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Max Politics is a New York politics podcast hosted by journalist Ben Max featuring in-depth interviews with elected and appointed officials, candidates, advocates, and others about New York City and State politics and policy. Produced at New York Law School and its Center for New York Law. Get in to...
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City Hall Free For All: Tish James Indicted & Alexa Avilés on Immigration Politics
In our fourth episode, we discuss the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Tish James, how the mayoral candidates are reacting, and how the...
Assemblymember Robert Carroll on Education Issues & the Mayoral Race
New York State Assemblymember Robert Carroll, a Brooklyn Democrat, joined the show to discuss his push to ensure that education issues are discussed i...
City Hall Free For All: An $18B Transit Cut & Sam Schwartz on Breaking Through Gridlock
In episode three, we talk about the massive infrastructure cuts trickling down from the federal government – one of the many developments that have us...
First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro on Adams Administration Accomplishments & Priorities
First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro spoke with host Ben Max at a live event at New York Law School on the morning of September 30 to discuss Mayor Eric Ad...
City Hall Free For All: Eric Adams Drops Out & Tish James on Her Legal Battles with Donald Trump
In our second episode, the hosts debrief about Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to drop his re-election bid. New York Attorney General Tish James also joins...
City Hall Free For All: A Crowded Mayoral Race & Jumaane Williams on Democratic Defiance
In our debut episode, Public Advocate Jumanne Williams joins us to talk about his arrest outside of 26 Federal Plaza, what the mayor and other elected...
NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos on the Start of the School Year & Key Education Issues
New York City Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos joined the show to discuss the start of the new school year, key education policy initiatives un...
State of the Mayoral Race with Under 2 Months To Go, with Adam Carlson & JC Polanco
Post-Labor Day and with under 2 months until Election Day (Nov. 4) the general election for Mayor of New York City is now in full swing, and four new...
Jessica Ramos on Her Mayoral Run, Senate Reelection Campaign, & More
State Senator Jessica Ramos, a Queens Democrat, returned to the show
to discuss her performance and endorsement of Andrew Cuomo in the
may...
Joe Borelli on How Trump is Doing & the New York City Mayoral Race
Joe Borelli, Managing Director at Chartwell Strategy Group and former
New York City Council Minority Leader, joined the show to discuss how
Antonio Delgado on His Run for Governor
New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, a Democrat and former
member of Congress, joined the show to discuss his decision to
challen...
Senator John Liu on Supporting Mamdani, Asian Voters, & More
New York State Senator John Liu, a Queens Democrat, joined the show to discuss key challenges facing his constituents and New York, his support for Zo...
Jonathan Rosen on Brad Lander, Bill de Blasio, & New York Politics
Jonathan Rosen — CEO of Orchestra, co-founder of BerlinRosen, and a top political advisor to Brad Lander and Bill de Blasio — joined the show to discu...
Kevin Elkins on the Cuomo Campaign, Labor Politics, Endorsements, & More
Kevin Elkins, a senior advisor on former Governor Andrew Cuomo's Democratic primary campaign for mayor and the political director for the New York Cit...
Major Housing & Election Reform Proposals Head to the 2025 General Election Ballot
The 2025 New York City Charter Revision Commission just advanced five proposals to the general election ballot dealing with housing, land use, and ele...
Key Takeaways from the 2025 Democratic Primary for Mayor, with Trip Yang & Sam Raskin
Trip Yang, founder and CEO of Trip Yang Strategies, and Sam Raskin, Senior Vice President at Slingshot Strategies, joined the show to discuss key take...
Latino Voters and the Mayor's Race, with Jessica González-Rojas & Eli Valentín
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Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, a Queens Democrat who represents the 34th Assembly District (Astoria, Corona, East Elmhurst,...
Mike Gianaris on the Mayoral Primary, Mamdani's Record, & What Comes Next for New York Democrats
Michael Gianaris, the State Senate Deputy Leader and head of Senate Democrats' campaign efforts, joined the show to discuss his fellow Queens legislat...
Mara Gay on the Mayoral Primary, the Democratic Establishment, & What Comes Next
Mara Gay — an opinion writer at The New York Times, a former member of The Times' Editorial Board, and a longtime New York journalist who has covered...
Susan Kang on the DSA, the Mamdani Campaign, & the Mayoral Race
Susan Kang — a political science professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists o...
Adrienne Adams on Her Campaign for Mayor
Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker running for mayor in the June 2025 Democratic primary, joined the show to discuss her campaign, cross-endorse...
What the NYC Democratic Primary Electorate Will Look Like, with Evan Roth Smith & Michael Lange
Pollster Evan Roth Smith and analyst Michael Lange joined the show to discuss what the Democratic primary electorate in the race for Mayor will look l...
Howard Wolfson & Amit Singh Bagga on The New York Times and the 2025 Race for Mayor
Howard Wolfson and Amit Singh Bagga — two political strategists, former city government officials, and members of The New York Times' 'The Choice' opi...
Brad Lander on His Campaign for Mayor
Brad Lander, the city comptroller running for mayor in the June 2025 Democratic primary, joined the show to discuss his mayoral campaign, cross-endors...
Analyzing the Second Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Harry Siegel
Harry Siegel — co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast, an editor at The City, and a columnist at The Daily News and Vital City — joined the show to analyze th...
Black Voters and the 2025 Mayoral Race, with L Joy Williams
L Joy Williams — president of the NAACP New York State Conference, a political strategist, and host of Sunday Civics — joined the show to discuss the...
Ana Maria Archila on the Working Families Party's Mayoral Race Push
Ana Maria Archila, co-director of the New York Working Families Party, joined the show to discuss the WFP's mayoral candidate rankings, the push to el...
Scott Stringer on His Campaign for Mayor
Scott Stringer, a former New York City Comptroller and Democratic candidate for Mayor in the June 2025 primary, joined the show to discuss his campaig...
Analyzing the First Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Bob Hardt
Bob Hardt of Spectrum News NY1 joined the show to analyze the first of two official televised debates in the Democratic primary for mayor. Hardt, the...
Manhattan Borough President Debate: Democratic Primary
A debate among the three Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President: Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Keith Powers, and Calvin Sun. The debate was hoste...
Mayoral Primary Preview with FAQ NYC & Kathryn Garcia
The hosts of the FAQ NYC podcast - Christina Greer, Harry Siegel, and Katie Honan - joined host Ben Max for a big 2025 New York City mayoral primary e...
Kathy Wylde on How New York City's Doing, the 2025 Mayor's Race, & Morewav
Kathy Wylde, the longtime President and CEO of business group The Partnership for New York City, joined the show to discuss how New York City is doing...
1 Month to Primary Day, with Tyrone Stevens & Jon Paul Lupo
Political strategists Tyrone Stevens and Jon Paul Lupo joined the show to discuss the state of the race for Mayor of New York City with one month unti...
Andrew Cuomo's Record as Governor - Part 2, Policy - with Jon Campbell
In part two of our miniseries on Andrew Cuomo's record as Governor of New York, we examine his policy record over his ten-and-a-half-year tenure (Janu...
Andrew Cuomo's Record as Governor - Part 1, Leadership Style — with Bill Hammond & Nick Reisman
Longtime journalists Bill Hammond and Nick Reisman joined the show to discuss Andrew Cuomo's record as Governor of New York, with a focus on Cuomo's l...
Special Live Event Announcement - Join Us May 29
Join Max Politics and FAQ NYC for a live double-podcast, primary election preview event on Thursday May 29, 5:30-7:30pm, at New York Law School! Hosts...
Investigations Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber on Fighting Corruption in City Government
New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber spoke with host Ben Max at a live event at New York Law School for Law Day, Ma...
Borough President Donovan Richards on the State of Queens & the 2025 Elections
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined the show to discuss his 2025 State of the Borough address and agenda, major issues and opportunities...
2 Months to Primary Day, with Rebecca Katz & Jason Ortiz
Political strategists Rebecca Katz and Jason Ortiz joined the show to discuss the state of the mayoral race and much more with two months to go until...
Borough President Antonio Reynoso on the State of Brooklyn & the 2025 Elections
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, a Democrat, joined the show to discuss his 2025 State of the Borough address and agenda, major issues faci...