Hi, Brian Laira here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC and WNYC, well, now that we've talked about the future of global democracy,

let's talk about buying tickets to concerts and sporting events.

Seriously, this is actually a political issue now, too.

Some of you know, tickets to big events, whether it's a Taylor Swift concert, a Nick's

playoff game, they should make the playoffs, or next summer's men's World Cup matches

here in the U.S., most relevantly right now, they can be a nightmare to buy.

Price is skyrocket, resellers scoop up seats before most fans even get a chance, and if that's

not enough, websites crash, right?

One friend called me this summer to say he tried to buy tickets to the U.S.

Open Tennis Tournament on day one of online sales, but all the available seats were already

ticketmaster resale tickets with jacked up prices. There might be a solution in the works

in the New York State Legislature, though, and it's even resonating in the mayoral race.

State Senator James Scufus, a Democrat, has introduced a bill in Albany that would regulate the live events ticketing industry in New York and address hidden fees and bots and inflated resale prices.

They do this already in parts of Europe, apparently.

Scufus, by the way, represents

District 42, which covers most of Orange County, north and west of the city, into the Catskills,

like west of the Harriman exit on the thrway around there. And with the Men's World Cup,

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