Gwynne Hogan, senior reporter for THE CITY, joins hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel to discuss what it’s been like reporting on the NYPD from inside the “frozen zone” it established inside and around the Columbia campus, the NYPD’s wild new messaging machine that’s pumping out flashy action videos and angry tweets while reporters are […]
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LISTEN: Is It Giuliani Time Again?
Jeff Mays of the New York Times joins hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry to discuss Mayor Eric Adams ousting the head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, trying to install Randy Mastro as the city’s now corporation counsel, reversing some of his own cuts in a $111.6 billion executive budget proposal, and much more.
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LISTEN: ‘Don’t Fudge it in the Budget’
Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein joins hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel to break down what we know about the nearly quarter-trillion dollar state budget that just dropped, weeks late, what to expect from the city’s ongoing budget negotiations, and much more.
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LISTEN: The Trump Trial Circus Is Here
Hosts Christina and Katie discuss that plus the NYPD’s hyper-aggressive attempt to reclaim the narrative, two police killings of emotionally disturbed people, and much more.
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LISTEN: Investigating the Detective
In the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle, journalist Steve Fishman talks with Harry about his his new podcast, The Burden, where he speaks with and digs into the history of former NYPD super-cop Louis Scarcella, the detective who locked up New York’s baddest guys back in the city’s “bad old days” — and […]
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LISTEN: The Sun Disappeared but the City Keeps on Going
Co-hosts Chrissy and Harry discuss a week where the earth shook, the sun hid and everything else in New York City kept on ticking, plus how Mayor Eric Adams is positioning himself for his reelection campaign next year and much more.
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LISTEN: Eric Adams Embraces the Power of Magical Thinking
Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project breaks down the problems with the mayor’s plan to deploy “weapons detectors” — which are really just metal tube detectors — in the train system. Plus hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry discuss the NYPD’s hyper-aggressive new approach to its perceived enemies on social media, and much more. […]
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LISTEN: Lucy Sante on Writing an Account of Her Life, and Her Transition
The long-time New York City chronicler returns to FAQ NYC for an in-depth conversation with Alex Brook Lynn and Harry Siegel about her new memoir of transition, I Heard Her Call My Name, and how “it just came out, a fire hose.” If you like what you’re hearing, please spread the word, and subscribe on Apple […]
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LISTEN: The Harassment Tax on Women
Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss the Adams administration’s women problem — and why his political rivals aren’t talking about it — Trump’s trials, the groups railing against congestion pricing and much more. If you like what you’re hearing, please spread the word, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are found.
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LISTEN: A Manhattan Hospital Is In a Death Spiral
Hosts Chrissy, Katie and Harry talk subway scares and safety, and Politico New York health care reporter Maya Kaufman breaks down her reporting on Beth Israel transferring out seriously ill ER patients and much more. If you like what you’re hearing, please spread the word, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are found.