Hudson Mohawk Magazine

On Saturday, May 22nd, the Collard City Growers are hosting a plant swap party from 11am to 1pm, where a wide variety of fascinating plants will be available. Christian Grigoraskos and Azuré Keahi of Collard City Growers discuss with McKenna Conners their organization’s goals and the upcoming plant swap.

Sebastian Pillitteri, Community Science Coordinator at Riverkeeper, will be at The Sanctuary for Independent Media's Nature Lab this weekend on May 22 for water testing. HMM spoke with Sebastian about the importance, the process, and the community connection in water testing.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin by speaking about a more central site in the City of Troy for early voting in Rensselaer County with Melanie Trimble of NYCLU Capital District

Then, people who attended last weekend’s rally in response to the violence against the Palestinians were asked about what they think is a path to peace between Israel and occupied Palestine

Later on, Willie Terry brings us the first part of his interview with Thomas M. Grace, one of the people who were injured at the Kent State peaceful protest back in 1970

After that, we will interview Riverkeeper Community Science Coordinator, Sebastian Pillitteri, about the water testing happening this weekend at The Sanctuary

Finally, we get a recap of the annual Birdathon that took place earlier this week with Audubon NY & CT Communications Manager, Sharon Bruce

Sharon Bruce, Communications Manager at Audubon New York and Audubon Connecticut, led birders in an annual Birdathon on Monday, May 17. The next day, she spoke with HMM correspondent Corinne Carey about the 112 species of birds the group saw and heard in diverse habitats in the capital region.

The violence continues this week in Jerusalem and occupied Palestine. While the conflict often seems intractable, there are realistic steps toward peace that could happen. The Us government could play a role in encouraging peace, but currently it provides billions of dollars in military aid to Israel with no requirement to respect even the bare minimum human rights of the Palestinians. Moses Nagel and Caelan McPherson attended the rally in Albany on Saturday, May 15 to ask people about a path to peace

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with an update on the Working Families Party with our Mark Dunlea and his guest Phil Markham.

Then, Paul Smart reports on Monday’s Albany Common Council meeting

Later on, Moses Nagel talks with Vickie Smith and Dr. Sridat Chuttar, the two incumbent members running unopposed for Albany School Board.

After that, our roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry presents the 4th installment of his roundtable discussion about “Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control.”

In our final segment, Troy Prep School Media Club member Treasure Erwin talks with Kiani Conley-Wilson, community organizer District 5 on Troy’s City Council candidate.

In this episode of Collegiate Perspectives Frank DiTommaso interviews Connor Schnapp. Connor is a fourth year chemical engineering student, and member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Men’s Lacrosse Team. The interview you will hear will go into detail about Connor and her teammate’s opinions about how RPI has dealt with the allowance of Spring Sports due to the pandemic outbreak.

One of the next big issues coming forth in Albany and elsewhere in our nation's urban landscape are new laws seeking to cement in Good Cause Eviction premises that will increase the tenants' rights that became key to many's survival during the pandemic. The issue recently came up at an Albany Common Council workshop where passions flared on all sides of the issue.

Monday night, Albany's Common Council was expected to finally pass long-awaited legislation banning the use of tear gas in the city. Instead they again tabled the measure, after much public input, while also hearing about and tabling a decision regarding the increasingly controversial Holiday Lights display in Washington Park each winter. Councilperson Derek Johnson of the City's Second Ward summed up the evening's sense of frustration eloquently.

On May 10, 2021, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry interviewed Thomas M. Grace about his experience at Ohio, Kent State University on May 4, 1970, when National Guards killed four students wounded nine during an antiwar protest. He was one of the students that were injured and survived. In 2016 he wrote a book about his experience entitled "Kent State: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties." In this Labor Talk segment, you will hear part four of that interview.