It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC. I'm Matt Katz, reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist

Newsroom filling in for Brian today. On today's show we're going to fill you in

on what's happening with real estate broker

fees. The City Council held what our guest describes as a tense hearing yesterday

on a new bill that would curb the fees for most renters.

But as you can imagine, landlords and brokers are not on board.

Plus, my colleague Nancy Solomon will be here to talk about last night's conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. They talked about... about We've also got our eyes on the Supreme Court this morning.

It's an opinion day and we will talk about any big news from D.C. and we're planning to wrap

today's show with a call in for you to share your favorite cheap eats in your neighborhood anywhere in the city.

I'm talking really cheap eats like no gate keeping here people.

Can I get lunch anywhere for $5, $10?

We're counting on you to let us know so it's

70 something degrees in New York this morning and I was thinking about that

because we're headed into summer and it's only going to get warmer but as soon as things start to

cool down before we know it it'll be the presidential election we are now a

short 145 days away. Yes, I actually did the math this morning. And since polls

show it's a tight race and likely will be right up until the very end, we're

going to look at whatever tea leaves we can to try to figure

out what's going to happen when the weather gets cool again and the calendar flips to November.

So joining us to talk about the election, a short 145 days away, and all things national politics, is Aaron Blake, senior political reporter at the Washington Post and writer of the campaign moment newsletter host of the campaign moment

podcast. Hey Aaron welcome back to WNYC. Hey thanks for happening Matt I can't

believe it's only 145 days it feels like longer than that away but it really

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