Bob Hennelly on if it is safe to fully reopen New York City

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(5/20/21) Investigative journalist Bob Hennelly’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Village Voice, the Christian Science Monitor, the Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press along with dozens of other magazines and newspapers. In addition to his radio work for NPR and Richard Wolfe’s Economic Update, he is also a regular contributor to this show. With New York Mayor Bill de Blasio promising to fully reopen the city by July 1, in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI, Bob considers what this will mean for the transit workers, food service workers and retail employees that are on the front lines of this public health crisis.