The new mayor appeared to clear the bar with the city’s response to the first big snow on his watch. Meanwhile, his predecessor’s people were in the news again as Adams’ former chief of staff is reportedly the subject of a federal grand jury while his favorite deputy mayor for public safety is taking a […]
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LISTEN ‘The Last Confederate Widow’ of 1960s Cruising
That sense of mystery is something that a lot of my better photographs have, and The Ramble at the time exuded a kind of mysterious… 19th century romanticism of the English garden that gave you that kind of experience. I used it as a kind of leitmotif when I was creating the photos, a kind […]
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LISTEN: Ex-Mayor Quit Race But Can’t Quit the Crypto Hustle
Eric Adams said we’d miss him when he’s gone as mayor, but he’s still popping up — hawking an NYC cryptocoin in Times Square and taking potshots at his replacement when he isn’t jet-setting or lashing out at an airport heckler. The FAQ NYC hosts discuss that and much more, including Zohran Mamdani’s push after […]
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LISTEN: Welcome to the Big Leagues, Team Mamdani
Not even two weeks into the big job, Zohran Mamdani and his team are up and running — yet still struggling to get their footing. Hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel dig into that and much more, including the new mayor’s responses to pro-Hamas chants in Queens, and to two fatal police shootings […]
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LISTEN: The Resurrection of a Brooklyn Icon
An iconic restaurant in Fulton Mall became an Arby’s, before it was revived amid the pandemic. St. John Frizell, one of the new stewards of Gage and Tollner, joins Lit NYC hosts Amy Sohn and Harry Siegel to talk about the craft of the cocktail, the business of Brooklyn, the nature of the great good […]
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LISTEN: ‘It Is Right To Hope? We’re Going To Show Them That It Is.’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke with the FAQ NYC podcast, his first sit-down interview since taking office.
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LISTEN: Mamdani’s Promise and Jumaane’s Potential
Back when he was a longshot Democratic candidate, Zohran Mamdani said on this podcast that it would be his first interview as mayor — we’re still here and with lots of questions to ask. Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss that and much more, including his inspiring inauguration and how longtime Public Advocate […]
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LISTEN: A Precarious Transition Begins ‘A New Era’
As the mayor-elect races to get ready for a big show and the big job, Eric Adams has been awfully busy in his final few days in office. Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss all that and much more — including then longshot Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s public promise way back when to give […]
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LISTEN: One Simple Secret for Pleasantly Populated Public Spaces
In 1980, a movie narrated by a sociologist once described as Jimmy Stewart’s urban planner cousin, and full of surveillance footage of the city’s public spaces, delivered perhaps the richest and wisest look ever made at how New Yorkers use the city’s public spaces. Municipal Art Society president Keri Butler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry […]
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LISTEN: A Plan To Pay for Parks
Zohran Mamdani has promised to have 1 percent of the city budget go to the Parks Department — but so did Eric Adams, who never came close to delivering. Three experts and advocates — Katie Denny Horowitz of NBK Parks, Anthony Samma of the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park and John Surico of the […]