Episodios

  • Brad Lander on His Run for Congress in NY-10

    Brad Lander on His Run for Congress in NY-10
    Jan 13 2026
    Brad Lander, former New York City Comptroller and 2025 mayoral candidate, joined the show to discuss his campaign for Congress in New York's 10th Congressional District, which includes Lower Manhattan and a swathe of Brooklyn. Lander is challenging Rep. Dan Goldman in the June 2026 Democratic primary for one of New York's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Ep 561)
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    1 h y 7 m
  • How Mayor Mamdani Can Create a More Livable City, with Ben Furnas & Sara Lind

    How Mayor Mamdani Can Create a More Livable City, with Ben Furnas & Sara Lind
    Jan 10 2026
    Ben Furnas and Sara Lind — leaders of Transportation Alternatives and Open Plans, respectively, and members of Mayor Mamdani's transition committee — joined the show to discuss ideas for creating a more livable city with improvements for how people get around, use outdoor space, and enjoy the city. They discussed ideas and expectations for Mamdani on street safety, open space, traffic, bike lanes, outdoor dining, use of the curb, and much more, and touched on how Mayor Adams did on those issues. (Ep 560)
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Diane Savino on the Ups & Downs of the Adams Years, the Start of the Mamdani Era, & More

    Diane Savino on the Ups & Downs of the Adams Years, the Start of the Mamdani Era, & More
    Jan 7 2026
    Diane Savino — recently a senior advisor to Mayor Eric Adams (2023-25) and previously longtime state senator (2005-22) — joined the show to discuss her work in the Adams administration and the former mayor's legacy, the start of Zohran Mamdani's mayoralty, how government works and doesn't, the state-level passage of Medical Aid in Dying legislation that she worked on as a senator, and more. (Ep 559)
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    1 h y 29 m
  • Eric Adams' Tenure & Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration, with Thomas Dyja & Basil Smikle Jr.

    Eric Adams' Tenure & Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration, with Thomas Dyja & Basil Smikle Jr.
    Jan 2 2026
    Urban historian Thomas Dyja and political strategist Dr. Basil Smikle Jr. joined the show to put Eric Adams' mayoralty and Zohran Mamdani's inauguration into modern historical context. They joined host Ben Max to discuss the meaning of the Eric Adams era and its impact on the city, how Adams fits in the modern pantheon of mayors, and the meaning of Mamdani's election to succeed Adams, including the hopes and questions about his budding mayoralty. Dyja is the author of several books, including New York New York New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation. Smikle Jr. has been involved in many political campaigns in New York, is a former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party, and is currently a professor in and director of the master's program in nonprofit management at Columbia University's School of Professional Studies, among other roles in politics and academia. (Ep 558)
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Eric Adams' Legacy as Mayor, with Tom Allon

    Eric Adams' Legacy as Mayor, with Tom Allon
    Dec 24 2025
    Tom Allon — longtime journalist, publisher of City & State magazine, and former informal advisor to Eric Adams who helped him with "mayor school" – joined the show to consider Adams' tenure and legacy as Mayor of New York City. (Ep 557)
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Preventing Hate Crimes, with Vijah Ramjattan

    Preventing Hate Crimes, with Vijah Ramjattan
    Dec 20 2025
    Vijah Ramjattan, Executive Director of the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes in the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, joined the show to discuss the office's efforts to prevent bias-based crimes, what makes the difference in increases and decreases in hate crimes, the importance of education and community-building, and more. (Ep 556)
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    1 h y 5 m
  • Getting to Fast & Free Buses, with Betsy Plum

    Getting to Fast & Free Buses, with Betsy Plum
    Dec 17 2025
    Betsy Plum, Executive Director of Riders Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group, and a member of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition committee, joined the show to discuss Mamdani's campaign promise of "fast and free buses" in New York City, how to really speed up the city's notoriously slow buses, whether free buses is the right goal and how to get there if so, and more. (Ep 555)
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    1 h y 16 m
  • New York City's Shifting Short-Term Rental Market, with Christian Klossner

    New York City's Shifting Short-Term Rental Market, with Christian Klossner
    Dec 13 2025
    Christian Klossner, Executive Director of New York City's Office of Special Enforcement, joined the show to discuss the shifting legal and regulatory landscape around Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms, and his office's education and enforcement work as New York City has sought to eradicate tens of thousands of illegal short-term rental listings while allowing a legal market to flourish. (Ep 554)
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    1 h y 11 m
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