Below are archive episodes of City Limits and Gotham Gazette’s weekly city politics and policy podcast, which ran for five years before co-host Jarrett Murphy departed in 2021 to pursue a career in nursing. To listen to current episodes of the Max Politics Podcast, visit Gotham Gazette’s website here.
A top homelessness policy advocate and the city’s chief affordable-housing development official discuss the pros and cons of the de Blasio housing plan.
A decade after it died without a vote in Albany, congestion pricing is likely to become reality in New York City in 2019. It will be both a milestone and a first step.
The leader of Senate Democrats, who will enjoy a solid majority come January, says she has avoided getting into specifics about what the conference will accomplish in its first months in power.
The sponsor of an Assembly measure that would sharply constrain the use of financial bail says she is optimistic her proposal will become law now that Democrats control the State Senate.
Before the Democrats took the State Senate and the U.S. House, hear what Jumaane Williams, JC Polanco, Errol Louis, Kadia Goba and members of our live studio audience had to say about the midterm elections, the process of voting and the political landscape that lies ahead.
Was this a Blue Wave or a Meh Midterm? Is Andrew Cuomo in a newly commanding or a newly constrained position as he enters a third term? How will the Democrats handle control of the U.S. House and the New York State Senate? Ben and Jarrett speak with Daily News editorial board member Alyssa Katz.
Democrats will face high expectations to deliver, deprived of the excuse of Republican obstruction. The state GOP, meanwhile, faces a period of self-examination after an historic defeat.
Still making up your mind about whom to vote for? Want to check your choice one last time? Here’s a quick menu of audio and video resources on many of the candidates for state office.
With less than a week to go until election 2018, meet the third-party candidates for attorney general and comptroller.
The Staten Island Republican is trying to defend his seat against a ‘blue wave’ in a race with national implications.
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