in the 2021 Primary Election. HMM correspondent Corinne Carey spoke with Jennifer Mann, a volunteer with Rensselaer County Women for Change about the results.

The New York State Legislature adjourned for the year in late June without having taken action on a number of critical ethics reforms, starting with the proposed overhaul of JCOPE, the existing state ethics commission. We hear from Rachel Fauss of Reinvent Albany. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Community groups in the City of Albany are proposing that $20 million of the $85 million in federal COVID relief funds be devoted to neighborhood revitalization and housing in the city's three low-income communities. The Times Union recently detailed a century of housing discrimination supported by government policies in communities of color in Albany. Laura Travison of the South End Improvement Corporation discusses the proposal with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.