It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

On today's show, we'll discuss the emerging culture wars around period product accessibility.

Then, our 100 Things and 100 Years series continues with a deep dive into the history of West Indies immigrants in New York,

ahead of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday.

And we'll close the show with a look at how hard it is to find child care in the U.S. during the summertime and what's to be

done about it. But first, we start with a double dose of news from City Hall. It's Wednesday,

and Mayor Adams held his off-topic press conference yesterday with reporters.

He made some news about his position on banning cell phones in the city's public schools, which

open up next week. He also talked a bit about his experience at the DNC last week, albeit under

very explicit guidance from his counsel. Lisa Zornberg. We'll get to why that was the case.

And of course, he was asked to weigh in on his pick for the city's corporation counsel,

Attorney Randy Mastrow. And that will bring us to the second half of our City Hall segment.

While the mayor was meeting with reporters, Mastro was meeting with the council for 11 hours.

That's almost an entire half day.

He was grilled on his past cases and associates.

There was also a very interesting surprise witness.

My colleague Liz Kim from the WNYC Newsroom is on a well-earned vacation this week. So I'm joined by Dana Rubinstein,

Metro Reporter for the New York Times. Dana, welcome back to WNYC and thanks so much for joining me this

morning. Thanks for having me, Bridget. And listeners, if you have a question about any of the news

from City Hall this week, or if you want to weigh in on this

question of the cell phone ban in schools, perhaps give your take on Randy Mastro as the city's

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