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Keys to the City with Anthony Weiner

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  • Welcome to Keys to the City hosted by Anthony Weiner. A podcast about the problems facing New York City and the enduring power of ideas. From existential threats to pet peeves, each week together we’ll resist the temptation to curse the darkness. Instead, we’ll try to light a candle by bringing to light things that have worked before or new ways to get things done. So, if you find yourself muttering “there ought to be a law”; or “if only I were king for a day” or just something like “that’s been bugging me”, this show is for you. Dropping every Thursday, Keys to the City will take on the big stuff like crime, education, and the environment.  But we will also ponder some interesting ways to make the city a bit cleaner, a tad more livable and just all around better. So where are we gonna get these ideas? These little pearls that are going to be the foundation of the show? Well, to start with, you can be sure that Anthony is going to lean heavily on the two books of ideas that he wrote when he was running for Mayor. There are 125 in total and the can be found here. Not all of them are still current – giving every school kid a Kindle seems sort of dated – and some ideas have been adopted since Anthony wrote them (yep, we see you ranked choice voting) , but there is a lot of gold in them there hills. Anthony will also look at what works in other places.  Sure New York is the best city in the world, but there is no shame in borrowing ideas from other, lesser places. One other source of ideas with be the guests that will join Anthony from time to time to tell him the ideas are brilliant or that they just don’t add up. Lawmakers, think tankers, or just regular folk who are uncommonly clever - there is no telling who will show up on Keys to the City To read Anthony’s original Keys to the City books, click here and here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J7DiPkwtLdsXRmpbFJQlcNG2iW1EkXVr?usp=sharing To submit ideas of your own you can do it in the comments or by emailing us at Keystothecity@wabcradio.com.
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Episodes
  • Some special news from Anthony Weiner

    Some special news from Anthony Weiner
    Oct 20 2022
    Coming soon, a new podcast from Anthony Weiner, no way! Yes way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Episode 14 – Grading Ranked Choice Voting

    Episode 14 – Grading Ranked Choice Voting
    Oct 13 2022
    Idea 44 was so good that it got adopted. Now expensive and divisive run off elections have been replaced by ranked choice voting. It's still a fairly new idea but we’ve seen it in action in elections in our city and in places as far flung as Alaska and Maine. This week, Anthony examines what we know and what is yet to be revealed about this new type of voting. To unpack the pros and the cons, we turned to a consummate legal pro. Jerry Goldfeder of Strook & Strook & Lavan literally wrote the book about election law and gives high grades to RCV. To read Keys to the City, click here for the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUfBJdudI0hkZ-B4o5WGXRlpw0ktPAsw/view?usp=sharing Got an idea for New York or your city, send me an email at keystothecity@wabcradio.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Episode 13 – A Wee Bit of Help For Small Business

    Episode 13 – A Wee Bit of Help For Small Business
    Oct 6 2022
    New York is a city of tall buildings and marquee companies. But the capital of big corporate is actually a town where most businesses are small. In fact, the anchor of our economy is the neighborhood store. In today's episode Anthony suggests one idea to make life easier for small businesses and one to make them hum with new customers. Our expert conversation is with Rob Walsh. Mr. Walsh was the longest serving Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services and now is a lecturer, radio personality on 1010 WINS and leader of JGSC Group which helps neighborhood shopping strips thrive.   To read Keys to the City, click here for the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUfBJdudI0hkZ-B4o5WGXRlpw0ktPAsw/view?usp=sharing Got an idea for New York or your city, send me an email at keystothecity@wabcradio.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
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