Each week, we'll tackle an urgent topic shaping life in New York, often joined by MI colleagues and outside experts who help us think beyond the headlines.
Latest episodes
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60 min
Nikole Hannah-Jones' Essay, School Choice, and Accountability in NYC Schools
Manhattan Institute's education fellows Danyela Souza Egorov and Jennifer Weber join Nicole and Liena to discuss the federal scholarship tax credit, Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay, sch…
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55 min
Why Small Classes Won't Save NYC Schools
On this episode of The Bigger Apple, Nicole Gelinas and Liena Zagare talk with education policy expert and MI fellow Jennifer Weber about the history of school choice, the myth of…
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1 h 09
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 w…
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1 h 13
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 Departme…
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1 h 11
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 p…
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60 min
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-terr…
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1 h 19
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 groce…
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56 min
Mamdani, Rikers, Canal Street and the Coming Summer Crime Spike: A Conversation with Rafael Mangual
Rafael Mangual, Nick Ohnell Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of Criminal Injustice, joins Nicole and Liena to discuss the spate of daytime shootings hitting New…
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1 h 10
High Electric Bills, Expensive Pensions and Uncertain Property Taxes — What's next for New York's Taxpayer
In this episode, we talk with Ken Girardin, our colleague at the Manhattan Institute who covers New York tax, pension, energy, and labor policy, about two very expensive problems f…
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1 h 09
Mamdani, Policing, and Public Order: A Conversation with Peter Moskos
In this episode of The Bigger Apple Podcast, Nicole Gelinas and Liena Zagare talk with former Baltimore police officer and John Jay professor Peter Moskos about Washington Square's…
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1 h 22
Can New York State Afford Zohran Mamdani's Agenda?
E.J. McMahon, New York's leading budget expert, joins Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas to explain what's really happening with the city and state's finances. They talk about why New…
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1 h 14
Why New York's Mental Health System Isn't Working
Why are so many visibly ill people on New York's streets and trains in a city that guarantees shelter? Liena and Nicole speak with Manhattan Institute senior fellow and Homelessnes…
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1 h 00
Zohran Mamdani's Win and What's Next for NYC
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas talk with MI fellow and Director of Cities John Ketcham about the general-electio…
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1 h 04
What's Failing New York's Schools?
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas talk with MI fellow Danyela Souza-Egorov about a $41 billion school system in cri…
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38 min
Why does raising a child in New York cost so much?
In this episode, Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas discuss how regulation, rent, and labor shortages turned child care into a luxury — and plans New York City mayoral candidates Zohr…
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1 h 01
What happened to law and order in NYC?
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas and Liena Zagare discuss NYC's crime situation — what's working, what's not, and how the narrative…