Hi, Brian Lairer 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 on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone. On today's show, what happens with housing development? What actually happens now that the city's ballot measures on that got approved? Also,

the Supreme Court, here's the Trump Tariff's case. We'll hear a little bit of audio on how the

justice has questioned the two sides and why this case is being

watched so closely for its impact not only on prices, but on American democracy. But we start

with more about the election of Zeranam Danya's mayor. With us now as political analyst and

sometimes organizer, Michael Lang, who writes the fascinating New York politics

newsletter called The Narrative Wars. How closely does he inspect New York politics? Well, on the

day before the election, he posted an article called predicting every block of the 2025 New York City

mayoral election. Maybe we'll see how much he got right. Also before the

election, he wrote a piece called How Zoran can reach 50%, which Mumdani did, and one called the

end of Andrew Cuomo, cheekily subtitled, The Politics of Pronunciation, and most of you know what that

refers to. So Michael Lang's been on it.

By way of background, he also formerly worked in the district office of Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez

and on the successful campaign of one of the exonerated Central Park 5, Yusuf Salam, for the New York

City Council. Michael, thanks for coming on at this historic moment. Welcome

back to WNYC. Oh, it's such a pleasure to be here. Thank you for having me, Brian.

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