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Mayor Mamdani paints a grim picture of the city's fiscal health, prompting a big backlash. That and more in this week's On The Way roundup of New York City transit news. 

Governor Hochul is running for reelection this year in part on what she calls an “affordability agenda.” The Governor has been crisscrossing New York State pitching a series of plans she says will bring the cost of living down in the notoriously expensive state. And one of those expenses is the skyrocketing cost of car insurance. 

Chuck Bell is a programs director for advocacy at Consumer Reports. He advocates for consumer protections in New York and other Northeast states and talked with WNYC's Stephen Nessen more about it.

The Diocese of Brooklyn announced seven schools across Brooklyn and Queens will close their doors at the end of this school year, citing issues with enrollment and financial management. The decision part of a larger problem. Over the last 20 years, data from the National Catholic Educational Association show enrollment in Catholic schools across the country has tanked by 20 percent. In New York City and the surrounding region, the decrease is even more pronounced.  

Livia Angiolillo is president of The Mary Louis Academy, an all-girls school in Queens. She joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk about the realities and challenges of running a Catholic school in 2026. 

Soon after January's major snow, New Yorkers got the first indication the intense freeze had a grim consequence. It wouldn't be the last. The death toll would climb as the city issued update after update — eventually making the storm one of the deadliest weather-related disasters in recent memory.

The Winter Olympics are in full swing. And the games have already provided plenty of drama and exhilarating moments. But what if you want to get in on the fun? Well, we don't all have a 400-foot ski jump in our backyard but we can definitely take in some curling action in Brooklyn.

That's curling, the sport some say looks like two people using brushes on ice. 

Believe it or not, the Brooklyn Lakeside Curling Club offers curling leagues, lessons and clinics. Reporter Jamie McClellan wanted to learn more. Speaking with Weekend Edition host David Furst, he tells us all about his attempts to curl at the club.

Residents of a mostly suburban New Jersey congressional district in Morris, Essex and Passaic counties, are getting a moment in the political spotlight.

A crowded, 11-person Democratic primary in a special election has finally settled, and now we know what the general election looks like for the House seat vacated by Governor Mikie Sherrill. Democrat Analilia Mejia will face Republican Joe Hathaway in the April election. 

But that's just the beginning of the story.

WNYC New Jersey Politics Reporter Mike Hayes joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to explain. He's been looking into why this result resonates beyond the Garden State's 11th district in this midterm election year.

This month, the Museum of the Moving Image turns its attention to The Sopranos. The HBO series that followed the story of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano and his family broke new ground and reshaped American television. Now, it's being celebrated with a new exhibit and a series of special screenings with show creator David Chase and several key actors including Steve Van Zandt who played Silvio, Edie Falco who played Carmela and Dominic Chianese who played Uncle Junior. The exhibition, "Stories and Set Designs for The Sopranos" opens Saturday, Feb. 14.

Barbara Miller, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Michael Koresky, Senior Curator of Film join Weekend Edition host David Furst to preview all of the Sopranos activity at the museum.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivered the annual “State of the NYPD” address earlier this week. 

The yearly speech provides a forum to review the previous year’s accomplishments, while laying out initiative for the year to come. 

Tisch’s State of the NYPD is the first she’s delivered after a full year in charge of the nation’s largest police force. It’s also the first under new Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who comes into office with differing views on policing and public safety than the commissioner.

Jillian Snider, a retired NYPD officer and a current lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, joins WNYC's Sean Carlson to talk more about it.

The NYPD's failure to crack down on dogs illegally roaming the city's subways turned deadly last week when an internet-famous chow chow named Meatball broke free from her owner and jumped down onto the tracks at the Bowling Green station, where she was fatally electrocuted by the third rail.

When people think of radishes, they most likely imagine tiny, red, lightly spicy bunches of vegetable. But, the world of radishes is diverse, and features several varieties that are much heartier and store well through the winter. 

Amelia Tarpey is the Program and Publicity Manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. She says shoppers can find watermelon radish, Daikon radish, Korean radish and more at Greenmarkets for about $3 to $5 per pound.