WBAI-FM Upcoming Program
The Indypendent News Hour

Tue, May 12, 2026 5:00 PM

INSIDE THE NY STATE BUDGET + SANITATION TRANSFORMATION

What is or is not in New York State's annual budget affects every facet of life—education, health care, public transit, parks, public safety, the budgets of cities and towns large and small and so much more. On this week's Indypendent News Hour, we'll speak with Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, a democratic socialist from Brooklyn, about the latest machinations in Albany as negotiations on New York State's roughly $265 billion state budget appear to be reaching their end stage. We'll also look at what it means for New York City as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a $5 billion city budget deficit while Gov. Kathy Hochul refuses to increase taxes on the rich and talk with Gallagher about her crusade to force changes to a skewed process that gives the governor disproportionate power over the state legislature.  
In the second half of the show, we'll be talking trash with Indypendent reporter Renee Feltz. In her cover story for the May print edition of The Indypendent, Feltz takes a deep dive into how the Mamdani administration, City Council, community boards, neighborhood activists, think tank theorists and countless everyday New Yorkers are working to transform how garbage is handled in New York City. Feltz will be joined by Clarisa Alayeto, a South Bronx activist featured in our cover story who is leading efforts to clean up her neighborhood including securing more dedicated resources from a city government that has historically neglected the South Bronx. 
 

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