The Bigger Apple Podcast

Deal or No Deal: Strikes, Budgets, and Unions

This week, join us for a conversation about the Long Island Rail Road strike, the proposed state and city budgets, and the outsized influence of public- and private-sector unions with our colleague, New York's preeminent expert on public finance, E.J. McMahon.

A Former Top Planner on What's Wrong And Right With NYC Housing

Nicole and Liena talk with Eric Kober, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and former director of housing, economic and infrastructure planning at the New York City Department of City Planning, about rent regulation, labor unions, property tax reform, 1961 zoning, and more.

Autonomous Vehicles and NYC

Liena and Nicole talk to traffic guru Sam Schwartz and planner Kelly McGuinness about the good, bad and ugly about self-driving cars and dense, transit-centric cities. Watch this podcast here [https://thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute/p/autonomous-vehicles-and-nyc].

Busy, Busy Mayor: Mamdani's war on too-expensive eggs and too-cheap luxury second homes

In this episode we talk about Mamdani's plans for municipal grocery stores and whether green carts and farmers markets are already doing this work, the mayor's proposed Pied-à-terre tax, the state's war against insurance schemes, and more.

100 Days of Mayor Mamdani

In this episode, Liena and Nicole unpack Mayor Mamdani's first 100 days, looking at his diluted promises of free childcare, fast and free buses, a rent freeze, and government groceries, as well as his ambition versus budgetary realities and how he's dealt with the day-to-day challenges of running the city.