#7 – We try unpack a couple local news items that may have been (understandably) shadowed by national events. There's an ongoing, maybe successful even???, effort to repeal state law 50-A, which over-broadly protects the personnel records of police officers. We do a deep dive into what seems like the unfolding track wreck that is the De Blasio administration. His past and present staffers have written an open letter to him (http://lettertothemayor.nyc) about police brutality. Is he seeking a job on the police force after his second term? Is he looking for a term? Or is he just depressed?? Also: PBA cards, De Blasio's daughter was doxxed by the SBA on Twitter, and two Brooklyn lawyers were caught driving around selling Molotov cocktails. Please forgive all our factual errors, it's really hard to juggle a dozen browser tabs while speaking continuously into a microphone. | https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co | https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_Sample_Ballot

#6 – As NYC passes the peak on the coronavirus, there's more room in the news cycle to discuss some of the other pressing local concerns. We wanted to tackle some topics that are just as important to the city, but haven't received major attention. As the city battles coronavirus, the pandemic has touched on other, ongoing narratives in the city's local politics, sometimes providing a cover for political action that would otherwise garner negative press.

We hope that the episode isn't too heavy with coronavirus news. We tried to highlight some topics we thought warranted more attention. See you next time!

Sound credits this week: "jingle news" by Jay_You; "Last stop.wav" by jerk01 (both freesound.org).

#5 – With preparations for COVID-19 underway, we thought we would quickly make an episode about the enormously hectic last few weeks, where federal, state, and city governments are all attempting to coordinate a response to COVID-19. Also: possible contestants for the 2021 mayoral race; Chirlane McCray and her $850M-1B ThriveNYC program have to answer for where the money is being spent; our pre-coronavirus trips to 92Y and Murmrr.

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#4 – Coronavirus! First cyclist death of 2020! Bloomberg’s running for president, and his VP is his money! Andy Byford resigned! A LaGuardia AirTrain is being built in a bewildering location! Cuomo vs. De Blasio!

We also talk at length about Andrew Cuomo’s legacy as a builder, and how he wields his power to get what he wants, both at Albany and NYC. It’s never been as starkly realized as this past month, in the silence from city officials over Byford’s resignation. This didn’t fit into one exclamation, so it got its own paragraph in the episode description. Thanks for listening!

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#3 – Happy last week of the New Year. Veronica and Hao are back, on the ONLY podcast about New York City, to regale you about municipal legislation you can look forward to in 2020. Bail reform! They're closing Rikers (maybe)! Plastic bags ban (sort of)! Also, find out about the Mysteriously Lost M14 Bus Episode that we mis-recorded after the citywide elections.

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#2 – It's been a busy month since our last episode, and we have much ground to cover.

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