Épisodes

  • 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 et 16 min
  • 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 et 11 min
  • Next City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Policy Priorities, Working with Mayor-Elect Mamdani, & More

    Next City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Policy Priorities, Working with Mayor-Elect Mamdani, & More
    Dec 11 2025
    Julie Menin, the presumptive next Speaker of the New York City Council, joined host Ben Max and Andrew Rein, president of Citizens Budget Commission, for a conversation at New York Law School on her path to the speakership, her priorities when she takes the position in January, how she plans to work with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and more. The event took place on December 10, 2025 and was hosted by NYLS' Center for New York City and State Law and Citizens Budget Commission. Menin declared victory in the speaker race in late November, and will have to be officially voted into the position by her Council colleagues in early January. (Ep 553)
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    1 h et 13 min
  • Tiffany Cabán on Policy Priorities, Progressive Politics, & More

    Tiffany Cabán on Policy Priorities, Progressive Politics, & More
    Dec 8 2025
    New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán, a Queens Democrat, joined the show to discuss the growth of the NYC-DSA, her exploration of a run for Congress in NY-7, the Council speaker race won by Julie Menin, prospects for Zohran Mamdani's mayoralty, and more. (Ep 552)
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    1 h et 6 min
  • Keys to a Successful Mayoral Transition, with Veterans of Last Three Administrations

    Keys to a Successful Mayoral Transition, with Veterans of Last Three Administrations
    Dec 1 2025
    From a live event held on November 20 at New York Law School, host Ben Max talks with four experts who have experience across the last several mayoral administrations and transitions: Anthony Crowell (NYLS Dean; former Counselor to the Mayor), Jennifer Jones Austin (FPWA CEO; co-chair of the 2013 mayoral transition), Meera Joshi (President of Green-Wood; former Deputy Mayor of Operations) , and Emma Wolfe (Chief of Staff to the NYU President; former Deputy Mayor for Administration). They spoke about the keys to a successful mayoral transition, how to best organize and run city government, lessons from Mayors Bloomberg, de Blasio, and Adams, advice for Mayor-elect Mamdani, and more. (Ep 551)
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Crystal Hudson on Her Bid to Become City Council Speaker

    Crystal Hudson on Her Bid to Become City Council Speaker
    Nov 22 2025
    City Council Member Crystal Hudson, a Brooklyn Democrat, joined the show to discuss her bid to become the next Speaker of the City Council. She is among five candidates vying for the legislative leadership position, which will be decided upon by the 51 Council members of the new class seated in January. Hudson discussed her accomplishments in the Council thus far, her approach to leadership, her relationship with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and more. (Ep 550)
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    52 min
  • Analysis: Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Commissioner Under Mayor Mamdani, with Harry Siegel

    Analysis: Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Commissioner Under Mayor Mamdani, with Harry Siegel
    Nov 20 2025
    Harry Siegel — an editor at The City, co-host of FAQ NYC, and Moynihan Fellow at City College — joined the show to discuss the agreement between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch for her to remain in that position in the new administration. Siegel and host Ben Max discuss how this decision came to be, specific areas of policing that they must navigate, potential pitfalls, how it coincides with Mamdani's planned Department of Community Safety, and more. (Ep 549)
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    50 min
  • Rich Azzopardi on Andrew Cuomo's Mayoral Campaign & More

    Rich Azzopardi on Andrew Cuomo's Mayoral Campaign & More
    Nov 14 2025
    Rich Azzopardi, a longtime spokesperson for Andrew Cuomo in government and politics, joined the show to discuss Cuomo's 2025 mayoral campaign, how things shifted from the primary to the general election, and more. Azzopardi was a senior advisor and director of communications in the governor's office under Cuomo and then, after Cuomo resigned in 2021, founded his own public affairs firm, Bulldog Strategies. He led communications on Cuomo's 2025 mayoral campaign. (Ep 548)
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    1 h et 7 min