Super-reporter Greg B. Smith breaks down why Eric Adams’ promise to remove the homeless from the trains “right away” has been going nowhere fast.
Episodes
FAQ NYC Weekly Podcast Episodes
This Week in Mayor Adams
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 […]
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.