Ranked #1
Episode 65: $92.2 billion with Sally Goldenberg
Episode 65: $92.2 billion with Sally Goldenberg
$92.2 billion is the size of the NYC's FY 2020 preliminary budget proposed by Mayor de Blasio. Sally Goldenberg, the Cit... Read more
8 Feb 2019
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30mins
Ranked #2
Episode 38 - 5.8% with Ana Champeny
Episode 38 - 5.8% with Ana Champeny
5.8% - the increase in city-funded spending in the New York City Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2019. Ana Champeny joi... Read more
27 Apr 2018
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35mins
Ranked #3
Episode 72: $92.5 billion, with Yoav Gonen
Episode 72: $92.5 billion, with Yoav Gonen
$92.5 billion is the size of the NYC Executive Budget for FY 2020, an increase of 29% in total spending since Bill de Bl... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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36mins
Ranked #4
Episode 54: 3.1 miles, with Patrick Orecki
Episode 54: 3.1 miles, with Patrick Orecki
3.1 miles is the length of the newly constructed Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. At a cost of $4 billion dollars, the br... Read more
21 Sep 2018
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31mins
Ranked #5
Episode 40 - 176,000, with Patrick Orecki
Episode 40 - 176,000, with Patrick Orecki
176,000 is the number of New Yorkers statewide currently enrolled in Health Home, a Medicaid program that coordinates ca... Read more
11 May 2018
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27mins
Ranked #6
Episode 31 - $418 million
Episode 31 - $418 million
$418 million is the amount Governor Andrew Cuomo wants New York City to commit to the Subway Action Plan, the emergency ... Read more
15 Feb 2018
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35mins
Ranked #7
Episode 28 - $14.3 billion
Episode 28 - $14.3 billion
New York taxpayers could lose as much as $14.3 billion in federal tax deductions because of the capping of the state and... Read more
25 Jan 2018
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1hr
Ranked #8
Episode 52: 5,000 with the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Liz Glazer
Episode 52: 5,000 with the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Liz Glazer
Mayor Bill de Blasio has a plan to close the jails on Rikers Island, in part by reducing the overall city jail populatio... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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43mins
Ranked #9
Episode 27 - $168.2 billion
Episode 27 - $168.2 billion
$168.2 billion is the NYS Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019. Dave Friedfel joins WT[D]P to discuss budget growt... Read more
18 Jan 2018
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24mins
Ranked #10
Episode 47: $31.8 billion, with Sean Campion
Episode 47: $31.8 billion, with Sean Campion
$31.8 billion is the amount required to repair NYCHA's public housing units over the next five years. CBC Senior Researc... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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46mins
Ranked #11
Episode 46: Dr. Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Episode 46: Dr. Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
1,441 is the number of overdose fatalities in New York City in 2017. NYC Commissioner of Health Dr. Mary Bassett discus... Read more
11 Jul 2018
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45mins
Ranked #12
Episode 30 - $72.4 billion
Episode 30 - $72.4 billion
$72.4 billion is total Medicaid spending in the NYS Executive Budget for FY 2019. CBC's Senior Advisor for Health Policy... Read more
8 Feb 2018
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36mins
Ranked #13
Episode 25 - 374
Episode 25 - 374
374 is the number of pages in Governor Cuomo's State of the State policy book. Laura Nahmias of Politico NY joins the po... Read more
8 Jan 2018
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39mins
Ranked #14
Episode 69: 5, with Alicia Glen
Episode 69: 5, with Alicia Glen
5 is the number of years Alicia Glen was the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development under Mayor Bill de Blasi... Read more
26 Mar 2019
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47mins
Ranked #15
Episode 74: 1.28 cents, with Patrick Orecki
Episode 74: 1.28 cents, with Patrick Orecki
1.28 cents is the amount New York collects in fuel taxes for every vehicle mile driven. A recent CBC report "Switching G... Read more
23 May 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #16
Episode 84: $15 billion, with Dean Fuleihan
Episode 84: $15 billion, with Dean Fuleihan
$15 billion is the CBC's estimate of the three-year revenue shortfall for New York City government in a recession. First... Read more
12 Nov 2019
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52mins
Ranked #17
Episode 42 - 1,988 lbs, with Council Member Antonio Reynoso
Episode 42 - 1,988 lbs, with Council Member Antonio Reynoso
1,988 lbs is the average amount of garbage a NYC household throws out each year. City Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Ch... Read more
31 May 2018
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36mins
Ranked #18
Episode 56: 90%, with NYCHA Interim Chair & CEO Stanley Brezenoff
Episode 56: 90%, with NYCHA Interim Chair & CEO Stanley Brezenoff
90% is the share of NYCHA units CBC estimates may not be cost effective to repair by 2027 under the current trajectory o... Read more
19 Oct 2018
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37mins
Ranked #19
Episode 83: $81.3 billion, with Commissioner Michael Schmidt
Episode 83: $81.3 billion, with Commissioner Michael Schmidt
$81.3 billion the amount of tax revenue New York State will collect in fiscal year 2020—46 percent of all resources in ... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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42mins
Ranked #20
Episode 62: $175 Billion
Episode 62: $175 Billion
$175.2 billion is the size of Governor Cuomo's proposed budget for fiscal year 2020. CBC President Andrew Rein joined th... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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29mins