Whose Wages Are Going Up in NYC?
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Listen to Support it, WNYC now to some reporting on the state of New York City's economy right now. |
| 0:24.8 | My guest will join us in a minute is Greg David who many of you know. |
| 0:28.2 | He's reported on the local economy for many years these days at the nonprofit news |
| 0:32.3 | organization the city. He has a few |
| 0:34.7 | recent stories that add nuance to the notion of a robust economic recovery from |
| 0:39.8 | the pandemic in New York City. We'll talk mainly about three of those stories which get at growing |
| 0:45.6 | wage inequality, Wall Street's resilience as a local economic sector, and what he calls the deafening silence of business leaders in the |
| 0:55.8 | face of political turmoil. That means Eric Adam's scandals. The bottom line, Greg |
| 1:01.2 | reports, is that it's high wage workers seeing the most significant |
| 1:05.5 | gains, while lower wage New Yorkers struggle to keep pace. |
| 1:10.2 | Wall Street, meanwhile, is having an outsized impact on the city's economy, and one key constituency |
| 1:17.0 | may still be backing, embattled Mayor Eric Adams, and we'll talk about that. |
| 1:23.4 | Greg David, always great to have you. |
| 1:24.7 | Welcome back to WNYC. |
| 1:26.6 | Thank you, Brian. |
| 1:27.2 | Glad to be here. |
| 1:28.3 | And listeners, you can help us report this story on any of those things |
| 1:31.9 | that we just laid out |
| 1:33.3 | 212 433 WNYC from your experience |
| 1:37.8 | or with your questions for Greg David |
| 1:39.4 | from the news organization in the city. |
| 1:41.3 | 212 433 WNYC 212 433 9692. |
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