

FAQ NYC
FAQ NYC
A weekly dive into the big questions about this city of ours, hosted by Christina Greer, Azi Paybarah and Harry Siegel, and produced by Alex Brook Lynn.
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May 16, 2021 • 25min
Episode 143: Thomas Kenniff, The 'Boots on the Ground' District Attorney Candidate

May 13, 2021 • 60min
Episode 142: Who DA FAQ II

May 7, 2021 • 59min
Episode 141: Who DA FAQ? (Part I)
Manhattan District Attorney candidates Tahanie Aboushi, Liz Crotty, Diana Florence and Dan Quart talk to Chrissy, Harry and Alex, and each other about what the prosecutor's office is and what it should be.

May 5, 2021 • 29min
Episode 140: The Manhattan DA Race that just hits different.
Rachel Holiday Smith, Manhattan reporter for The City, breaks down the Manhattan DA race with us.
Read Rachel's explainer in The CIty
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/31/22253418/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-yorks-district-attorney-races-in-2021

Apr 29, 2021 • 45min
Episode 139: Book Club: The Limits of Fulfillment
A conversation with Alec MacGillis, the author of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, about Amazon and, among many other things, its expansion in New York City AFTER the collapse of its HQ2 plan here as the brave new pandemic economy has accelerated America's great divergence.

Apr 22, 2021 • 54min
Episode 138: The Woke Up Show
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams rejoins the pod to discuss, among other things, the state of policing here, the citywide races and his experience running statewide.

Apr 16, 2021 • 35min
FAQ.NYC Gets Dopey
Dave from the "DOPEY," podcast, shares a few stories about drug addiction and recovery in New York City.

Apr 15, 2021 • 44min
Episode 137: The Turning Point
As we head into the elections home stretch, the great Brigid Bergin of WNYC joins FAQ to break down the race so far, consider where it may end up and explain why we may not know who won for days or even weeks after the June 22nd primary.

Apr 10, 2021 • 16min
Emma Whitford tells us what's up with the new rent relief.
Emma Whitford, reporter at Law360. gives us a rundown of the new rent relief from the Federal Government hopfully headed toward New Yorkers this Spring.

Apr 8, 2021 • 55min


