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Metrofocus: May 18, 2022
Season 2022
Episode 7153
Compact magazine founders and editors Sohrab Ahmari and Edwin Aponte join us to discuss their shared political vision for what comes next. Then, we take you on a tour of a 20-acre island near Manhattan that sits completely abandoned and closed off to visitors, without an official escort. Last, find out how one community on Long Island is trying to hold on to its past while staving off developers.
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