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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Speak to the Speaker: Rents, Policing, and More
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson talks about the NYC budget and the plans negotiated with City Hall to close miles of city streets to cars to make more room for social distancing while walking, running and biking, plus other issues facing NYC under COVID-19, including calls for a rent strike and policing controversies.