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The Gary Baumgarten ReportA Man Attacks Jews But It's Not A Hate CrimeSuspect Camwren ColeHe was dripping in blood and carrying a hammer when he burst into a pediatrician’s office looking for Jews. Cops arrested him and he faces assault charges. But he’s not been charged with a hate crime.Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind wants to know why he hasn’t.If you like my postings please subscribe. There’s no charge. Thanks! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garybaumgarten.substack.com
2021-09-1606 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportGroup Uses App To Fight Rising NY City CrimeCitizens working with police.That’s what Citizens for a Safe NYC is all about.Working with police to let them know about problems in neighborhoods. But making sure local City Council members, and even the mayor’s office, is kept in the loop.Teaming up with a safety app called GPost. Which even includes a panic button with a geo-locater should you be in real trouble.Citizens for a Safe NYC founder Ruth Katz tells us in this interview why she started the organization and how they are working to foster bett...
2021-08-1016 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportHundreds Of Flights Canceled - How To Avoid Being StrandedHundreds of flights at Spirit and American Airlines canceled for consecutive days.Why is this happening? And how can you avoid getting stranded at the airport?Chris Carley, whose Eye of the Flyer blog is a must-read for anyone planning to fly, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going on. And tosses in some travel tips as well in this interview. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garybaumgarten.substack.com
2021-08-0517 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportIsraeli COVID Researcher Explains Why Everyone Should VaccinateShy Arkin is the Israeli Arthur Lejwa Professor of Structural Biochemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Life Science - a lead coronavirus researcher. And he feels the frustration many have about how the pandemic is ramping up because of the Delta variant.In this interview, Arkin explains why the vaccine, which did so well against the original Alpha variant, is struggling with the Delta. But why it’s still so important for everyone to be vaccinated because it’s still safer to get jabbed than not.And why folks 60 and older are being given...
2021-08-0418 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportHomelessness In Our Face In LANo matter the neighborhood you’re likely to find homeless people making do on the streets of Los Angeles. Some live in tent cities, like this one near Hollywood and Vine.Of course these encampments have no amenities. They are often surrounded by garbage including the product of defecation. So they become a public health issue both for the homeless people and those who live or work nearby.You can pay $30 to park to go to the Hollywood Bowl. Then leave your car and walk through this encampment on the way to the venue.So...
2021-07-2016 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportMusician Raises Money For Youth BoxingHe’s doing it in conjunction with and to honor our Olympic boxers.Recording artist DICI is donating the proceeds from his new single “Five Rings” to 17-hundred USA Boxing clubs nationwide. The Clubs were hard hit by the pandemic. Some 300 were unable to reopen.In this interview, DICI says he hopes inner city youth who would otherwise be forced into gang life will instead take advantage of the boxing programs he’s helping to fund.You can download the track here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...
2021-07-1514 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportNew York City's Residential Market Is BackWhen I met Empire State Properties founder Suzanne Miller at a New York City steak house recently she told me something that kind of blew me away.The residential real estate market in New York City, she said, is “on fire.”How can that be? Just a few months ago we all were reporting about record vacancies and sinking prices because of the pandemic.I met with Suzanne at her Midtown New York City offices to get her perspective on how the residential real estate market is, not just rebounding, but has already returned....
2021-07-0806 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportSome Companies Are Literally Chasing EmployeesTraditionally people have moved in order to find work. But since the pandemic, so many workers have relocated that some companies are chasing their employees.Tom Stringer is managing director at BDO where he advises companies on where to locate their new and expanded businesses. In this interview, Stringer says there can be a financial benefit to a company that moves to be close to its workforce if it results in a reduction of its overhead. But some are financially challenged by the prospect of relocating if they are already locked into long-term leases in high rent cities...
2021-07-0318 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportIt's Much Worse At The Border Than You ThoughtThe organizer of the Great American Clean Up headed down to Del Rio Texas where an army of volunteers will conduct a massive anti-trash and litter campaign in September.John Rourke went there this week to finalize logistics.But he was shocked to see how open the border is along the Rio Grande. And he found a humanitarian crisis far more severe than many of us realize. Meeting and talking to people who walked 45-hundred miles from Brazil to get to the United States. (Not all of them were from South or Central America by the...
2021-07-0231 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportRamping Up Art Sales On The High SeasAs the pandemic begins to wane and cruise ships prepare to sail the owner of the world’s largest art gallery is gearing up too.Park West Gallery sells art on hundreds of cruise ships. In this interview, owner Albert Scaglione tells us how he’s kept his business afloat during the pandemic. And how hundreds of employees are anxious to return to work.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so that they appear in your email inbox whenever I publish something new. There’s no charge. And thanks for listening! This is a p...
2021-07-0115 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportRepublican Candidate Says Facebook Censored HerA Republican candidate for New York City Council says her posting asking for donations was taken down by Facebook, she believes because of her conservative views. But Inna Vernikov says in this interview that while Facebook censors her, it lets hateful speech remain.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so that they appear in your email inbox whenever I publish something new. There’s no charge. And thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garybaumgarten.substack.co
2021-06-3017 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportExposing China's Treatment Of UyghursMore international pressure is being put on China for its treatment of Uyghurs. But is it enough.The prime minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, Salih Hudayar tells us in this interview that the increased pressure is helpful. But that it’s just a beginning.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so that they appear in your email inbox whenever I publish something new. There’s no charge. And thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...
2021-06-2612 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportNo, New York City Is NOT Dead“New York will NEVER come back.” How many times have I heard people utter those words?But maybe they (and at times a pessimistic Gary, too) are wrong.Jonathan Stravitz is a major player brokering commercial real estate deals in New York City. Not only is he bullish on the city’s ability to recover, he can point to examples of companies investing big time in Manhattan real estate. He tells us all about it in this interview.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so that they appear in your email inbox whenev...
2021-06-2509 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportAn American Trapped In The PhilippinesMiles Jackson is an American in the Philippines. Living on one of the country’s more than 7,000 islands. Trapped. Unable to leave the island with his Filipina wife and their daughter to come to the United States because of COVID restrictions.Ironically Jackson and his wife are travel writers and consultants. So while they can book trips for clients, they can’t book passage for themselves.In this interview he talks about his specific conundrum. But also about confusing and often contradictory rules in the Philippines, the nation’s struggles with getting people vaccinated and how this g...
2021-06-2230 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportCuomo's Policy Killed Nursing Home PatientsA New York Bar Association report cites Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s directive transferring COVID patients from hospitals to nursing homes as the cause of COVID deaths.The task force report concludes the order should have been reverse sooner. And led to what it calls “additional deaths.”Long Island attorney John Dalli, who represents nursing home patients and their families, was a member of the task force. In this interview, he discusses the process they followed to reach their conclusions. And where this all leaves grieving families.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so tha...
2021-06-1721 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportCalls To Remove Omar From Key CommitteeHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Incensed over her comparing the United States and Israel to terrorist groups Hamas and the Taliban.But McCarthy isn’t the first person to urge Omar’s removal. On May 20, 2019, Joe Diamond kicked off an effort to remove her from the sensitive position with a Times Square rally and the rolling out of a billboard calling for Pelosi to strip Omar of the committee assignment. Diamond was motivated by what he and his followers then...
2021-06-1514 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportRudy Endorses Curtis For NY MayorDoes former New York mayor and personal attorney to then-President Donald Trump Rudy Guiliani’s endorsement of Curtis Sliwa for mayor of New York help or hurt Sliwa?On the one hand, Guiliani is given credit for cleaning up the city when it was infamously known for its runaway crime rate. And if anything, New Yorkers recognize there’s been a backward slide in fighting crime in the past year. They want a repeat of the Guiliani crime fighting years so they can feel safe on the streets again.But on the other hand, New York City...
2021-06-1524 min
The Gary Baumgarten ReportWhat Now For Israel?For the first time in 12 years Israel has a new prime minister. But the coalition that was put into place to replace Benjamin Netanyahu consists of political enemies. And raises lots of questions about the stability of a government in a post-Netanyahu Israel.Israel analyst Boaz Frankel joins me to discuss the probable political mortality of the coalition and what it means for Israel’s security and its relationship with the United States. And what the probable future holds for Netanyahu.If you like my postings, please consider subscribing so that they appear in your email in...
2021-06-1416 minEmily Grassi – FOX News RadioParents of Child Allegedly Given Away Facing ChargesA Pennsylvania couple has been ordered to stand trial on charges they gave away their 14-year-old daughter to a Philadelphia-area man after he helped them out financially.
FOX’s Gary Baumgarten reports:
A judge ruling there’s sufficient evidence to go ahead with the case against Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus. They are charged with child endangerment.
This after cops say they gave their daughter to Lee Kaplan of Feasterville Pennsylvania after he financially helped the former Amish couple.
The judge also ordering Kaplan to stand trial on sexual assault char...
2016-08-0300 min