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You’re listening to Uptown Radio from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. This is an original podcast from the class of 2021.

Meet your hosts: Lucy Soucek and Marta Biino.

They’ll bring you all the news from Manhattan, including the latest on the university’s graduate workers’ strike as well as New York City’s eviction moratorium.

Plus, a new treatment for cystic fibrosis is being hailed as a miracle cure, local businesses are rediscovering the ancient art of bartering, and we’ll take a closer look at the Lincoln Center’s exciting summer plans.

Finally, you may have noticed the city’s feral cats are in the midst of a baby boom – we can tell you why.

It’s all the conversations important to Columbia University in one place.

Our special guests include Sateesh Nori, Attorney in Charge at The Legal Aid Society, and Clive Chang, Lincoln Center's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer.

The team of reporters is led by Executive Producer Joanna Robin, Senior Editor Martha Guerrero, and Senior Producer Chloe Wynne with help from Lily Lopate, Anna Gordon and Jon Edelman.

Camille Bond brought us the national news headlines and Nico Picciuto covered all things local. The feature stories you heard, in order of appearance, were by Jon Edelman, Anna Gordon, M. Skye Holly, Marta Biino, and Lucy Soucek.

Our instructors Ellen Horne and Camille Peterson advised our staff. Blue Dot Sessions and Orange Free Sounds provided some of the music for today’s show.

See you next time.

Arcelia Martin delivers New York City News for the afternoon of Thursday, April 22, 2021.

Kate Stockrahm reports on the closure of New York's Indian Point Power Plant and what's next in nuclear.

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The population of those in ICE detention is dropping. But the death rate is rising. Between 2019 to 2020, while the number of those in ICE custody decreased by a third, as Arcelia Martin reports, the death rate grew sevenfold.

Uptown Radio Broadcast - April 22, 2021 by Uptown Radio

New York City will roll out the largest tourism ad campaign in its history. But will it be enough to lure visitors back?

Work from Home Reveals New Sides of Parents by Uptown Radio

On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin became one of the few police officers to ever be convicted in the killing of an unarmed citizen. Since George Floyd's death last summer, New York has seen a range of efforts to reform policing. Advocates say one of the keys to accountability is access to internal police documents. Rachel Moran is an associate professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. She recently authored a study on the release of police misconduct records.