Podcast: Nobody’s home

New York City’s booming homeless population lies at the intersection of the long-running power struggle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, with both leaders seeking to take ownership of the issue, collaboration be damned. Is this destructive political squabble to blame for the deepening crisis?

Daily News editorial board member and columnist Alyssa Katz and NY1 Political Director Bob Hardt joined Alexis Grenell and me on this week’s Slant Podcast to discuss the roots of the city’s homeless problems – not only how we got here, but what Cuomo and de Blasio are doing to stem the tide of men, women and children living on the street and crowding the decaying shelter system.

We also touch on the awkward power dynamics between the leaders of the city’s welfare agencies, and what might change if the de Blasio administration consolidated the Department of Homeless Services and the Human Resources Administration.

Later, Gerson Borrero hops in the studio to give us some Oscars-related “bochinche” as well as some political media buzz.

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