Michael Gold
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1,125 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 26 Mar
Michael Gold’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So the back and forth between the two chambers gets pretty heated now.
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Well, I used to cover transit in New York, so it kind of is my bailiwick.
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Yeah, there's a few things going on here.
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I think maybe we should start with the firings.
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On a call with Republicans, he said that these reductions in force, these layoffs, will probably start in a day or two.
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He tried to put that on the hands of Democrats, saying that his hand was forced because the government shut down.
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Hakeem Jeffries pretty strongly rejected that, noting that the federal government's been doing layoffs anyway.
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They've been trying to cut the size of the government, and it's wrong to blame Democrats for that.
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This infrastructure thing in New York...
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It's a little tricky.
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I think there's some question on how much this is tied to the shutdown, because we've seen the administration try to withhold funding based on things they don't like, based on DEI, you know, things that they think are tied to DEI, things that they think are tied to illegal immigration.
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this came out today and I think a lot of people here are seeing it as timed to impact Schumer and Jeffries and hit them where it hurts in New York city.
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Um, the second Avenue subway has been a long sought transit project.
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It exists in some form, but they're hoping to continue it.
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And there is a river project, a Hudson river tunnel project, which actually would really affect New Jersey transit as well.
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There's a lot of trains that go under the Hudson river.
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Um,
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these upgrades are really badly needed.
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This money would be hugely helpful.
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It's not clear how much this is tied to the shutdown and how much of this is sort of tied to larger Republican aims.
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