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WNYC and Gothamist arts and culture editor Matthew Schnipper joins us to talk about Supreme’s new licensing deal with New York City and the buzz around Jude Bellingham’s massive Calvin Klein billboard in SoHo. Plus, a long lost Georgia O’Keeffe painting resurfaces from an East Village closet, a casino dealer school trains workers for New York’s growing casino industry and Mumford & Sons member Ben Lovett is behind a new music venue coming to Williamsburg.
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Long-lost Georgia O’Keeffe painting found in East Village closet
A good bet: New Yorkers are lining up to become casino dealers
Mamdani expands free produce programs for New Yorkers on SNAP



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A three-story building in the vicinity of Flatbush and Bedford Avenue collapsed Wednesday afternoon, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani has confirmed eight people have died, including two children. Search and rescue is still underway in heavy rain.

In this special episode, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Brittany Kriegstein joins us from the scene in Flatbush to explain what happened, what we know about the construction site next door, and how the weather is complicating the search. This is a developing story, and details may have changed since recording.

Photo: Catalina Gonella / Gothamist


Brooklyn building collapse kills 6 adults, 2 children and rescue work still underway, mayor says
Developer at Brooklyn collapse site had record of flouting orders from city agency

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected as the first digital native to run City Hall, and now New Yorkers have found a new way to report what’s broken in their neighborhoods: filming a short video, tagging Mayor Mamdani, and asking him to come fix it. Sometimes, it works.

WNYC and Gothamist reporter Karen Yi fills in for Janae Pierre and meets Carolina Abreu, whose pitch black Bronx street got streetlights two days after her video racked up nearly 2 million views. Then NYU politics professor Joshua Tucker explains what’s behind the trend and where the limits are when a request goes from fixing a pothole to changing a policy.

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Housing has been a major focus for Mayor Zohran Mamdani since taking office in January. His administration has heard from tenants about poor living conditions, but landlords have complaints of their own, from unpaid rent to rising costs and lengthy eviction proceedings.

WNYC and Gothamist housing reporter David Brand fills in for Janae Pierre and brings those concerns to Cea Weaver, director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. They discuss how the administration is responding to both tenants and landlords, what it’s doing to keep New Yorkers from being priced out of their neighborhoods, and its plans for public housing and tenant ownership.
Photo: David Brand
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Mamdani says more help is coming to homeless New Yorkers living outside this winter
Will voters' ‘blue tsunami’ mean a reset on healthcare for NY?
Mamdani expands free produce programs for New Yorkers on SNAP
New Yorkers can look up participating grocery stores and find their nearest farmer’s market on the city’s health map.


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Diwali is the festival of lights, celebrated by millions around the world. But what does the holiday look like in New York City? Anu Sehgal, founder of The Culture Tree, joins us to talk about growing up celebrating Diwali in India, passing traditions down to her children here in the city.

Photo: The Culture Tree

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