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The Brian Lehrer Show

Ask Governor Murphy: June Recap

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Bryan, Politics, Arts, Npr, News, Wnyc, News Commentary, Nyc, Daily News, Lerer, New, Public, Radio, Media, York

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Solomon recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, where they talked about the "pause" on congestion pricing, a new law that critics say would eliminate transparency in government and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC.

0:14.5

Welcome back, everybody.

0:15.5

I'm Matt Katz, reporter in the WNYC,

0:18.2

got the Miss Newsroom filling in for Brian today.

0:21.4

Governor Kathy Hochle decided to postpone the implementation of congestion pricing last week.

0:26.9

As we know, that plan would have enacted a toll for drivers in Manhattan below 60th Street,

0:33.3

but New Jersey had already sued New York to stop the plan.

0:37.7

So we're wondering how that news was received on the other side of the Hudson.

0:42.0

We'll get Governor Phil Murphy's take on that and more with Nancy Solomon,

0:46.0

who hosted last night's monthly edition of Ask Governor Murphy.

0:49.3

It's a call-in show airs once a month on WNYC and public radio stations in Philly and elsewhere in New Jersey.

0:56.4

Nancy joins Brian the morning after each of those shows, typically for excerpts and analysis in your calls.

1:03.6

Other topics that Governor Murphy and Nancy talked about last night included a new law that makes public records harder to get, mounting frustrations with the New Jersey Transit price hike, clemency, and a strain of cannabis named in honor of the governor.

1:20.9

Listeners, New Jersey listeners, specifically, feel free to weigh in on any of this.

1:24.8

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9692. You can call or text that number.

1:33.8

Hi there, Nancy. Matt Katz. This is going to be fun. I'm looking forward to it. Nancy,

1:39.1

when are you getting a strain of cannabis named after you for all of your amazing work in New Jersey and covering

1:45.2

New Jersey? Well, I was highly critical of the governor for not bringing in a sample because I had

1:51.5

brought in beer a few months ago because the Brewers Association had printed beer cans that said

1:58.9

sign the bill, fill beer because he had not signed a bill

2:03.2

they wanted and we opened the beer and we had a little sip on the air and I'm like

2:09.5

where's the cannabis? Come on man. I brought you beer. If you guys sparked it up or took bong hits together on the air, then nobody would

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