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	Podcast:		The Brian Lehrer Show
	Episode:		Ask the Mayor: Opting Out, Fair Fares, 85 Bowery, NYCHA; Naloxone
	Category:		News & Politics
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	Publish Date:		2018-04-13 09:34:55
	Description:		New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including who pays for Fair Fares; the case against opting-out on standardized testing; the availability of naloxone; and more. De Blasio tells @BrianLehrer students SHOULD take standardized tests and not opt-out. Says his admin. do not rely on tests like in past. “We do not believe in a focus on test prep. We believe in teaching and doing what is best for the educational development of the student” — Grace Rauh (@gracerauh) April 13, 2018 Next issue: Fair fare Metrocards. @BrianLehrer plays @NYCSpeakerCoJo from earlier this week where he says he doesn't see a millionaire's tax coming from Albany to pay for fair fares. — Brigid Bergin (@brigidbergin) April 13, 2018 "The property tax commission will be announced by the end of this month," BdB tells @BrianLehrer. — Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) April 13, 2018 "This one's been a very thorny case and I don't understand honestly why this took so long for this to be acted on. I want to get to the bottom of that." @NYCMayor addresses delayed enforcement at #83Bowery with @BrianLehrer https://t.co/vbL0A8qCTw — Matthew Schuerman (@matthewsureman) April 13, 2018 .@NYCMayor tells @BrianLehrer he was “very unhappy” to learn about the lack of naloxone at pharmacies and says city will “fix that very aggressively.” It will check every pharmacy on the list and set up an on-going monitoring system. “We set up this policy to save lives.” — Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) April 13, 2018
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