Max Politics
Max Politics
Max Politics is a New York politics podcast hosted by journalist Ben Max featuring in-depth interviews with elected and appointed officials, candidates, advocates, and others about New York City and State politics and policy. Produced at New York Law School and its Center for New York Law. Get in touch: benmax25@gmail.com
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Intro/outro music is Live-It by Ketsa. source (Free Music Archive) and license type (CC BY-NC-ND)
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Intro/outro music is Live-It by Ketsa. source (Free Music Archive) and license type (CC BY-NC-ND)
Episodes
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Mar 7, 2024 • 56min
Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris On Redistricting, State Budget Negotiations, & More
State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, joined the show to discuss what comes next in New York's redistricting saga, the development of the Senate Democratic majority's one-house state budget resolution, housing policy negotiations, and more. (Ep 436)
Feb 28, 2024 • 1h 10min
Making Child Care Policy Work, with Grace Rauh
Grace Rauh, executive director of the 5Boro Institute, joined the show to discuss the think tank's new child care policy report and key steps to ensure affordable child care for all New Yorkers, as well as other issues the Institute has been working on including city government staffing challenges, and more. (Ep 435)
Feb 14, 2024 • 54min
Inspector General Lucy Lang On Fighting Corruption And Increasing Integrity In NY State Government
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang joined the show to discuss her approach to the office and efforts to root out corruption, fraud, and waste in state government. She discussed other priorities and focus areas including prison oversight, covid fraud, gambling integrity, and more. (Ep 434)
Feb 9, 2024 • 53min
Senator John Liu On Education Issues And The 2024 State Legislative Session
State Senator John Liu, a Queens Democrat and chair of the Senate's New York City education committee, joined the show to discuss the major education issues on the table in the 2024 state legislative session, his other top priorities, housing policy, and more. (Ep 433)
Jan 31, 2024 • 59min
NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan On Social Media Threats, Long Covid, & More
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan joined the show to discuss how the Adams Administration is taking on the threats of social media on youth, studying long covid, working to increase life expectancy, and more. (Ep 432)
Jan 24, 2024 • 58min
Analyzing Mayor Adams' 2024 State Of The City, With Christina Greer & Harry Siegel
Dr. Christina Greer and Harry Siegel, co-hosts of the FAQ NYC podcast, joined the show to discuss Mayor Adams' 2024 State of the City address, Adams' broader agenda, performance, and standing, the developing 2025 race for mayor, and other New York political dynamics. (Episode 431)
Jan 22, 2024 • 54min
Assemblymember Alex Bores on AI Opportunity, Court Reform, Housing Policy, & More
Assemblymember Alex Bores, a Manhattan Democrat, joined the show to discuss his efforts legislating artificial intelligence opportunities and challenges, judicial reform to ensure better functioning courts, housing policy, and more. As a computer scientist and data engineer, he also discussed how government can better use data to inform decision-making. (Ep 430)
Jan 10, 2024 • 1h 3min
Analyzing Governor Hochul's 2024 Agenda & Albany Dynamics, With Shontell Smith & Liz Benjamin
Political consultants and longtime Albany experts Shontell Smith and Liz Benjamin joined the show to analyze Governor Hochul's 2024 State of the State address, the governor's policy agenda, state government dynamics, and more. Smith, a former top official for the State Senate Democratic Conference, and Benjamin, a longtime journalist, dissect the governor-legislature relationship and much more. (Episode 429)
Jan 4, 2024 • 52min
Senator Zellnor Myrie On The Start Of The 2024 State Legislative Session
State Senator Zellnor Myrie, a Brooklyn Democrat and chair of the Senate elections committee, joined the show to preview the 2024 legislative session in Albany and discuss his top priorities, whether the Legislature will do anything significant on housing policy, and much more. He also touched on questions about whether he might run for Mayor in 2025. (Episode 428)
Dec 21, 2023 • 42min
Assembly Housing Chair Linda Rosenthal Previews The 2024 State Legislative Session
New York State Assembly Housing Chair Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, joined the show to preview the 2024 budget and legislative session in Albany, especially what may happen around housing policy negotiations. She also discussed her other top priorities and major areas of concern that the state will deal with. (Episode 427)
