Day-After-Labor-Day Local News Roundup

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 3, 2020


Jeffery Mays, New York Times reporter on the Metro Desk, and Brigid Bergin, WNYC City Hall and politics reporter, talk about the latest local news, including the reopening of school buildings for teachers to prepare; the City's COVID-19 budget woes and the state and federal governments' responses; and the unofficial start to the 2021 municipal campaigns. 

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NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves 2-year rent freeze, fulfilling Mamdani campaign pledge

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Are Carriage Horses a Thing of the Past?

Liam Quigley talks about the latest efforts to ban carriage horses in Central Park.
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Feds indict former Mayor Adams adviser Frank Carone in migrant housing bribery scheme

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