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This week the team talks about the city's budget, the decision not to expand the NYPD and how Mayor Zohran Mamdani is handling the heat. They also discuss how moderate democrats are declaring their devotion to capitalism as democratic socialists gain momentum.

Taylor Swift is reported to be getting married this Friday at Madison Square Garden, just weeks after she was there cheering on the Knicks at Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Swift will likely be exchanging more than just paper rings when she says “I do” to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. But her football playing-beau isn’t the only one she’s enchanted with. A tangled web of not-so-invisible string ties Swift to her adopted hometown: New York City.

The newly approved New York City budget is ushering in big wins for transportation in the five boroughs.

What happens when doing what you love means giving up who you really are?

From our friends at the New Yorker Radio Hour.

Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick for acting Director of National Intelligence, has no national-security experience.

New York City approves a $126 billion budget that scraps a planned NYPD expansion and broadens housing assistance through a new rental voucher program. Officials also prepare for a dangerous heat wave by opening cooling centers and extending pool hours. Plus, WNYC’s Karen Yi reports on why supportive housing providers are still filing eviction cases months after the city told them to use eviction only as a last resort. -Got any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at NYCNow@WNYC.org Photo Cred: Karen Yi, WNYC/Gothamist