The former City Councilmember and former de Blasio administration member discuss their efforts to unseat incumbent State Senators who are members of the IDC, whether they’ll refuse anyone’s donations and how realistic it is to argue that Albany will ever give city schools the funding they deserve.
Immediately after his resounding re-election, de Blasio named education “the issue I put my greatest passion and energy into.” Does that mean a mayor who avoided big controversies over education policy in his first term is gearing up for bigger fights?
The chief strategist behind the eight-year effort to get congestion pricing back on the table, Alex Mathiessen, joins City Limits and Gotham Gazette to discuss how we got here, what comes next and what risks lie along the way.
Talking to a potential future lieutenant governor. Remembering a legendary investigative journalist. And equipping local football fans to enjoy a playoff weekend where they’ve no horse in the race.
Torres said his initial focus would be on city departments, but that it could broaden to include non-mayoral agencies like the MTA and even private companies that have a contractual or regulatory relationship with city government.
Carlina Rivera of the Lower East Side and Bay Ridge’s Justin Brannan were waiting to learn their committee assignments, office locations and where they’ll get to sit in the chamber when the podcast came knocking.
The first week of 2018 offered government stories galore, from a chilly inauguration to a new speaker’s elevation to the governor’s state of the state address. Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy break down the week’s stories at the intersection of policy and politics.
In an exit interview with City Limits and Gotham Gazette, the outgoing Council speaker discusses the future of issues like Rikers Island, talks about the ‘laughable’ claims of some advocates and says the full reach of the legislature’s power is untested.
Eric Koch, former aide to Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito talks about her rise to power, her approach to the job and what awaits the next person to get the big job.
The NYCHA chairwoman says she’d welcome a federal monitor to oversee the agency. But she also feels it’s time for New York to take a hard look at public housing and decide “what kind of city we want to be.”
After a 2017 New York City election season devoid of suspense, Elizabeth Crowley was on the on the wrong side of the only real drama on election night.
