Mayoral Candidates Promise Teachers a New Direction
The five Democrats and one independent running for mayor all sought to distance themselves, to varying degrees, from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education reforms during a forum before hundreds of...
View ArticleThompson Proposes Mid-Course Correction to Bloomberg's School Policies
Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson outlined a vision for the city's school system on Wednesday that would modify reforms initiated by the Bloomberg administration, proposing to reduce the...
View ArticleTeachers Doing Their Homework Before Union Endorsement
The United Federation of Teachers isn't scheduled to make its endorsement in this year's mayoral race until June 19, and many teachers appear to be in no hurry, judging from conversations with some of...
View ArticleWeiner Calls for Less Testing, Supports Space Sharing with Charters
Anthony Weiner does not oppose co-locating charter schools in the same buildings as regular public schools so long as there's space. This was one point he made during an in-studio interview with WNYC's...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner; Women in AA; Open Phones on Egyptian Protests
Anthony Weiner is here to discuss the latest in his campaign to be the Democratic nominee for mayor. Plus: Patricia Williams, Columbia University Law School professor and columnist for The Nation...
View ArticleNYC Mayoral Race; How To Be Brave; Five Pillars Continued
Azi Paybarah of Capital New York and Kate Taylor from the New York Times update us on the latest in the mayoral race, including who is raising the most money, and where it’s coming from. Plus: active...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Anthony Weiner's Latest Admission
Yesterday, after reports that another woman had claimed to have had an intimate online relationship with him, mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner held a press conference with his wife and admitted his...
View ArticleThe Real Mayoral Issues; The American Dream; Smells Like Summer
While the mayoral race has turned into a tabloid circus, there are still real issues at hand. New York Times City Hall Bureau Chief David Chen joins us to discuss the non-Weiner issues in the campaign....
View ArticleWeiner Says No Timetable for Hiring New Campaign Manager
Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner isn't giving a timetable for when or if he plans to replace the campaign manager who quit over the weekend — but he remained defiant about continuing on in the...
View ArticleMayoral Candidates Support More Arts Funding for Schools
Bill Thompson played viola when he was a student at Midwood High School. John Liu took violin lessons even though he was a "math nerd." And Bill de Blasio credited theater classes at M.S. 51 in Park...
View ArticleThompson, Quinn Launch New TV Ads
Former comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson's first round of TV ads hit the airwaves Tuesday, as did a second ad from Council Speaker Christine Quinn.Thompson's two ads both lean...
View ArticleDemocratic Mayoral Debate; Booker vs. Lonegan; Outsmart Your Mind
Democrats running for mayor of New York City debated last night and Bill Ritter, the moderator and Eyewitness News co-anchor, recaps and analyzes the debate, including each candidate’s take on this...
View ArticleJoe Lhota Is Running To Be "The Man" In NYC
"Be a man!" That's what Joe Lhota barked at an MTA board member at a public meeting last September, back when Lhota was reaching the end of his one-year tenure as authority chairman. Lhota later (sort...
View ArticleThe Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Stop-and-Frisk and Healthcare
With less than three weeks until the primary, the Democratic candidates for mayor are sharpening their attacks on one another. Since two issues, stop-and-frisk and health care, have taken center stage,...
View ArticleNYC Democrats Vie for Voters in Televised Debate
With three weeks to go until Election Day, the Democratic candidates for New York City mayor squared off in their second-to-last debate televised live from Town Hall.Topics ranged Wednesday from health...
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Thompson Supporters Cite His Savviness as Board of Ed President
Before Mayor Michael Bloomberg persuaded the state to give him control over the city schools in 2002, the Board of Education was its own entity across the river in Brooklyn. That independence...
View ArticleThe Day Before Primary Day; Rep. Israel on Syria; Gramsci in The Bronx
It’s T-1 until the primary in New York City. WNYC’s Anna Sale and Azi Paybarah of Capital New York preview the mayoral primary and other city-wide races, and discuss how political groups are trying to...
View ArticleJoe Lhota's Storm-Tossed Year at the MTA
Joe Lhota, the Republican candidate for mayor, spent 2012 running the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the country's largest transportation system. How'd he do? And what kind of...
View Article#AskTheMayor (In Person): Four Years After Sandy, One Year Away from Election
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio joins us live from The Greene Space to discuss the City's Build It Back Sandy Recovery Program that failed to meet its proposed deadline. Members in the audience also...
View ArticleMeet 2017 NYC Mayoral Candidate Tony Avella
Tony Avella, Democratic New York State Senator, joins us to discuss his 2017 mayoral bid and the issues that distinguish him from the incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio. Senator Avella announced his...
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