New Year, New Mayor

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 3, 2022

Eric Adams was sworn in as NYC's new mayor in Times Square as 2022 began. Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), and Elizabeth Kim, reporter who covers mayoral power for the People and Power team at Gothamist and WNYC, talk about his start in office and where he'll need to focus.

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