Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

Comm. Loree Sutton, MD, of the Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs discusses programs and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors facing the challenges of unemployment, mental health issues, and homelessness.

Comm. Loree Sutton, MD, of the Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs discusses programs and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors facing the challenges of unemployment, mental health issues, and homelessness.

Erin Butler, Helaine Soller and Marie Schepis, members of the Women in the Arts Foundation, talk about the attitudes that still exist and the difficulties for women to exhibit and take their place as professional artists.

Shari Silberstein is executive director of Equal Justice USA, a national organization, partnering with state and local groups, working to repeal the death penalty and to help crime victims and their families rebuild their lives.

NYC Councilmember Corey Johnson describes his district 3 as "the best district." Calling the Hudson Yards the "Abu Dahbi on the Hudson" office towers, residents, parks, commercial space, Councilmember Johnson spoke of 100% affordable housing in the plan.

Professors Nicholas Bloom and Matthew Lasner, co-editors of "Affordable Housing in New York," discuss the history of public housing, condos/co-ops, Mitchell-Lama, NYCHA and more, remarking that there is never enough affordable housing in NYC.

Ronnie Eldridge asks guest Doug Muzzio, Baruch College, "So, what do you think?" beginning a passionate conversation about candidates for the presidency - particularly Republican candidates: fear tactics, mistruths, lies, demagoguery.

NY City Council Member Ritchie Torres represents 165,000 people of which 6,000 individuals vote. Torres works to boost civic awareness and to increase the number of voters. He is chair of the Committee on Public Housing (NYCHA), home to 600,000 NYers.

Les Leopold's book "Runaway Inequality" explains how economic inequality developed, what it is doing to us-to our families and to our country, illustrating how virtually all the key issues we face, are ultimately connected to rising economic inequality.

This country has 2.3 million people in its jails and prisons, the highest incarceration rate in the world. Jeremy Travis, John Jay College president, discusses the damage of mass incarceration on families, communities, and the economy and reform efforts.