Best Gotham Gazette NYC Podcasts (2024)

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The Realism of Governing and the ‘22 Midterms with Councilman Chi Ossé 31:25

1+ y ago31:25

31:25

When we follow our dreams to fight for change and actually end up in office… what do you do next? Learn about the realistic nature of governing with Councilman of the 36th District, Chi Ossé. Ossé talks about how campaign promises ran up against his need to compromise (or not), his outlook on criticisms against progressives and Democrats writ large…

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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on NYCs Health Challenges 21:20

2y ago21:20

21:20

Polio, monkeypox, COVID, oh my! What are New Yorkers supposed to be when the 24/7 news cycle runs from one health scare to the next? Listen to our exclusive interview with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, who formerly served as the Chair of the City Council's Health Committee (among other positions!). Get the latest numbers on how many New …

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Jeff Coltin on Mayor Adams' Report Card 26:36

2y ago26:36

26:36

A half-a-year hiatus won't keep us away forever! It's time to get right back into New York's political scene with THE 25TH HOUR. Coming back as our first return guest, City & State's City Hall Bureau Chief JEFF COLTIN talks about how Mayor Eric Adams is doing now that more than half a year has gone by into his administration. Does the Mayor of Swag…

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Gotham Gazette Executive Editor Ben Max on 2022 In NYC Politics 43:01

2+ y ago43:01

43:01

2021 was crazy but what's going to happen in 2022? A new Mayor, Council, and Governor set their sights on changing things for the City. An increase in public safety policies as COVID continues to be a threat hanging in the air. Who better to give you the best '22 primer than Executive Editor of the Gotham Gazette, Ben Max! Ben started off his caree…

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Episode 61: January 16-22, 2022 18:28

2+ y ago18:28

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Is your head spinning from following Eric Adams everywhere? No worries, catch up on the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! * A subway death and police shooting have brought public safety crises to Eric Adams' door. * Kathy Hochul unveils her state budget and campaign war chest. * Biden gives his first news conference in 10 months the midst of anot…

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Episode 60: January 9-15, 2022 27:07

2+ y ago27:07

27:07

Is it warm yet?! Heat up by catching up on the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! * Adams continues battling outcry for appointing his brother to the head of security detail and promised to outline a temporary remote schooling option for students. * Hochul said New York seems to be just around the bend of the Omicron surge. * Biden's voting rights…

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Episode 59: January 2-8, 2022 24:28

2+ y ago24:28

24:28

HAPPY NEW YEAR from THE 25TH HOUR! * Eric Adams starts his first week on the job, witnessing an assault, making key appointments, and making gaffes. * Governor Hochul delivered her State of the State address, announcing plans for ambitious growth in the healthcare sector, a new rail line connecting Brooklyn and Queens, and her intentions for New Yo…

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City & State’s Deputy City Hall Reporter Annie McDonough on the Brand New NYC Council 29:17

2+ y ago29:17

29:17

Happy Almost New Year from THE 25TH HOUR! If you've ever wondered how you can begin paying attention to local NYC news beyond hating on the Mayor, start here with our interview with City & State's Annie McDonough about the City Council. Our host Dennis Futoryan, Esq. and Annie McDonough talk about: * What does the City Council do? * How does the ol…

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Episode 58: December 12-18, 2021 19:45

2+ y ago19:45

19:45

As you stay inside from the latest COVID surge, catch up with this week's news with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio refuses calls to close schools and return for remote learning in the face of increased COVID cases. * The City Council wrapped up its last Stated Meeting, with Councilwoman Adrienne Adams declaring victory in the clandestine Speaker's race…

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Episode 57: December 5-11, 2021 27:22

2+ y ago27:22

27:22

With some mandates being put back in place, spend some time indoors with THE 25TH HOUR, helping you stay on the 24/7 news cycle! * De Blasio institutes a private-sector vaccine mandate on City businesses and ups the minimum indoor vaccine requirement to 2 shots, with kids 5-11 needing to show at least one. * The City Council passed a bill allowing …

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The Outrun Coalition on Electing Rural Progressives 40:01

2+ y ago40:01

40:01

In the midst of Democratic losses in the latest round of elections, how are progressives trying to win back rural voters? Enter the Outrun Coalition, a group dedicated to getting progressives elected to school boards and sheriff's offices, among other local positions. Join The 25th Hour in an interview with Paolo Cremidis, Outrun's Executive Direct…

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Episode 56: November 14-20, 2021 24:58

2+ y ago24:58

24:58

We're back with your mid-November update beyond the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio announced the return of the NYE Ball Drop. * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announces his run for Governor. * The Assembly Judiciary Committee promises a bombshell report on former Governor Andrew Cuomo. * Kamala Harris briefly became the US' first…

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Episode 55: October 31-November 6, 2021 31:25

2+ y ago31:25

31:25

The weather's getting chilly this first week of November but we'll warm you up by keeping you on top of the 24/7 news cycle! * Election results throughout the country showed Democratic losses * Eric Adams is the new NYC Mayor, beating Republican Curtis Sliwa * De Blasio filed paperwork to run for Governor but no word on an announcement * Three out …

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Episode 54: October 24-30, 2021 20:03

2+ y ago20:03

20:03

Get spooky with us on this week's episode of THE 25TH HOUR, helping you stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle! * Police, firefighters, and sanitation workers call out sick in a limited work action against the vaccine mandate. * State Attorney General Letitia James officially announces her run for NY Governor. * Cuomo is officially summoned to court fo…

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Episode 53: October 10-23, 2021 41:40

2+ y ago41:40

41:40

In this two-week special, we're sounding a little more raw than usual! Excuse our technical issues and get caught up on the past two weeks of headlines that catch you up to the 24/7 news cycle. * All City workers are now under a vaccine mandate, and have until the end of the month to get their shots or go on unpaid leave. * Hochul apologized to the…

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On a Potential Run for Governor with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

29:00

From discussing his recently announced exploratory committee for Governor to how to fix New York's broken political system in Albany, host Dennis Futoryan, Esq., covers a lot of ground with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams in this enlightening conversation. If you want to hear about Williams' vision for the state of New York, don't miss out! Ever w…

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Episode 52: September 26 - October 3, 2021 29:26

2+ y ago29:26

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We waited until September ended, and now it's time for you to catch up on the 24/7 news cycle! * De Blasio finally toured Rikers after reluctantly relenting, but he didn't end up talking to any prisoners or staff. * Hochul said she's ready to call up medically trained National Guard troops to make up for any potential shortage from the hospital vac…

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Episode 51: September 5-11, 2021 24:31

2+ y ago24:31

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Episode 50: August 22-27, 2021 33:29

2+ y ago33:29

33:29

Fully authorize us the chance to catch you up and stay ahead of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! * NYC mandated vaccinations amongst school staff, with unions engaging in negotiations. * Kathy Hochul was officially sworn in as NYs 1st female Governor, who also announced State Sen. Brian Benjamin as her Lt. Gov. Cuomo gave a Farewell Speech w…

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Episode 49: August 15-21, 2021 27:11

3y ago27:11

27:11

Don't let yourself drown from the 24/7 news cycle like the flooding of Hurricane Henri - catch up with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio and Governor Cuomo warned New Yorkers of the severity of incoming Hurricane/Tropical Storm Henri which is set to make a direct hit on Long Island. * Incoming Governor Kathy Hochul is actively looking for her own No. 2 an…

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Episode 48: August 8-14, 2021 26:41

3y ago26:41

26:41

Catch up on last week's news as you stay inside from this heatwave with THE 25TH HOUR, helping you stay on top of they 24/7 news cycle! Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned following Letitia James' report finding 11 women's sexual harassment allegations against the Governor as credible. Finding no way out, Cuomo stepped down, effective in two weeks, …

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Episode 47: August 1-8, 2021 30:45

3y ago30:45

30:45

Stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR on its 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! * De Blasio puts new rules into effect that would require proof of vaccinations for indoor dining, gyms, movies, and more. * The walls are crumbling around Cuomo as the State AGs report substantiated 11 accusations of sexual harassment and an overall toxic work culture…

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City & State Senior State Reporter Zach Williams on Cuomo and the Bombshell Sexual Harassment Report 27:27

3y ago27:27

27:27

In the fallout of NY Attorney General Letitia James’ report on Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandals, the Governor has had his allies drop support for him left and right, including the Chairman of the State Democratic Party and lawmakers from the legislature - some comprising the Assembly impeachment committee which are now going to go into high gear.…

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Episode 46: July 25-July 31, 2021 32:36

3y ago32:36

32:36

Mask back up and catch up in last week's news with THE 25TH HOUR - stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle! * De Blasio announces that ALL City workers will have to vaccinate, and that those who haven't gotten vaccinated will receive a $100 incentive at all City-run sites. * Cuomo initially didn't follow de Blasio's lead, but made the decision to make s…

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Episode 45: July 18-24, 2021 34:56

3y ago34:56

34:56

Mandate yourself some time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle in under an hour with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio instituted mandatory vaccines to City hospital workers or get weekly COVID tests, with the possibility of extending the mandate to other City workers. * Cuomo breathes a sigh of relief as one of the federal investigations into his handl…

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Episode 44: July 11-17, 2021 36:45

3y ago36:45

36:45

It's the second week of July and it's time to catch up on the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR in under an hour: De Blasio reopens the Marriage Bureau and maintains a mask rule for the upcoming fall school year as the Delta variant makes matters worse in the City. Eric Adams went to DC to talk to Biden about gun violence, then held a joint press …

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Episode 43: July 4-10, 2021 24:23

3y ago24:23

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Time to catch up on the 24/7 news cycle with last week's news in under an hour with THE 25TH HOUR! * NYC had a Canyon of Heroes parade for essential workers during the pandemic as some unions protested the parade in favor of higher wages. * Brooklyn Borough President unofficially won the NYC Democratic mayoral primary as his fellow contenders Kathr…

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Episode 42: June 27-July 3, 2021 23:48

3y ago23:48

23:48

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY from THE 25TH HOUR! Time to catch up on the 24/7 news cycle in under an hour. * De Blasio adds more names to the Central Park COVID Comeback Concert, the Delta variant is still on the rise, Adams and Garcia are still neck and neck as affidavits are counted, Alvin Bragg officially wins the Manhattan DA Democratic primary, and …

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Episode 41: June 20-26, 2021 42:00

3y ago42:00

42:00

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR, where you'll get last week's news in less than an hour. The NYC mayoral primary came and went, showing Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in the lead, with former de Blasio counsel Maya Wiley and former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia at his tail. Buffalo may have just elected…

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Episode 40: June 13-19, 2021 32:33

3y ago32:33

32:33

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR, where we deliver the week's news in under an hour. De Blasio announced a Canyon of Heroes parade honoring essential workers and celebrating the City crawling out of the worst of the pandemic. The final mayoral debate was largely substantive and got heated in minor moments as Adams is se…

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ACLU Board President Deborah Archer on the Fight for Racial Justice and the ACLU's Agenda 37:04

3y ago37:04

37:04

Join THE 25TH HOUR in welcoming ACLU Board President Deborah Archer! Host Dennis Futoryan, Esq., interviews the first Black ACLU President of the Board, Deborah Archer, the 8th ACLU President overall and one with an ambitious racial justice agenda in the post-Trump era. Ms. Archer talks about her role as Board President, her own experiences fightin…

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Episode 39: June 6-12, 2021 36:33

3y ago36:33

36:33

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR: Early voting began in NYC ahead of the June 22nd primary. The top contenders for Mayor took part in a third debate, with most targeting frontrunner Eric Adams about questions concerning whether he truly lives in New York City. Governor Cuomo said that once New York State's one-shot vacc…

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Alvin Bragg on his Candidacy for Manhattan District Attorney 41:14

3y ago41:14

41:14

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! This week, we have a special guest: Manhattan DA Candidate Alvin Bragg! Born and raised in Central Harlem, NY, Bragg is the Visiting Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Project at New York Law School, a member of the Board of Directors of The Legal Aid Society, and wo…

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Episode 38: April 30-June 5, 2021 25:29

3y ago25:29

25:29

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! COVID rates and deaths are dropping in the City & State, with positive testing averages lower than a percent, and at their lowest points since the start of the pandemic. De Blasio announced vaccinations inside schools this week, and professed that he wasn't impressed by any of the mayor…

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Episode 37: May 16-22, 2021 35:58

3y ago35:58

35:58

Here's your recap in the news for May 16-22, 2021, with THE 25TH HOUR, helping you remember past the 24/7 news cycle: * New York City & State are enjoying the fruits of shedding indoor masks now that the CDC released guidance letting fully vaccinated people go maskless in most settings. One of those settings? The trains. But what will you see more …

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Episode 36: May 9-15, 2021 50:44

3y ago50:44

50:44

THE 25TH HOUR RECAP for May 9-15, 2021: The City & State are reviewing recent CDC guidelines allowing fully vaccinated people to shed their masks indoors, as commuters are incentivized with freebies and easy subway station vaccinations. NYC mayoral candidates squared off in the first of three debates, with contenders taking shots at each other in t…

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Episode 35: May 2-8, 2021 40:46

3y ago40:46

40:46

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! De Blasio says "whatever" to Governor Cuomo's plan to reopen NYC faster than de Blasio announced. Eric Adams inches ahead of Yang for the first time at the top of the NYC mayoral polls but most voters are still undecided. Cuomo signed a bill into law letting parolees have the right to v…

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Episode 34: April 25 - May 1, 2021 48:00

3y ago48:00

48:00

Time to beat the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! De Blasio announced he plans to make the City restriction-free by July 1st, Cuomo be damned. Comptroller Scott Stringer's mayoral candidacy is in jeopardy with a surprise 20-year old sexual assault accusation from a former intern, and refuses to resign despite his endorses pulling back, maintaini…

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Episode 33: April 18-24, 2021 44:02

3y ago44:02

44:02

The 25th Hour Episode 33: April 18-24, 2021 * NYC welcomes walk-in vaccine appointments for all adults. * De Blasio restarts Operation Ceasefire, an initiative seeking to rein in gun violence by giving gang members jobs and increasing gun buyback programs. * Cuomo refused to say whether he would resign if it was found that he broke the law with his…

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Episode 32: April 11-17, 2021 50:39

3y ago50:39

50:39

Time to catch up on last week's news with THE 25TH HOUR: Despite stubborn mutation-caused infections, the City is gradually getting back to normal, with music venues slowly reopening and kids signing back up for schools. The Mayor's race heats up, with candidates releasing more policy proposals and coming at each other. Cuomo is also carrying on li…

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Episode 31: April 4-10, 2021 48:15

3y ago48:15

48:15

Here's your weekly recap of NYC to DC politics and news with THE 25TH HOUR! De Blasio announces the reopening of Coney Island and the City's beaches; the 2-case school closure rule is now the 4-case rule; a majority of students are still opting for remote learning. Cuomo repeals nursing home protections he put in place in the beginning of the pande…

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Episode 30: March 28-April 3, 2021 45:50

3y ago45:50

45:50

THE 25TH HOUR has hit 30 episodes! Now celebrate with us and catch up on the 24/7 news cycle. NYCs COVID numbers are rising again, this time thanks to the variants public health experts warned about, coupled with indoor events with maskless people. New York State is behind on its deadline to pass a state budget, with April 5th becoming the new date…

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Episode 29: March 21-27, 2021 41:30

3y ago41:30

41:30

Stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! De Blasio announced reopenings while at the same time asking for Cuomo to slow down on reopenings.. huh? In any case, the Mayor said workers will come back to the office by May 3rd, announced vaccine sites for Broadway workers, and universal pre-K for 3 year olds. Cuomo is still weathering the …

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Journalist, Professor, and Author Ross Barkan on Cuomo's Conundrums 36:07

3y ago36:07

36:07

Governor Cuomo was once a promising political upstart working on his father, Mario's, gubernatorial run, with his eyes on the stars, dreaming of big things. Now he's falling very deep, probably at the highest point he's ever been, as the man once rumored to have presidential ambitions is dogged by sexual misconduct scandals, allegations of purposel…

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Episode 28: March 14-20, 2021 48:03

3y ago48:03

48:03

Time to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio heralds the vaccination of 3 million City residents and is encouraging more investigations into Governor Cuomo. Andrew Yang and other mayoral candidates decried the senseless gun violence in Georgia and the rising spate of anti-Asian hate crimes. * Cuomo can notch another se…

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Episode 27: March 7-13, 2021 49:32

3y ago49:32

49:32

It's time for you to stay on top of the 24/7 news cycle! * De Blasio starts to slowly unravel NYC with movie theaters and dining reopening at increased capacity, and announcing the reopening of high schools! * Cuomo's nine lives are up with seven accusations and seemingly the entirety of the Democratic Party turning against him, but he defiantly st…

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Episode 26: February 28-March 6, 2021 52:09

3y ago52:09

52:09

THE 25TH HOUR is your answer to the 24/7 news cycle! Catch up with this week's news from February 28th to March 6th, 2021. * NYC is steadily starting to open back up, as middle school students can return to in-person learning and a plan is reportedly in place to return high school students as well. * Cuomo had his emergency COVID powers revoked by …

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Episode 25: February 21-27, 2021 49:47

3y ago49:47

49:47

Call it Cuomoception, because we have scandal upon scandal on this 25th episode of THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio continues to calibrate the long lines at vaccine sites, revel in the reopening of middle schools, but also lost his Education Chancellor and NYPD Chief of Department (not that it seems many people mind). * Cuomo - what are we going to do wi…

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Professor Rebecca Roiphe on Trump's Acquittal and Post-Presidential Legal Endangerment 53:17

3+ y ago53:17

53:17

Trump is feeling newly emboldened, operating under the assumption that "second is the best" in his historic second impeachment - and acquittal. Now the party has already come crashing down thanks to the ocean of lawsuits meeting the Mar-a-Lago Man©. But is our 45th President going to jail? Is there any shot of that really happening? New York Law Sc…

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Episode 24: February 14-20, 2021 45:56

3+ y ago45:56

45:56

Catch up with this past week's news with THE 25TH HOUR! * De Blasio is grinning from ear to ear looking at the Governor he's been feuding with since the beginning face a massive scandal. He might want to look closer to home, however, since he just sent half a thousand cops into the subways. * Someone nurse Cuomo back to health, he is now facing a p…

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