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.
Stanley Fritz, who leads New York City campaigns for Citizen Action, says the Cynthia Nixon race is critical for the Working Families Party and the future of issues like bail reform, reducing wage inequality and strengthening unions.
Susan Lerner of Common Cause says next week’s special elections will reflect some of the deep flaws in the state’s political system. But she feels the momentum for change is growing.
Citywide Council of Presidents chair Danny Barber has sued to get an independent monitor appointed to oversee NYCHA. But as he tells the Max & Murphy podcast, what his organization wants most of all is a voice in the authority’s decision making.
Max & Murphy take their show on the road to hear the Dutchess County executive announce his bid for governor.
The first lady, who is heavily involved in the multi-faceted effort to improve mental-healthcare in New York, says she has put running for office herself ‘on the list’ of potential next acts.
Many of the defining policy storylines of today’s New York are, in one or more ways, on the plate of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, who is also on the City Planning Commission.
Barkan has written for City Limits. He has written about City Limits. Now we’re writing about him.
Giselle Routhier, policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless, talks about the latest shelter numbers, the highlights and low points of Mayor de Blasio’s record on homelessness and the potentially harmful role the state and feds could soon play.
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.
The Brooklyn Councilmember discusses his run for statewide office, his critique of Gov. Cuomo, his record on reproductive rights and marriage equality, and the state of the Council’s progressive caucus.
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