Thursday Morning Politics; NJ's Budget; NYS's New Air Quality Tool; Cohabitating After Separation

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Coming up on today’s show:

    David Leonhardt, senior writer for The New York Times, who writes The Morning, The Times’s flagship daily newsletter, talks about the latest national political news.

    Last Friday, New Jersey’s $54.3 billion state budget for 2024 was signed into law. Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show and of the new podcast “Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery,” explains what’s in the budget, what didn’t make it in, and what certain provisions, including tax relief, education funding and NJ Transit, could mean for Garden State residents.

    Basil Seggos, commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and James McDonald, acting New York State health commissioner, talk about how to decipher the air quality information in the AirNow.gov tool, and how the poor air quality can effect personal health.

    Recently, former mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray announced their separation after 29 years of marriage. Unlike many who choose to separate from their spouse, the two will continue living together in their Park Slope townhouse while dating other people. In light of this news, we open the phones to listeners who have made similar choices about their households, families and love lives.

     

     

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