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Apr 3, 2024 • 39min

Episode 343: The Power of Magical Thinking

Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project breaks down the problems with the mayor’s plan to deploy "weapons detectors" — which are really just metal tube detectors — in the train system. Plus hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry discuss the NYPD's hyper-aggressive new approach to its perceived enemies on social media, and much more.
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Mar 29, 2024 • 1h 1min

Episode 342: Lucy Sante Reflects on Writing the Story of Her Life, and Her Transition

The writer returns to the pod for an depth-conversation about her new memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 35min

Episode 341: The Harassment Tax on Women

Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss the Adams administration's women problem — and why his political rivals aren't talking about it — Trump's trials, the groups railing against congestion pricing and much more.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 48min

Episode 340: Another Death Spiral for a Manhattan Hospital

Hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry talk subway scares and safety, and Politico New York health care reporter Maya Kaufman breaks down her reporting on Beth Israel transferring out seriously ill ER patients and much more.
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Mar 11, 2024 • 27min

Episode 339: The Guard is Underground and the Vibes Are Grim

Hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry discuss Kathy Hochul's wild decision to deploy the National Guard in New York City's subway system, and much more.
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Mar 4, 2024 • 42min

Episode 338: An FBI Raid and a 3-K Pickle

Chrissy, Katie and Harry dig into what's happening with Winnie Greco, Eric Adams and the feds, and Politico NY education reporter Madina Touré breaks down what's happening with the city's badly needed yet under-filled 3-K program.
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Feb 26, 2024 • 28min

Episode 337: ‘The Whole Point of Government’

Hosts Christina and Harry talk about e-bike fires, Letitia James’s winning streak, and much more.
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Feb 24, 2024 • 39min

Episode 336: The Freaks Came Out To Write

In a pre-internet world, the Village Voice was a newspaper like no other: a haven for writers about avant garde arts, Black politics, queer identity and a million things more — and that's after the pages devoted to exposing the seamy side of New York City politics. In this episode of FAQ NYC, Alyssa Katz, the executive editor of THE CITY who worked at the Voice early in her career, interviews Tricia Romano, author of the new book "The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture."
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Feb 21, 2024 • 1h 16min

Episode 335: Trump’s Trials and NYC’s Plague Year

Hosts Chrissy and Katie discuss the $364 million former President Trump was ordered to pay to New York in a fraud case, as well as his brand-new sneakers and the FBI's investigation into the FDNY. Plus, there's a Vital City interview between physician and epidemiologist Jay Varma and Sociologist Erik Klinenberg, author of the newly published book ‘2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.’
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Feb 14, 2024 • 26min

Episode 334: Hazard NYC: The Gowanus Canal

The Gowanus Canal is a “toxic Wonderland” in the midst of a neighborhood undergoing a complicated transformation. Hear from locals, government officials and developers about the future of the area — and what challenges stand in the way of a cleaner, more resilient community. Samantha Maldonado, senior reporter at THE CITY,  and independent journalist Jordan Gass-Pooré dig in on the final episode of Hazard NYC, a four-part FAQ NYC Presents limited series exploring the city’s Superfund sites.

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