FAQ NYC

Hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry talk about NYC's $112 billion budget, changes in the summer swimming season, "gentrification in the ocean" and much more.

Ben Max, the executive editor of New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law and host of the Max Politics podcast, joins FAQ NYC to talk with Christina Greer and Harry Siegel about the results of a big primary night.

For two decades, Stan Mack published a weekly cartoon strip in the Village Voice in which he listened to New Yorkers and documented their sayings and subcultures, assuring readers: “all dialogue guaranteed verbatim.” Now Mack and Fantagraphics have compiled hundreds of highlights from his archives into a book called “Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995,” a document of late-20th century New York City — a time before cellphones when life was lived out loud. He talks with guest host Alyssa Katz, THE CITY’s Executive Editor who worked at the Voice early in her career, in the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle.

Elisa Crespo, Executive director of New Pride Agenda, discusses challenges in LGBTQ legislation in New York, including stereotypes hindering bills, and highlights initiatives like the Gender Identity Respect Dignity and Safety Act. The podcast also explores the importance of amending the New York State constitution for LGBTQ protections and the advocacy work of the LGBTQ community, addressing issues like housing insecurity and discrimination.

Our Katie Honan and transportation reporter for THE CITY, Jose Martinez, discuss the Governor's recent withdrawal from putting congestion pricing into effect on June 30th, the consequences of that, and the state's ongoing pattern of advancing the plan and then procrastinating indefinitely.

Julie Satow, author of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion, talks with guest host Sarah Shears in the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off-Cycle.

The namesake of Harvey Wang's New York, talks with host Harry Siegel about shooting the hold-outs in trades and businesses that were vanishing in the 1980s and early 1990s, old New Yorks past and present, and much more.

Co-hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss The City's new summer newsletter, the mayor's messaging mess, and much more.

In the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle, Host Katie Honan talks with Jose Santana, a senior at Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School in the Bronx, about his work journalists producing the new student-produced podcast PS Weekly.