

FAQ NYC
FAQ NYC
A weekly dive into the big questions about this city of ours, hosted by Christina Greer, Azi Paybarah and Harry Siegel, and produced by Alex Brook Lynn.
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May 5, 2021 • 29min
Episode 140: The Manhattan DA Race that just hits different.
Rachel Holiday Smith, Manhattan reporter for The City, breaks down the Manhattan DA race with us.
Read Rachel's explainer in The CIty
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/31/22253418/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-yorks-district-attorney-races-in-2021

Apr 29, 2021 • 45min
Episode 139: Book Club: The Limits of Fulfillment
A conversation with Alec MacGillis, the author of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, about Amazon and, among many other things, its expansion in New York City AFTER the collapse of its HQ2 plan here as the brave new pandemic economy has accelerated America's great divergence.

Apr 22, 2021 • 54min
Episode 138: The Woke Up Show
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams rejoins the pod to discuss, among other things, the state of policing here, the citywide races and his experience running statewide.

Apr 16, 2021 • 35min
FAQ.NYC Gets Dopey
Dave from the "DOPEY," podcast, shares a few stories about drug addiction and recovery in New York City.

Apr 15, 2021 • 44min
Episode 137: The Turning Point
As we head into the elections home stretch, the great Brigid Bergin of WNYC joins FAQ to break down the race so far, consider where it may end up and explain why we may not know who won for days or even weeks after the June 22nd primary.

Apr 10, 2021 • 16min
Emma Whitford tells us what's up with the new rent relief.
Emma Whitford, reporter at Law360. gives us a rundown of the new rent relief from the Federal Government hopfully headed toward New Yorkers this Spring.

Apr 8, 2021 • 55min
Episode 136: Scott Stringer's Dumpster Pool Vision

Apr 1, 2021 • 60min
Episode 135: New York's Police Union Problem
Farah Stockman of the New York Times looks at Suffolk County, where cops call the shots, and Jake Pearson of ProPublica digs into the little known contract clause that means New York City taxpayers are on the hook to defend police officers even when the city won't.

Mar 25, 2021 • 5min
Quickhouse 3: Just Off the Purest Blue
Weather, reviewed, and much more of all the goodness you'll find at the Brickhouse in 5 minutes flat.

Mar 25, 2021 • 54min
Episode 133: Nursing Homes are Just the Tip of Cuomo’s Coronavirus Iceberg
The Empire Center's Bill Hammonds talks about the coverup we know about now, and all the things we still don't know.


