Alex Brook Lynn asks Katie Honan to walk us through a few of the top news items regarding our mayor in this past week in this shorter-than-usual FAQ episode. Katie gives our listeners some context for the Mayor’s reaction to criticism over some of his controversial appointments and his interaction with the press, and we […]
FAQ NYC
Dark Store Days: The State of New York Real Estate
We have a real estate roundup with three of NYC’s favorite reporters covering the subject: Rebecca Baird-Remba from Commercial Observer, Stefanos Chen from The New York Times, and Rachel Holliday Smith from The City. For the past two years we have seen so much fluctuation: rents dip and then rise sharply, blocks of store fronts […]
Paid in Full
The great Ben Max res Chrissy, Katie and Harry to talk about Eric A’s first trip to Albany, “fish-gate,” and much more.
An Island Apart
Graham Rayman of the Daily News runs down the slow-motion disaster at the city’s jails, and map maestro Steve Romalewski breaks down the new maps Albany’s Democratic majority just drew up, and explains how we got here despite a voter-approved constitutional amendment for non-partisan redistricting (and click here to see his maps of the old […]
The Blueprint
Eric Adams has talked the talk about balancing public safety and justice. Now, he’s got to walk the walk.
A Nonprofit War on Workers?
Assemblymember Ron Kim breaks down his new report (well summarized by here) accusing a prominent social service organization of stealing wages from home-care workers, with the help of 1199SEIU.
The Men Who Put the “P” into “Politics”
Karen Hinton, who worked for both Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, s the pod to discuss her new memoir, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power.
Speaking with the Speaker
A conversation with incoming City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams about her past and the city’s future.