You Decide with Errol Louis

As she seeks a third term, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat down with Errol at her campaign headquarters in the Bronx to reflect on her time in office, issues in her district and some Washington politics.

The Queens and Bronx representative weighed in on the debate over public safety, bail reform and the crisis on Rikers Island. And on the national end, she discussed the midterm elections and how President Biden is faring so far, including the stalling of his social spending agenda.

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In the final “You Decide” episode of the year, Errol looks ahead to the 2021 campaign for New York City mayor. With the Democratic primary six months away, he explains what he thinks the candidates should be focusing on and he shares some of your thoughts on the race so far.

Check out Errol’s interviews with the mayoral contenders on “Inside City Hall”: https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/inside-city-hall

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Let Errol know what priorities you want the next mayor of New York City to focus on and whether any of the current candidates appeal to you. Weigh in on Twitter using the hashtag #NY1YouDecide, give us a call at 212-379-3440 and leave a message, or send an email to [email protected].

After months of people incarcerated in jails and prisons being excluded from New York’s vaccine rollout, a judge ruled that the state must allow New Yorkers behind bars access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Jose Saldaña, the director of the Release Aging People in Prison campaign, joined Errol to talk about the ruling and the overall state of medical care in state prisons. And as someone who was incarcerated for nearly four decades, he discussed his personal journey and his experience with the parole system.

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Racism often ensures that Black Americans get worse results than other groups when they visit the doctor or an emergency room. It not only affects patients: only 2% of physicians in the U.S. are Black women. Dr. Uché Blackstock is trying to level the playing field. A New York-based physician, Blackstock is the author of “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism In Medicine,” which addresses the deep inequities in the American health care system.

Dr. Blackstock joined NY1’s Errol Louis to discuss her efforts as well as her childhood in Crown Heights as the daughter of a physician, and the potential ramifications of shuttering the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

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“Doppelgänger: A Trip Into the Mirror World” is the most recent book by social activist Naomi Klein. The book has an unlikely premise: Klein has often been confused with author Naomi Wolf. Klein uses this confusion to tell her most personal story yet, but along the way writes of the online paranoia that rose through the pandemic. The “other Naomi” is a rabid anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist and, in many ways, Klein’s polar opposite.

Klein joined NY1’s Errol Louis to talk about her new book and the allure of the world of conspiracy theories after tragic events occur. They also discussed the public’s fascination with cloning, doppelgänger literature, and the monetization of conspiracy theories. Finally, the conversation touched on the diverging paths she and Wolf took, the Israel-Hamas war and the dangers of using words like “fringe” to describe the far right.

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