Housing News Roundup
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about some of the latest housing news, including the landlord facing possible "house" arrest (in one of his unrepaired buildings) and the Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote on rent increases of 2 to 6.5 percent.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Larra Show on WNYC. Good morning everyone. |
| 0:15.0 | Today we will take note of the new debate surrounding the SAT exams. |
| 0:19.4 | Did they get a bum rap? |
| 0:21.1 | Some colleges that made SAT scores optional as a criterion for admission |
| 0:25.3 | are now making the mandatory again and there have been two recent articles in the |
| 0:30.3 | times that maybe you've seen one a policy piece by columnist David Leinhart, and the other |
| 0:36.0 | personal essay by the writer Emmy Neitfeld arguing that the SATs actually enhance the chances for diverse and marginalized high school students to get |
| 0:45.8 | into good colleges, not the other way around, as has been previously believed. |
| 0:51.0 | We'll talk to Emmy Neepvefeld and take your calls coming up. |
| 0:55.0 | Also former U.S. Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller, even as the focus in this country is mostly on college |
| 1:02.4 | protests and the response to them right now |
| 1:05.3 | obviously there is a serious push for a short-term cease fire and a longer-term |
| 1:10.8 | peace that Secretary of State Blinking is in the region trying to broker right now, |
| 1:15.4 | Aaron David Miller will talk about how maybe to get all sides to yes. |
| 1:20.8 | And did you move yesterday? May 1st is one of the biggest days of the year for moving. |
| 1:27.0 | And in our insane housing market around here, we will ask where you moved and why. |
| 1:32.0 | Did you more move to or more move from, if you know what I mean, |
| 1:37.0 | and do you have any tips or tricks to share now that it's behind you on how other |
| 1:41.9 | listeners can find a decent affordable next place to live. |
| 1:44.8 | That's all coming up. |
| 1:46.7 | But first I'm joined by David Brand, the WNYC and Gothamist housing reporter, to talk |
| 1:51.8 | about various pieces of housing news including how |
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