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Episode 493: All the Budgets Are Blending Together
Which came first, the state budget or the city’s spending plan?
As the Mamdani administration pushes for new taxes and more money from Albany the FA…
2 months ago
Episode 492: The Wheels on the Spin Go Round and Round
The former president with a supposedly funny name who was smeared as an African-born socialist made a surprise appearance at a Bronx pre-school that …
2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 491: FAQ Live: 100 Days of Mamdani
FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel visited the Greene Space in Soho on Thursday night for a sold-out live recording, hosted…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 490: Can Mamdani Cash In His Massive Mandate?
The new mayor captured City Hall with historic support, and polling shows he’s only become more popular since then. But now the question is if he can…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 489: A Full Plate for a Young New Mayor
Zohran Mamdani has been Hizzoner for just 88 days, and he’s already navigating the “poisoned chalice” of a big budget deficit he inherited while the …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 488: The Readymade Art-Bomb Who Exploded in NYC
An epic art show at the Lexington Avenue Armory made a young Marcel Duchamp, who was back in France, one of America’s first modern celebrities even b…
3 months ago
Episode 487: Mamdani's New York Is Starting to Take Shape
The new administration is cutting off the private legal support Eric Adams extended on the city’s behalf to himself and his police officer pals, and …
3 months ago
Episode 486: The Mecca of Basketball Is Back
Can former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s fortune help his former staffer, Micah Lasher, prevail in the wide open race for a rare open NYC Congressional seat…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 485: The Vital Records of Mr. George Rex, ‘The Last Slave’
NYC Department of Records Associate Commissioner Kenneth Cobb and Research Associate Marcia Kirk visited Lit NYC to explain how the Municipal Archive…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 484: An Explosive Scene at Gracie Mansion
A police-punching Jan. 6 rioter and far-right agitator pardoned by Donald Trump showed up outside Gracie Mansion this weekend with a couple dozen sup…
3 months, 2 weeks ago