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MetroFocus: October 19, 2020Episode
October 19, 2020 at 6:30 pm

Weighing in on local and national headlines this week is our veteran panel featuring political commentator and CUNY Professor J.C. Polanco, noted author, associate professor of political science at Rutgers University and a senior scholar at their Eagleton Institute of Politics, Dr. Saladin Ambar and NY Daily News editorial board member, Laura Nahmias.

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“A WORLD WITHIN A WORLD: BAY HOUSES OF LONG ISLAND”clip
October 15, 2020 at 6:30 pm

Tonight, filmmaker Barbara Weber, Long Island Traditions director Nancy Solomon and Treasures of New York journey inside “A World Within a World” for a firsthand look at how bay house owners have persevered and endured through severe severe storms and hurricanes as well as eroding marshlands, all while preserving tradition.

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MetroFocus: October 15, 2020Episode
October 15, 2020 at 6:30 pm

Tonight we examine where Hurricane Sandy left us eight years later with a special report from Treasures Of New York featuring the people rebuilding Long Island’s Bay Houses to the City and State officials crafting a battle plan to protect us from the next superstorm to the activists shining a light on Sandy’s disproportionate impact on low-income and minority communities.

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EARTH DAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY: PROTECTING THE PLANET AMID PANDEMICclip
April 22, 2020 at 6:45 pm

It's been fifty years since the first Earth Day ignited a wave of activism that led to unprecedented environmental action. With much of the world forced to stay home this year amid the pandemic, Earth Day 2020 will look much different, but its mission will remain the same. The Nature Conservancy joins us with tips on how you can still do your part to protect the planet.

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MetroFocus: April 22, 2020Episode
April 22, 2020 at 6:30 pm

With much of the world forced to stay home this year amid the pandemic, Earth Day 2020 will look much different, but its mission will remain the same. The Nature Conservancy joins us with tips on how you can still do your part to protect the planet. A Newsday reporting team shares firsthand accounts of the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of the nurses, physicians and patients.

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MetroFocus is made possible by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Anti-Semitism, The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Bernard and Denise Schwartz, Barbara Hope Zuckerberg, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Janet Prindle Seidler, Jody and John Arnhold, the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Judy and Josh Weston and the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation.

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