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Metro reporter Jeff Mays sits down with New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin for a wide-ranging conversation about the city’s most urgent challenges, including affordability, housing, child care, small business relief, health care costs, AI misinformation, and the Council’s role under the Mamdani administration. Menin discusses her efforts to lower costs and expand opportunity for New Yorkers through housing, transit, health care, and child care. The interview also covers the Legionnaires’ outbreak on the Upper East Side and the debate over ending horse carriages in Central Park, as Menin explains the city’s response and the Council’s push for stronger oversight and new legislation.
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Guest:
Julie Menin, Speaker, New York City Council
Recording Date
07/23/2026
First Air Date
07/31/2026
Get closer to this week’s important issues and events. Veteran Times correspondent Sam Roberts returns to television to discuss the big stories with journalists covering them and with leading newsmakers. Preview articles that will appear in The New York Times over the weekend, discover the back stories and savor the conversation that has distinguished the program for 25 years.
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Metro reporter Jeff Mays sits down with New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin for a wide-ranging conversation about the city’s most urgent challenges, including affordability, housing, child care, small business relief, health care costs, AI misinformation, and the Council’s role under the Mamdani administration. Menin discusses her efforts to lower costs and expand opportunity for New Yorkers through housing, transit, health care, and child care. The interview also covers the Legionnaires’ outbreak on the Upper East Side and the debate over ending horse carriages in Central Park, as Menin explains the city’s response and the Council’s push for stronger oversight and new legislation.
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Guest:
Julie Menin, Speaker, New York City Council
Recording Date
07/23/2026
First Air Date
07/31/2026
Get closer to this week’s important issues and events. Veteran Times correspondent Sam Roberts returns to television to discuss the big stories with journalists covering them and with leading newsmakers. Preview articles that will appear in The New York Times over the weekend, discover the back stories and savor the conversation that has distinguished the program for 25 years.
For more The New York Times Close Up with Sam Roberts, visit http://tv.cuny.edu/show/nytcloseup
Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: bit.ly/2GmGb13
Subscribe to the Series Playlist: bit.ly/2VwQGt1
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