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LISTEN: Cuomo’s Still Coasting
Time’s running awfully short for Zohran Mamdani to turn his momentum into a winning campaign. And it’s running out on Adrienne Adams to ignite her candidacy, or for anyone else in the field to catch up with Andrew Cuomo. Meanwhile, the ex-governor is happy to stay out of the fray, keep unscripted interactions with voters…
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Co-Hosts: Dr. Christina Greer, Katie Honan, Harry Siegel
Contributing Host: Alex Brook Lynn
Mayor of Sounds: Adam Chimera
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LISTEN: Are the Centrists Riding ‘The Silent Wave’?
While New York City mayor went to DC to kiss the ring, Newark’s mayor got himself arrested trying to visit a newly opened ICE lock-up in his city. Meantime, Andrew Cuomo was docked $600,000 by the Campaign Finance Board on Monday for illegally coordinating with his own super PAC —…
LISTEN: Mamdani Momentum Hits Cuomo Cliff
Mamdani momentum is monumental, but Cuomo remains a steep cliff to climb with time running short. Co-hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss that and much more, including Kathy Hochul’s premature “budget deal” proclamation, Eric Adams’ “best budget ever” proposal, and Donald Trump’s brutal federal spending plan that…
LISTEN: A Different Path to Public Safety
With not even 60 days to the Democratic primary, the field is running out of time to catch up with Andrew Cuomo while the governor — as the mayoral candidate’s team still refers to him —tries to run out the clock while keeping the public and the press at arm’s…
LISTEN: Is Randy Running the Show While Eric Runs for Reelection?
While Eric Adams, no longer facing the prospect of a prison sentence, is rocking too-tight tees and trying to find the right tone to convince New Yorkers to give him a second term, new First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro is taking a very public, aggressive approach. FAQ NYC co-hosts Christina…
LISTEN: Does Cuomo Want a Wedding or a Marriage?
As the former governor racks up more big endorsements for his mayoral run while putting out reportedly AI-assisted policy plans and mostly avoiding the press, co-host Christina Greer asks if the frontrunner in the polls wants a marriage with New York City or just a wedding. It remains to be…
LISTEN: Brad Lander Says NYC Can Do Better Than ‘A Bully Who’s Also a Chicken’
“I’m running to bring a safer, more affordable and better run city,” says city Comptroller Brad Lander, offering himself as the candidate with both a vision and “a track record of making government work for people.” In the latest installment of the pod’s series of sitdown interviews with the Democratic mayoral…
LISTEN: Adrienne Adams Says ‘I’m the Change the City Needs’
“My vision for the city is to put the city back on track again. We are so tired of the trauma, we are so tired of the drama, we are tired of the scandal,” said City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams. “As the first woman mayor of the…
LISTEN: A High-Stakes Casino Contest
What’s the difference between a parking lot, a park and a casino? Just a few words scribbled on some paper if Mets owner Steve Cohen gets his way, and it looks like he might now with a well compensated assist from State Senator John Liu that’s also a kick in…
LISTEN: Andrew Cuomo Muscles Into Adrienne Adams’ Turf
After eight Black elected officials from Southeast Queens put out a t statement saying they were endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor, three of them said that, actually, they’re not doing that (and, in one case, won’t be ranking Cuomo at all). Guest Jeff Coltin of Politico New York, who broke that…
LISTEN: A Plan to Make Subways Feel Safe Again
Vital City founder Liz Glazer talks with co-host Harry Siegel about her group’s ambitious new memo on What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety — and why the answer isn’t gun detection technology, surging officers into the system or more fare-evasion enforcement. She digs into why assaults…
LISTEN: Jessica Ramos Says NYC Can Do Better Than Another ‘Megalomaniac Mayor’
“What gets headlines is talking about Andrew Cuomo and isn’t that a really unfortunate state of affairs?” Jessica Ramos said in a wide-ranging conversation with hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel at the office of The City. “And it’s unfortunate, because it creates kind of a hamster wheel and meanwhile,…
LISTEN: ‘The Great Wound’ of a Self-Exiled Brooklyn Basketball Legend
In 1951, Frankie King of James Madison High was a Brooklyn legend, the youngest basketball player ever to make first-team all city before he withdrew from public life while remaining in and of the city — writing pornography for the mob to pay the rent, ambitious novels in his own…