Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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#AskTheMayor: Safe Injection Sites, Rising Temperatures, Slow Housing Courts
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including a new pilot program for four so-called safe injection sites, the dangers of rising temperatures in apartment buildings and pledges to address the slow housing courts in his second term.