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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: DSA Councilmember Alexa Avilés on Migrant Crisis, Fiona & Arsenic in NYCHA
Description: On this week’s Indypendent News Hour on WBAI, we speak with Alexa Avilés, democratic socialist City Councilmember whose South Brooklyn district encompasses Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood and parts of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights and Borough Park. We catch up with her on the latest from Puerto rico, the city’s response to the influx of migrants from border states and the latest disturbing news from the New York City Housing Authority which she oversees as the Chair of the City Council’s Committee on NYCHA.