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The Brian Lehrer Show

What's So Great About New York?

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

New Yorkers call in to share what they think is going well in the state compared to the rest of the country.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up, we are going to be talking about New Yorkers who appear to be very happy with being New Yorkers.

0:14.4

There's a new Sienna poll that shows that the majority of New Yorkers say the state is on the right track.

0:23.8

59% of those respondents thought the U.S., however, is on the wrong track. So what we're inferring here is that New

0:29.6

Yorkers are pretty happy with being New Yorkers. So we're going to ask you, what do you like

0:34.3

about being a New Yorker? Are you happy to be a New Yorker? Is this poll an accurate

0:38.8

reflection of where you think we are as New Yorkers, which is apparently pretty happy with the way

0:44.9

things are going in our state? We're going to be looking for you to call us, give us your insights

0:50.1

about why you're happy to be a New Yorker. Of course, the number is 212, 433-9-6-92.

0:56.1

You can also text us at that number,

0:58.4

and we'll get into that poll coming up on the Brian Lairn Show,

1:02.9

which is exactly what you're listening to.

1:04.5

And I'm Tiffany Hansen in for Brian, so don't go anywhere.

1:17.4

Thank you. anywhere. It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

1:19.7

I'm Tiffany Hanson.

1:20.7

In for Brian today.

1:21.9

Okay, we are talking about a new Sienna poll that says the majority of New Yorkers

1:26.9

say the state is on the right track.

1:30.9

59% of those respondents think that the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction.

1:37.8

We are asking you, New Yorkers, what's so great about New York that has you feeling pretty good

1:43.9

about where things are in

1:45.4

relation to where things are going with more broadly with the country? Give us a call.

1:51.1

212-433-9-6-9-2-212-433 WNYC. You can also text us at that number. So there's a report from our colleagues at Gothamist that this is the first time in about four years that the measure of this, in other words, how New Yorkers are feeling about the state, that the state is on track, that the measure of this is positive.

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