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Earlier this week on Monday evening we interviewed Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch in which he made spontaneous comments about the Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal of several years ago in which he said, “That was mostly homosexual issues, not pedophilia.” Koch went on to say that “the level in which it happens with teachers and coaches is higher than it was percentage wise than the church.” The comments received lots of backlash from the public, Quincy school board and abuse survivors with some even calling for the mayor's resignation. Tonight, Dan will address the comments made as we are joined by a sexual abuse survivor who was abused as a child by a Catholic priest, Father Porter, who was convicted. We invite other abuse survivors to share their story and let their voices be heard on NightSide

The city of Quincy is facing a lawsuit over its plan to erect two statues in front of their new public safety building to honor first responders. The statues in question depict St. Michael and St. Florian, the patron saints of police and fire departments. A “multifaith group of Quincy residents and taxpayers” being represented by the ACLU take aim with the statues saying they violate the Massachusetts Constitution by promoting one religion over another. Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said the selection of the statues had nothing to do with the Catholic religion, that they were chosen in “an effort to boost morale and to symbolize the values of truth, justice, and the prevalence of good over evil.” Mayor Koch joined us to discuss.

Mayor Koch discusses the current climate after nationwide tragedy and then take a deep dive into "The Raise" issue. What's happening this weekend! Get the facts straight from the source. 

Mayor Koch reflects on Q400 concerts at Veterans Memorial Stadium and what's next? 2 More Major Quincy Center Projects. The FACTS on city's debt service and what's happening this weekend. 

Mayor Koch on Quincy 400/Flag Day HUGE Parade/Celebration, Wollaston Cemetery Gate Dedication, Animal Care Center & Memorial Day

Mayor Koch talks about Upcoming Roadwork, MBTA Ferry Service in Quincy, Updates on New Furnace Brook Clubhouse, New Animal Care Facility, Public Safety HQ

In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Janno Lieber, the chairman and CEO of New York's MTA, one of the world's oldest, largest, and most complex public transit systems. “New York is my passion,” Lieber says, and the throughline of his career.   Lieber, a lifelong New Yorker, business leader and transit veteran  —  he was a transportation advisor to Mayor Koch, an Assistant Secretary of Transportation in the Clinton Administration, and led the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site after September 11 attacks — talks about the complexity of overseeing a public transportation system that spans a 12-county, 25-million person region: 6,400 subway cars, 472 stations, 5,700 buses, and two major commuter rails. Lieber notes that the success of the region — it is the economic powerhouse of the local state and much of the national economy — rests on density and mobility. “The ability to get around New York only works if you have great mass transit,” he says; the MTA moves more than six million people per day. For users, trains, buses and subways are 15 percent the cost of owning an automobile. “The magic of transit,” Lieber explains, “is it is one of the very few things that makes living in New York City and the region affordable.”   We discuss congestion pricing, the decades in making the policy to charge automobiles $9 a day to enter the most congested part of the city to reduce traffic, improve emissions, air quality, health and safety, and help finance maintenance and upgrades to the 100 year old transit system. The program launched January 5 and early data is very promising: a 10 to 20 percent reduction in traffic; significantly reduced travel times for drivers from New Jersey, Long Island, Queens and the Bronx, and along some of the city's most crowded thoroughfares (i.e., Canal Street, 34th Street, 42nd Street and 57th); increased transit ridership; and revenue generated for critical improvements: elevators and ramps to make all subway stations accessible and ADA compliant, new train cars and electric buses, new tracks, signals and power systems, mitigation efforts in areas that may see spillover traffic. Lieber notes that the economic benefits are already observable in the zone itself: increased pedestrian traffic, an uptick in retail, restaurant and Broadway sales, and promising indices in commercial leasing —  “a vote of confidence” in the program. For all these reasons the business community has long supported the policy. The MTA is equally pleased to see high rates of customer satisfaction coming from drivers with reduced commute times, which Lieber believes will also be important to counter the recent political opposition from Washington. Lieber reminds us that congestion pricing has been successfully tested in the courts, and there is nothing in the federal law or program design that would allow for its rollback.   We also speak about how central public safety, real and perceived, is to the economic and civic health of the city. “Public transit is where six million New Yorkers every day form their opinion about whether government works, and to some extent whether this community, this experiment in diversity and tolerance and economic dynamism, is working,” Lieber says. While the data show that overall crime in the city is down, crime in the subway is down, and subway crime accounts for less than two percent of overall crime, high profile and frightening crimes, and the city's larger mental health, substance use and homeless crises that are acutely manifest in the subway system, play an outsized play role in the public's sense of security, order and well-being. “Not only to the subways have to be safe, they have to feel safe,” Lieber insists, and we discuss numerous efforts the MTA is taking in coordination with other city agencies to address these issues.   We conclude with the resilience of New Yorkers in the face of adversity — the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the September 11 attacks, the dotcom burst, and the financial crisis, Hurricane Sandy, the pandemic — and how the city “bounces back even better” to become a better version of itself. "Never bet against New York,” is Lieber's motto.   Thanks for Listening! Subscribe to Capital for Good on Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Drop us a line at socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu.  Mentioned in this Episode Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now its Hitting Revenue Goals, (The New York Times, 2025)  

Mayor Koch with an update on all things QUINCY 400!Visit www.quincy400.com

What's in the water in Quincy? Celebrating & Memorializing some of Quincy's extraordinary citizens as we look back at Mayor Koch's State of the City, 2025. Profiling George Burke, Bill Delahunt, Frank Bellotti & Captain Richard Straton and more. 

On this Special Episode of City View, Mayor Tom Koch talks with Quincy's own West Point Cadet, Hailey Concannon. 

Mayor Koch with more on major roadwork with National Grid, Neponset River Bridge traffic and Pier upgrades at Squantum Point Park

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Mayor Koch with a few updates on the MBTA shutdown and lots of Quincy road work. 

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Send us a Text Message.Meg takes a drive on the Cross Bronx Expressway and spots Mayor Koch's Potemkin Village of decal covered bombed-out buildings. Jessica hops on her 10-speed and joins the bike messenger revolution, terrifying pedestrians and forever changing NYC cycling laws.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

Mayor Koch addresses the rumors of his salary raise and then talks about  the fiscal 2025 City of Quincy Budget. 

Mayor Koch on QUINCY 400!

Mayor Koch with an update on the ongoing Long Island Bridge saga & the topping off ceremony of the new public safety HQ. 

Mayor Koch with updates on 4 major city projects and how it all works!1. Pine Hills and Wollaston Cemeteries. 2. New Public Safety HQ3. Furnace Brook Golf Course

Mayor Koch talks about the Inauguration and Quincy 400 plans!

Mayor Koch is BACK talking Christmas in Quincy, Ice Skating by the Generals Bridge and what's to come to that area.

 Trader Joes in Quincy? New Medical Facility? Mayor Koch with some big updates!

Mayor Koch talks about historic preservation, affordable housing, development & traffic in the City of Quincy. 

Mayor Koch with a recap on the ENC Community Meeting on 9-12-23, Listener email Questions, Tunnel to Towers 9/11 Mobile Exhibit. 

Mayor Koch on Public Safety in Quincy!

Mayor Koch updates on Faxon Park improvements & the state of all Quincy parks & open spaces.

Mayor Koch talks about current road work in Quincy, Back 2 School prep and New Schools coming to Quincy

Mayor Koch on the Quincy IHOP property, Quincy's financial stability, traffic & for Quality of Life for first-time home buyers, Quincy is #1 in NE, 16th in the US.

Mayor Koch with an update on the Furnace Brook Golf Club, NQHS & Kennedy Center Building Upgrades, BIG Change on July 1st with the Quincy Fire Department, Upcoming Events, NE Freejacks, & 4th of July thoughts from the Mayor.

Mayor Koch on the Quincy Public Schools as the year closes, Updates on New Public Safety Building, Roads and More..

Mayor Koch on Flag Day 2023 & Koch Club 75th Anniversary

Mayor Koch Update on Fiscal 2024 City Budget & $100 Million Dollars in Road Upgrades.See full Budget Video for more on Fiscal 2024 City Budget...https://youtu.be/fCSQN_eOQBE

Esperanza and Irwin can barely contain their excitement for this podcast! Elizabeth Barlow Rogers is best known for her work as a driving force behind the resurrection of Central Park. 1970's New York City was a time of strife. Budget woes, crime, graffiti, defined NYC during this era, and the iconic Daily New headline, Ford to City: Drop Dead said it all. Central Park was in Ms. Barlow Rogers words, dying. In 1979, then Mayor Koch appointed her the first Central Park Administrator, and in 1980, she was one of the founders, and first president of the Central Park Conservancy. This non-profit combined public and private funding to rescue Central Park, and return it to its former glory. Great story, of course, and an essential part of this episode. But it's the Betsey Barlow circa 1965, buying a modest 1906 house in an unspoiled Wainscott that stole our hearts. Through Betsey's own words, reflections and observations, we'll share with you a Wainscott life spanning over 50 years, and a goodbye that very well may bring a tear to your eye.

Mayor Koch talks about the teachers contract process, the updates at Pageant Field & The Ruth Gordon Amphitheater,  updates with Quincy Center

Mayor Koch recaps the State of the City address, the Mount Wollaston and Pine Hill Cemeteries project update. 

Mayor Koch talks taxes in Quincy, State of the City coming & new city property for a good cause.

Mayor Koch recaps the most recent School Committee Meeting & discusses the yearly tax rate process.

Mayor Koch talks about the Massachusett Tribe & their future in Quincy & this weekends Thanksgiving & Christmas festivities.

Mayor Koch touches upon the **NEW** Abigail Adams Statue Unveiling and gives an update on the new Public Safety HQ's.

This week Chazz is joined by a New York City legend, Bo Dietl. Bo was a police officer in the NYPD and has some stories that Chazz could write so many scripts on, you don't know! Listen to the famous cases he worked on, one that Mayor Koch deemed "the most heinous crime in New York City" that he ended up solving! Listen to the details of his time on the force and his favorite food in New York - other than Chazz's restaurant of course!   #podcast   #ChazzPalminteri #LifeAdvice Send an email to ChazzPalminterishow@gmail.com! And check my out one man show and merchandise at ChazzPalminteri.net ! Thank you for the support and continue to share and send in your questions!

Mayor Tom Koch talks about the primary election results, Upcoming entertainment and activating open spaces in Quincy, Back 2 School in the Q!

Ronan Tynan, Good Health Store closing & Mayor Koch touches on China & Taiwan and talks recession?

Mayor Koch talks about the Adams Presidential Center!

Mayor Koch with a few Quincy, summer updates & celebrations, Notable Quincy people trivia

Mayor Koch fills us in on matters before the City Council & infrastructure and street improvements across the city

*Special Episode* Mayor Koch's interview with General Joseph Dunford, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces. Part 2On part 2 of Mayor Koch's interview with General Dunford, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs weighs in on the war in Ukraine, Russia and China. 

*Special Episode* Mayor Koch's interview with General Joseph Dunford, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces. Part 1On part 1 of Mayor Koch's interview with General Dunford, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about his distinguished military career, Afghanistan, wounded veterans and of course Quincy. 

Michael speaks with New York Times reporter Matt Flegenheimer, who co-wrote (with Rosa Goldensohn) the weekend New York Times story about the life of the late former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, and the secret he kept about his sexual orientation. Original air date 9 May 2022.

Mayor Koch responds to "The Bridge to Nowhere?" The Mayors son on the QPD, Cynicism & World Politics and Finally, Donny Bowes will be missed

Mayor Koch's update on the upcoming Squantum School project & other improvements on Quincy Public Schools