NYC's Racial Equity Plan Delayed
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Laris show on WNYC. |
| 0:13.1 | Happy Friday, everybody. |
| 0:14.7 | We'll talk today about how Attorney General Pam Bondi is apparently investigating doctors |
| 0:19.6 | who have given gender affirming care to minors in states |
| 0:23.9 | where that is legal. They're also getting a lot of private information about the patients. |
| 0:28.8 | This is a Washington Post story and will have their reporter. What kinds of criminal charges |
| 0:33.6 | might the Trump administration be looking to bring against doctors over any of that and what |
| 0:38.5 | may they be learning about any individuals seeking and receiving that care? |
| 0:44.3 | We'll talk about the Democratic versus Republican approaches to affordability today for working class, |
| 0:50.9 | largely non-college educated Americans, and we'll have a call-in at the end of the show |
| 0:55.7 | on August Friday call in to share easy day trips or last-minute weekend getaways to help other |
| 1:03.9 | listeners have a little bit more fun before summer runs away until next year. But we begin with |
| 1:09.6 | this fundamental piece of local news. |
| 1:12.5 | An independent city agency called the Commission on Racial Equity is suing Mayor Eric Adams |
| 1:19.2 | administration over delays in releasing a plan to address racial disparities in New York City. |
| 1:25.9 | Back in 2022, voters, including many of you, |
| 1:29.4 | overwhelmingly backed a charter revision proposal |
| 1:32.5 | that mandated the city released reports |
| 1:35.3 | on racial disparities every two years. |
| 1:38.0 | But the first such equity plan scheduled to come |
| 1:40.9 | during the Adams administration was never released, and as the lawsuit notes, |
| 1:45.8 | is now 500 days overdue. Reaction from the mayor's office, well, Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for |
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