Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal.

Coming up on today's show, my colleague Seth Barron will interview a special guest,

Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council.

Speaker Johnson joined Seth in the studio last week and we're excited to have him on the podcast.

Johnson's been a member of the city council since

2013, representing parts of Manhattan, and he's served as speaker since 2018. The focus of today's

discussion, though, is in politics. It's Speaker Johnson's proposal for the city to take control

of its subways and buses by breaking up the MTA,

the massive state government agency responsible for public transportation in the region.

More broadly, they'll talk about Johnson's vision for the future of New York City,

transit, the tragic rise of cycling deaths in the city, and his

ideas on how to create a walking and bike-friendly New York. Thank you to Speaker Johnson and his

staff for stopping by the studio, and to Seth Barron for conducting the interview. That's it for me,

the conversation between Seth Barron and Speaker Johnson begins after this.

Welcome back to 10 Blancs, the podcast of City Journal.

This is your host for today, Seth Barron, Associate Editor of City Journal.

I'm joined today by a special guest, Corey Johnson, speaker of the New York City Council.

He's the council member for New York City's District 3, covering Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.

Johnson is also a leading,

albeit early, candidate in the race to succeed, Mayor de Blasio in 2021. Corrie Johnson is here to discuss transit-related issues. Speaker Johnson, thanks for joining us here on the podcast.

Thanks for having me, Seth. So the MTA, the Metropolitan Transit Authority,

is a regional authority that handles public transportation for 14 counties across two states.

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