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Food critic Robert Sietsema joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to discuss some of his favorite places to get biryani in New York City. 

For nearly five years, Jane August has been on a mission to visit every museum in New York City. 150 museums later, she joins us with her latest update. 

Speaking with Weekend Edition host David Furst, she highlights a few of her favorite visits from this past year.

Law enforcement officials in New Jersey are currently allowed to share information with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement if a person has been charged with certain violent offenses or is subject to a final order of removal — even if the person is never found guilty.

New measures would require that a person be convicted of a crime before their information is disclosed to federal immigration authorities.

Whether it's early spring or the dead of winter, potatoes never really go out of season.

Amelia Tarpey, Program and Publicity Manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets, says there are thousands of varieties of potatoes around the world, and some of them you can find right now at your local New York City Greenmarket like Magic Molly and German Butterball potatoes.

Amelia says right now, Greenmarkets across the city are selling varieties of potatoes anywhere from $2.50 to $8 per pound. 

It’s a new term for the New York City Council, and this year, that also means a new Council Speaker, who is responsible for setting the priorities of the legislative body. 

Council Speaker Julie Menin joins WNYC's Sean Carlson to talk more about her plans for the new year.

As Mayor Zohran Mamdani fills out his administration, he has named New York City’s first-ever deputy mayor for economic justice, a role that he says will be business leaders’ point of contact. He opted not to appoint a deputy mayor for economic development, eliminating a role that has been in place since at least the Koch administration, veteran city officials say. 

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s sudden embrace of mayoral control of schools represents a recognition that he’ll need the authority to execute his signature policy of free universal child care, observers say.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is shifting course on one of his education campaign promises, saying he now supports keeping mayoral control of New York City’s public schools.

Oysters could be considered New York City's original street food. 

By the 19th century, the city was known as the world's oyster capital. New York Public Library says the Lenape people had been harvesting oysters from what is now called the Hudson River long before Henry Hudson first sailed it. But these days, oysters sold at city Greenmarkets are harvested off of Long Island and as far north as Cape Cod. 

Not only are they symbols of good luck and prosperity for the new year, they're sweeter and meatier during these cold winter months. 

You can often find oysters at Greenmarkets at a better price than at restaurants. GrowNYC Program and Publicity Manager Amelia Tarpey says right now, oysters are going for about $1 to $1.50 apiece.