Housing News Roundup; What Next in Gaza?; Are SATs a Good Thing?; Moving Day: Tips and Stories
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 2, 2024
On today's show:
- David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about some of the latest housing news, including the landlord facing possible "house" arrest and the Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote on rent increases of 2 - 6 percent.
- Aaron David Miller, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former State Department advisor on the Middle East, and the author of several books, including The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008), talks about the current state of ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas and the best pathways to peace in the region.
- This year, many selective colleges are reversing Covid-era test-optional admissions policies, requiring applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores again. Emi Nietfeld, author of Acceptance: A Memoir (Penguin Press, 2022), discusses how taking the SAT changed her life and helped her, as a disadvantaged youth, to attend Harvard.
- From the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th, May 1st was a day when scores of New Yorkers would change their residencies. As a nod to that old tradition, we'll open up the lines for listeners in the midst of moves and hear some tips and stories.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
