The final primary has come and gone. We analyze the results and talk politics with local political leaders and analysts including House Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles Rangel (D-NY-15th District-Upper Manhattan), Marie Cocco , syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group , and Melissa Harris-Lacewell , associate professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University.
The six teenagers that were shot in Marcus Garvey Park over the weekend were only the latest victims of an uptick in violent crime that has arrived with the warmer weather. We discuss the situation with Eric Adams , NY State Senator (20th district), and Jackie Rowe Adams , co-founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent End).