FAQ NYC

Artist, musician, and Queens man Issa Ibrahim talks about a song he wrote in New York's Creedmoor psychiatric facility, eulogizing the neighborhood where he grew up.

The FAQ Gang chats about last night's mayoral debate between NYC's Democratic pick Eric Adams and GOP candidate, Curtis Sliwa. Later in the episode, we hear from comic-book writer, journalist, and fantastic New Yorker, Annie Nocenti for our October eulogy series with her piece called 'Edifice Complex.'

New York Times city hall reporter Jeff Mays talks with Chrissy and Katie about what life after city hall could look like for Mayor Bill de Blasio, Documented engagement reporter Rommel H Ojeda talks with Harry about New York’s tapped-out $2.1 excluded worker fund, and “Low Life” author Lucy Sante reads an epitaph for the cities that were.

Snyder talks with the Brickhouse's Maria Bustillos and Harry Siegel about the state of New York City media companies and his new subscription newsletter about them, Off the Record.

New York Is Dead. Long live New York City. The FAQ crew discusses, and then has a conversation with New York Times city correspondent turned obituary writer Alex Vadukul.

A conversation with Mark Cannizzaro, the president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, about the coming vaccine mandate for school workers and much more.

We talked with Robert Sullivan, the author of Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants, for a wide-ranging conversation that began with the news that Central Park’s beloved owl Barry had consumed rat poison that may have made impaired her ability to fly before she was hit and killed by a Conservancy truck inside the park.

This week we talk with Christina Veiga, a reporter for Chalkbeat New York on the chaotic first week of school from unvaccinated teachers to the challenges for a new Chancellor.

Katie Honan and Harry Siegel talk with George Joseph of WNYC about the spate of deaths at Rikers, and with Maurizio Guerrero about his reporting for Documented NY on the secret price of a construction worker's life.

A huge holiday weekend show with Reuven Blau of the City talking about Rikers, Assemblyman Ron Kim talking about Albany's extraordinary session, rent relief and why he's not done with Andrew Cuomo yet, and David Brand of City Limits talking about the new eviction moratorium.