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The Brian Lehrer Show

What's in the City's $107 Billion Budget?

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Bryan, Politics, Arts, Npr, News, Wnyc, News Commentary, Nyc, Daily News, Lerer, New, Public, Radio, Media, York

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After months of contentious negotiations, Mayor Adams and the City Council agreed on a budget deal. WNYC and Gothamist reporters Elizabeth Kim and Giulia Heyward talk about how libraries, schools and other agencies fared.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Bryan Lair Show on WNYC, Matt Katz from the WNYC and Gothamist newsroom filling

0:14.4

in for Bryan today.

0:16.2

Today is the last day of the Supreme Court's term and they have a few cases left and will

0:21.0

be following them as they come out.

0:23.3

One is pitting gay rights against religious beliefs and is reminiscent of the cake case

0:27.8

from several years ago.

0:29.4

And the other is the big one on President Biden's student loan forgiveness program.

0:34.4

We'll share the news as it happens over the next little while and then later in the show

0:37.7

after he's had some time to digest it.

0:40.0

The nation's justice correspondent, Ellie Mistal, will join us to break down what has

0:44.6

happened.

0:45.6

Plus have you heard of lab-grown meats?

0:49.0

The USDA recently approved it.

0:50.6

We'll talk about what it is.

0:52.0

Why some say it's a more ethical option and others are just grossed out.

0:56.4

Plus the director of the mayor's office of criminal justice will be here to talk about

1:00.7

how the city's brand new budget will affect their work.

1:04.5

Speaking of the budget, Adams and Adams shook hands on New York City's $107 billion

1:10.6

budget yesterday.

1:12.3

Mayor Eric Adams and the city council reached a deal that brings weeks, maybe months of

1:17.4

contentious negotiations to a close.

1:20.4

The stakes were high.

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