Name: City Watch with Gale Brewer, Vanessa Gibson, Dr. Shango Blake by Jeff Simmons
Duration: 1 h 8 s
Description: On the December 5, 2021 episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM, Host Jeff Simmons talked with Manhattan Borough President and New York City Councilmember-elect Gale Brewer; New York City Councilmember and Bronx Borough President-elect Vanessa Gibson; and Dr. Shango Blake, co-executive director or NYC Speaks.

On the November 28, 2021 episode of Driving Forces, host David Brand talked with Robin Hood CEO Richard Buery about his recommendations for how Mayor-elect Eric Adams can fight poverty by expanding childcare and preventing homelessness. Green-Wood Cemetery Historian Jeffrey Richman talked about his fantastic new book Building the Brooklyn Bridge 1869-1883: An Illustrated History with Images in 3D. And, David also took listener called about education.

City Watch 2021 with Richard Buery, Jeff Richman

On the December 5, 2021 episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM, Host Jeff Simmons talked with Manhattan Borough President and New York City Councilmember-elect Gale Brewer; New York City Councilmember and Bronx Borough President-elect Vanessa Gibson; and Dr. Shango Blake, co-executive director or NYC Speaks.

City Watch with Gale Brewer, Vanessa Gibson, Dr. Shango Blake

Assembly Health Committee Chair Amy Paulin discusses preserving the Medicaid pharmacy benefit and protecting health care for New York's most vulnerable on WBAI's Driving Forces Feb. 2, 2023.

Assembly Health Chair Amy Paulin discusses #CancelTheCarveout on WBAI

On the October 15, 2023 episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM, Hosts Carlos Menchaca and Jeff Simmons explored the topic of death with end-of-life doula Virginia Chang and then Brooklynite James Whitty, bravely navigating his journey.

City Watch with Virginia Chang, James Whitty

The Oct. 11 episode of City Watch, hosted by David Brand, featured Queens Memory Podcast executive producer Jordan Gass-Poore’, who has compiled oral histories of the COVID crisis in Queens. Museum of the City of New York curator Dr. Lilly Tuttle discussed the New Deal in NYC and the exhibition City/Game about the relationship between basketball and the five boroughs. Cosmos club historian Dr. David Kilpatrick talked about the rich history of the team and of soccer in NYC.

City Watch with Jordan Gass-Poore', Lilly Tuttle, David Kilpatrick

A former journalist and now a communications consultant in NYC, Jeff Simmons is the cohost of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. He previously hosted the station's Driving Forces show on politics and policy, and additionally hosts the It's in Queens podcast.

City Watch with Gale Brewer, Vanessa Gibson, Dr. Shango Blake

Jeff Simmons

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