Nicole Gelinas

Introducing the Brian Lehrer Show Editorial Board: Nicole Gelinas, Emerita Torres and Rachel Weinberger debate congestion pricing. 

An update on the current state of transportation in NYC. 

How infrastructure weaknesses contributed to the blackout Saturday

A discussion of fare evasion in NYC.

Why is subway construction here in New York City the most expensive in the world?

Nicole Gelinas explains the implications of President Trump's infrastructure proposal for NYC.

After 9/11, the World Trade Center was essentially rebuilt as a pedestrian-only area. So, as truck attacks become a recurring terrorist technique, why not ban cars from parts of Midtown?

A transit expert says the MTA has enough money. The problem is it can't spend it quickly or well.

Mayor de Blasio has announced a $73.9 billion budget plan for New York City. Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses the contents of the proposal - and what's missing.

The Brian Lehrer Show's election series 30 Issues in 30 Days continues this week with a series of conversations about a variety of topics. See the full 30 Issues schedule and archive here.

What issues will top the next NYC mayor’s budget agenda? James Parrot, Deputy Director and Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, and Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal, discuss budget issues – including union contracts – that the next mayor will face.

School Bus Strike Update

Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street and Washington, and Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and co-founder of the blog The Baseline Scenario, discuss some of the big economic stories in today's news. The Fed's program known as QE2 is coming to an end -- did it work? Bank of America is planning to pay $14 billion back to investors who lost money on mortgage deals gone bad -- is it enough? And what's going on in Greece, exactly?

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Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor at the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street and Washington, talks about her congressional testimony on the fiscal woes of state and local governments - and whether bankruptcy should be an option. 

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This is a problem endemic to politics — people without responsibility happy to go off saying things that are not going to work in practice. — Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor at ...

Nicole Gelinas, a contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street and Washington, Greg David, director of the business and economics program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Nomi Prins, senior fellow at Demos, former investment banker and author of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street, debate this week's True/False Wonk Wars idea: that bank reform will send jobs fleeing from New York.

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We speak with Harry Moroz, Drum Major Institute research associate, and Nicole Gelinas, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to its City Journal. Both argue against TARP II, but from different perspectives.

James Parrott, deputy director and chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, and Nicole Gelinas, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discuss how the government should respond to the latest fiscal crisis.

Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the Working Families Party, and Carol Kellermann, President of the Citizens Budget Commission, talk about New York State's fiscal crisis. Plus, Nicole Gelinas, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor to its City Journal, says that both the ...

Panelists Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal; Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party; Dennis Walcott, New York City deputy mayor for education and community development; and Andrea Batista Schlesinger, executive director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy; ...

Panelists Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal; Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party; Dennis Walcott, New York City deputy mayor for education and community development; and Andrea Batista Schlesinger, executive director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy; ...