FAQ NYC

With his approval rating below 30%, Mayor Eric Adams has been trading personal barbs with the public advocate while his administration refuses to implement a law passed by the City Council. Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss whether there’s a method to his madness, and much more.

Author and cartographer Jake Berman discusses maps of historical transit systems in the US and Canada, highlighting the success stories and future of mass transit. They explore the politics and funding of transit systems, contrasting subway systems with commuter rail, and discuss plans for expanding the subway in New York City and improving the MTA. The podcast concludes with a discussion on Berman's book and the goals of FAQ NYC as a nonprofit newsroom.

What's up with the City Hall's undisciplined approach of calling reporters "clowns"? The FAQ NYC crew kicks off 2024 with a discussion of that and much more.

In the third and final installment of the pod's year-end mini-series of stories about a "New York minute," you'll hear from Michael Gartland and Ellen Moynihan of the Daily News, telling yarns about found beef, cops and lost cats. They’re followed by Justin Miller of New York Magazine on hearing an unsolicited tale of massages and romances. Finally, Mark Jacobson, the journalist and novelist who, among other things, wrote the articles Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet and The Return of Superfly that respectively became the TV show Taxi and the movie American Gangster, with a ramble about comedy in the city back in the day.

In the second of three year-end episodes featuring stories about "a New York minute," natives Katie Honan and David Ray Martinez talk soap operas and families before transplants J.T. Price and Adam Levy talk about courteous robbers and courting wives.

Here's the first of three off-beat, year-end episodes of stories about a New York minute, with a pair about the drug business told by Cliff Michel and Steve Lynn, and then a pair about gloom, glamor and gunmption told by Huge Perez and Flo Ankah.

Discussion on Mayor Adams' low approval ratings, FBI investigation, and aggressive attitude towards President Biden and the media. Controversy surrounding E-bikes and accusations of sexual assault addressed. Concerns about Adams losing support from black Americans. Examination of how individuals in power handle adversity, focusing on Adams' strategy. Potential impact of January reset and decline in Joe Biden's poll numbers reviewed.

The podcast discusses political controversies in NYC, including concerns about favoritism and allegations against Mayor Eric Adams. They explore ongoing investigations, the failure of vetting candidates, and the importance of scrutinizing backgrounds. They also touch on ordering Cameos from celebrities and the importance of supporting the podcast through donations.

Politico's new New York editor Sally Goldenberg visits the pod to talk about the state of the city now, what she saw in her months in the wilderness covering the Republican presidential campaign, and much more.

Mayor Eric Adams, who won office talking about making New York feel safer, is cutting spending on core services even as his own poll numbers are plummeting and as critics are talking, however cynically, about “a city in crisis.” Co-hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss all that, the last big cases to emerge from the Adult Survivors Act and much more.