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State Sen. John Liu Reacts to Mayor's Indictment

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2024/09/26

John Liu, New York State senator (D 11, Queens), chair of the NYC Education Committee, shares his reaction to the news that Mayor Adams has been indicted.

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Mayor Adams Indicted

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2024/09/26

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, reports on the news that Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted.

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MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the Capital Plan and How to...

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2024/09/26

Last week the MTA released its proposed $68.4 billion capital plan, which laid out what it needs for crucial infrastructure maintenance and some upgrades, but with congestion pricing indefinitely paused, it's unclear where the money will come from. John "Janno" Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), talks about the plan and how the MTA may pay for it.

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Special Coverage of the Indictment of Mayor Eric Adams

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2024/09/26

Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about what we know so far about the news that Mayor Adams has been indicted. Then, a reaction from Christine Quinn, president & CEO of Win, the largest provider of shelter and supportive services for homeless families in New York City. And, Elie Honig, senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former New Jersey and federal prosecutor and author of Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With it (Harper, 2023), offers

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100 Years of 100 Things: Crime & Punishment

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2024/09/25

As our centennial series continues, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, history, race and public policy professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, director emeritus of the Schomburg Center, author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (Harvard University Press, 2nd ed. 2019), reviews the past century of crime and incarceration.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor More Resignations, More...

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2024/09/25

Every week, Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference in which reporters are free to ask questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps this week's news conference with clips and analysis. Topics this week include: resignations from schools chancellor David Banks and other Adams administration members, the latest on investigations into mayor Adams and his orbit, and a record slowdown in EMS response times.

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Pessimism Among the Undecideds; Reporters Ask the...

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2024/09/25

Loading... On today's show: Ruth Igielnik, polling editor at the New York Times, discusses the trends and stories within polling of undecided voters as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for their allegiances. Every week, Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference in which reporters are free to ask questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps this week's news conference with clips and analysis. As our centennial series continues, Khalil Gibran Muhammad,

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Pessimism Among the Undecideds

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2024/09/25

Ruth Igielnik, polling editor at the New York Times, discusses the trends and stories within polling of undecided voters as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for their allegiances.

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How MAGA Republicans are Attempting to Undermine the...

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2024/09/24

Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), talks about how Trump-aligned Republicans in certain states are working to sow confusion over vote counting, and other related chicanery that could affect the outcome of the November election.

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Climate Priorities at UNGA and Climate Week NYC

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2024/09/24

Valerie Volcovici, reporter at Reuters covering U.S. climate and energy policy from Washington, DC., talks about the climate priorities at the UN General Assembly and during Climate Week NYC, which is also happening this week.

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Connecting with Circadian Rhythms

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2024/09/24

Lynne Peeples, science writer and the author of The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms (Riverhead Books, 2024), reviews the latest science on our internal "clocks" and how to use them to improve sleep and learning.

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Climate at UNGA; Council Member Tiffany Cabán; MAGA's...

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2024/09/24

Loading... On today's show: Valerie Volcovici, reporter at Reuters covering U.S. climate and energy policy from Washington, DC., talks about the climate priorities at the UN General Assembly and during Climate Week NYC, which is also happening this week. NYPD officers shot and injured four people in a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month as they chased a man with a knife. Tiffany Cabán, NYC Council member (District 22, Astoria, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Rikers Island),

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Council Member Cabán Weighs in on the NYPD Subway...

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2024/09/24

NYPD officers shot at a man wielding a knife at a subway station in Brooklyn, leaving four people injured. Critics and observers are wondering how an attempt to enforce a relatively minor fare-evasion offence spiraled out of control. Tiffany Cabán, NYC Council member (District 22, Astoria, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Rikers Island) discusses this incident as well as her call for Mayor Eric Adams to resign amid a web of scandals and investigations.

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The Unusual Swing States

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2024/09/23

J. Ann Selzer, unaligned public opinion researcher and president of the Des Moines, Iowa-based polling firm Selzer & Company, talks about the latest polling in Iowa that shows the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump narrowing, and talks about the issues that make the race competitive in the state of Iowa. And Alexandra Samuels, senior editor at Texas Monthly, does the same regarding Texas.

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The Ballot Questions NYC Voters Will See in November

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2024/09/23

Sahalie Donaldson, City Hall reporter at City & State New York, talks about the ballot questions that will appear on New York City voters' ballots in November, and why a progressive group has formed to encourage people to vote "no" on certain measures.

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100 Years of 100 Things: School Culture Wars

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2024/09/23

For the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books, including Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, September 2022), traces the history of the so-called "culture wars" in public education, from the Scopes trial, to religion in schools, sex ed and the controversies of today over critical race theory, masks during COVID and more.

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The Unusual Swing States; The Ballot Questions NYC...

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2024/09/23

Loading... Coming up on today's show: J. Ann Selzer, political pollster who is the president of the Des Moines, Iowa-based polling firm Selzer & Company, and Alexandra Samuels, senior editor at Texas Monthly, talk about the latest polling in Iowa and Texas that show the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are narrowing, and talk about the issues that make the race competitive in their states. Sahalie Donaldson, City Hall reporter at City & State

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Abortion on the Ballot; A...

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2024/09/07

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The details and politics of an abortion-related ballot measure in Florida (First) | A record-breaking U.S. Open (Starts at 27:05) | A deep dive on the 100-year history of unions for Labor Day (Starts at 39:16)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Gun Violence and the 2024 Election; New Leader at...

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2024/09/06

Loading...On today's show: A school shooting in Georgia this week has thrust gun violence back into the spotlight, as both presidential contenders (and their VPs) clarify their positions. Chip Brownlee, reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, breaks down what we know about the shooting, gun violence in schools and what each candidate has proposed to address the issue. Robert Tucker, commissioner of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), talks about his

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Brick & Mortar, but Smaller

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2024/09/06

Lora Kelley, associate editor at The Atlantic and an author of The Atlantic Daily newsletter, looks at how e-commerce hasn't stopped stores from opening, but they're smaller and serve a different purpose.

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