Mayor de Blasio Takes Your Calls; Gridlock Sam On Street Smarts; Summer in NYC Parks

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 1, 2015

Mayor de Blasio explains the city’s new emergency measure to provide rental assistance to people facing eviction, and he’ll take your calls. Plus: 2016 campaign politics; looking back on how New Yorkers spent their summers in parks; non reproducible psychology studies; and how the American city is becoming a better place for all kinds of commuters.

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