The episode discusses the recent budget agreement between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menim with insights from Peter Sterne.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menim reached a handshake agreement earlier today on a $125.8 billion annual city budget. We spoke with Peter Sterne of City & State about key details in the deal including the expansion of a controversial rental assistance program backed by the Council and opposed by the Mayor.