NYC and the 'Public Charge' Changes; NYPD's Terence Monahan; Brokers' Fees; Rajia Hassib

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 12, 2019

On today's show:

  • Steven Banks, commissioner of NYC's Department of Social Services, and Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, talk about the rule change for legal non-green-card-holding immigrants and public assistance;
  • NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan talks about the NYC crime rate and news from the department;
  • As hordes of New Yorkers are scrambling to rent apartments ahead of September 1st when many leases are up, Robert Desir, staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society, and City Council Member Keith Powers (4th District, East Side) talk about the city's proposed regulation on upfront rental costs like brokers' fees. Brokers call in to defend their rates;
  • Rajia Hassib, author of the novels In the Language of Miracles and A Pure Heart (Viking, 2019), discusses her latest book about two sisters, one who lives in New York City with her white husband and another who lived and died in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Egypt.

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