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Episode 299: ‘When Does the Hard Part Start?’ This Is the Hard Part. Sep 18, 2023

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Just two years ago, more than 90 percent of New Yorkers applying for food stamps and other benefits received them in a timely fashion. Now, it’s fewer than 30 percent. Co-hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss what it means for New Yorkers, and for the mayor, when stuff isn’t getting done, and much more.

Episode 298: Why Doesn’t NYC Just Let Migrants Work? Sep 11, 2023

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State Sen. Zellnor Myrie rejoins the pod for a lively conversation about his plan for the city to do just that, and much more.

Episode 297: The Mayor's Magical Thinking Sep 05, 2023

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Eric Adams is done with Covid, but Covid may not be done with New York City. The FAQ NYC hosts dig into that and much more in a post-Labor Day, return-of-the-school-year episode.

Episode 296: New Yorkers Run Low on Sympathy for Migrants as the Feds Run Low on Sympathy for NYC Aug 31, 2023

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With a new poll showing most people in the city think New York has already done enough for migrants, co-host Christina Greer talks with Harry Siegel about what that means for a place where a lot of people are "progressive in theory," why she's sounding an alarm for Eric Adams given the history of Black mayors in America, and much more.

Episode 295: Who's in Charge Here?! Aug 24, 2023

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Hosts Christina Greer and Katie Honan break down another jam-packed week in New York City, covering migrant housing plans, questionable donors to Adams' 2021 campaign, and who holds down the city when the mayor, for a variety of possible reasons, cannot.

Episode 294: ‘The Greatest Disappointment Is the Governor’ Aug 17, 2023

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Dave Giffen of the Coalition for the Homeless and Josh Goldfein of Legal Aid talk with Katie Honan about what Kathy Hochul should be doing but is not as "she's apparently forgotten she's also the governor of people who live in New York City," what Mayor Eric Adams is saying that doesn't hold up, and much more.

Episode 293: A Different Way of Shooting Drugs Aug 13, 2023

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Photographer Stephen Yang joins Alex Brook Lynn and Harry Siegel for a conversation about capturing private moments in public settings, the differences between photojournalism and street photography, why tabloids have traditionally frowned on high-contrast shots (spoiler: those require too much black ink to print) and much more.

Episode 292: Beware of Sharks, and Drones Aug 09, 2023

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Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project joins hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel to dig into the problems with automated enforcement, the perils in letting police collect too much data, and more.

Episode 291: ‘The Radios Will Go Dark. You Will Hear Nothing.’ Aug 06, 2023

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Journalist Todd Maisel spent 40 years listening to police scanners, letting the scratchy radio sounds guide him to some of the biggest news stories in New York City. He's now sounding the alarm over the NYPD's plan to encrypt these radios -- turning them off for everyone who isn't in the police. "Do we trust he police to tell the truth? I don't," he told FAQ. Silent radios "is bad for the public, it's bad for checks and balances, it is a real problem," he said. Listen to the full interview here.

Episode 290: ‘It's Not Going to Get Any Better’ Aug 01, 2023

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Christina Greer and Harry Siegel dig into New York City's collapsing right to shelter, the unlikely companies the Adams administration is paying to provide services to migrants and much more from another jam-packed week in New York City.

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