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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Waking up in the New Year in a New Home
Listeners call in to talk about where they moved in 2018, and why.
@BrianLehrer I was born & raised in Sunset Park BK and bought what I think was one of the last affordable Co-Ops in the neighborhood because gentrification has made my immigrant & family community un-affordable.
— Julio Peña III (@Julio_PenaBK) January 2, 2019I moved to Hudson Yards in 2018. I'd been hopping all over the city from apartment to apartment I couldn't afford since '03, and last year, while contemplating leaving NYC, my number came up on a waitlist I didn't even know I was on and now I'm in AFFORDABLE ARTIST'S HOUSING!
— ZBF (@ZoZoeBlair) January 2, 2019Couldn't get in on the line; In 2018 I moved from NYC to Montana. I figured rent prices would be lower (and they are—I've found full houses for $500 a month!) but because average salaries are so much lower, there is a often perception of a housing crisis
— Jane Jacoby (@JaneJacoby) January 2, 2019