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Episode 463: A New Home for a New Mayor Vowing to End Homeless Sweeps
Amid the silly season of transition speculation, New Yorkers are waiting to see how Zohran Mamdani, a brilliant messenger, handles the levers of powe…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 462: A Vision for NYC’s Deliveristas and a Battery-Powered Future
“I bought myself an electric bike to take my kids to the beach and started charging it outside after seeing stats on how many battery fires there wer…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 461: Will Zohran Mamdani Be NYC’s 111th Mayor? Maybe Not.
It turns out that the count of our mayors has been off by one, dating back to when the city had a population of just 2,500 — meaning the mayor-elect …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 460: City Council Speaker Is the Next Race Up
Are theater kids Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump having a bromance now, and did Jessica Tisch help bring them together? Is anyone not running for Con…
7 months ago
Episode 459: New York's Winter of Discontent — and New Hopes
Is anyone in this town not running for Congress? Is it time for Democrats to finally usher an older generation out of Washington, and is there a way …
7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 458: Fear, Trash and Love in a Drop Dead New York City
Michael Rohatyn and Peter Yost, the creators of the acclaimed new documentary about Gotham’s close brush with bankruptcy in 1975, Drop Dead City, dis…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 457: Transition Intrigues and Somos Speaker Speculation
With the mayor's race decided and 2026 election moves just beginning, the FAQ NYC hosts talk about the Council Speaker's race that drew lots of atte…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
City Hall Free For All: The Mamdani Transition Begins & Patrick Gaspard on Political Power
In our final episode of City Hall Free For All, we talk about the future of New York City under Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani and who he will surround h…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 455: The Kismet and the Anxiety of Street Photography
Ben Fractenberg, visuals editor for THE CITY, joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn for a wide-ranging conversation about street photography,…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
City Hall Free For All: It’s Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani
The Election Night results are in: Zohran Mamdani will be New York City’s 111th Mayor. Our hosts react to Mamdani’s big win over Andrew Cuomo and Cur…
7 months, 3 weeks ago