Park Slope City Councilman Brad Lander walks us through a local issue you may have missed during last month's news cycle on marriage equality: the $6-billion budget the mayor and the council just passed.

July 12, 2011

03 Brad Lander

Who wouldn't want a double-wide bike lane right outside their front door? On Prospect Park West, it turns out, at least a few very vocal folks. Journalist and Streetsblog founder Aaron Naparstek walks us through what's really behind Brooklyn's latest bike lane battle.

June 28, 2011

02 Aaron Naparstek

It's hard not to be a Democrat in the largely single-party world of New York City politics. But it's hard to be a Democrat when you can't trust your peers. Today's guest, State Senator Diane Savino, tells us what it's like when you don't belong in your party - and what happens when you break off.

September 27, 2011

07 Diane Savino

Councilman Jumaane Williams joins us to talk about some ways the NYPD--that is, the same NYPD that's arrested him on questionable grounds twice in the past six months--could stand to serve citizens with a little more respect.

December 13, 2011

10 Jumaane Williams

In a couple months, Carl Kruger, the massively corrupt former state senator from southeast Brooklyn, will probably be sentenced to about a decade in federal prison. Our guest Jeff Smith, a former Missouri state senator who served almost a year for lying to federal agents, has some survival tips for the so-called "King of Canarsie."

January 24, 2012

11 Jeff Smith

We talk to the people who make things happen in Brooklyn politics - citizen activists, journalists, and the elected officials who represent you and your neighborhood.

Hosted by Colin Campbell and Nick Rizzo.

Produced by Michael Dougherty.

Brooklyn Politics Show