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This is a story about the potential development of a Harlem apartment complex. The photo rendering is courtesy of the Olnick Organization.

This is a story about the potential development of a Harlem apartment complex. The photo rendering is courtesy of the Olnick Organization.

Himmelman CUMB Story by Uptown Radio

The New York State Senate is considering a bill to protect the rights of intersex people by preventing nonconsensual surgeries. Hasham Nusrat talks with intersex advocates who are fighting for the bill, and one psychologist who opposes it. A heads up for listeners. This story contains explicit references to genital anatomy.

Oyster restoration by Uptown Radio

In the coming months, the Supreme Court will decide whether the some 700,000 immigrants can legally remain in the United States. They have temporary status under a program known as DACA. It allows individuals who were brought to the U.S. as minors to work legally and defer deportation for renewable two year periods. As Ciara Long reports, decision could have consequences for public education.

New York City Representative Jose Serrano is retiring from Congress after three decades. Community organizer Samelys López is one of more than a dozen Democrats vying to replace him. Lopez was recently endorsed by the New York City Chapter of the Democrati Socialists of America. She’s also part of the wave of progressive women of color who are running for state and local office.

When visitors walk around Columbia University’s Morningside Campus, they see proud marble buildings designed in the Greco-Roman style, and expanses of manicured lawns. But as Maggie Donahue reports, the university’ richest history can be found underground.

Columbia University has one of the oldest and richest Yiddish programs in the United States. The major was reinstated at Columbia in 2003, with two seniors graduating with Yiddish degrees that year. Today, Yiddish at Columbia has flourished. Khaya Himmelman finds out how the study of a language that many would classify as “dying” is thriving on Columbia’s campus.

Even after six months, protests in Hong Kong are showing no signs of slowing down. Uptown Radio’s Yoonji Han reports on how New Yorkers are showing their support for protestors, even from halfway around the world.