It's Juneteenth 2026 when we celebrate the end of slavery in the United States, that came more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation when union troops finally rolled into Galveston Bay, Texas and proclaimed that 250,000 enslaved Black people in the Lone Star state were free.
It's 70 degrees in New York City under mostly cloudy skies headed up to 80 degrees. The weekend looks great with temperatures breaking into the low 80s. Monday, showers move in, cooling things off a bit by several degrees.
As you heard here on WBAI yesterday, an estimated two million New Yorkers turned out to celebrate the New York Knicks in and around City Hall and this morning the headlines are not about some hideous crime that was committed amidst the jubilation, but about the collective joy that radiated throughout lower Manhattan largely without incident.
This morning I will be joined by Bob Hennelly's WBAI's general manager and City Hall reporter with his reporter's notebook and we will discuss what's at stake in next Tuesday's primary election.
We will get an update on the latest at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey where hundreds of ICE detainees continue to protest the inhumane conditions in this private jail, run by the GEO Group, who are also major donors to President Trump.
In Hour Two, we will check in with TWU Local 100 Vice President Alexander Kemp about a pending bill in the City Council calling for a ban on carriage horses in New York City. We will also discuss the MTA's push to reduce staffing in the city's subway system and why that really matters for workers and the riding public safety.
United Federation of Teachers President Micheal Mulgrew will also join us and make his case for why giving a raise to New York City's underpaid ParaProfessional teachers could actually save the City of New York tens of millions of dollars every year.
