You Decide with Errol Louis

Dr. Tom Frieden: New York’s big smokeout turns 20

Mar 30, 2023

It’s been 20 years since former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg effectively banned smoking in bars, restaurants and workplaces. At the time, the Smoke-Free Air Act was met with plenty of opposition, with critics saying it would destroy the restaurant and bar industry, hurt tourism and create a dip in tax...

Doug Muzzio: A ‘political analysis sniper’ takes aim at his own story

Mar 23, 2023

Doug Muzzio, one of the most colorful and most-quoted commentators and pollsters on the New York political scene, is hanging up his hat.

Muzzio, the chief pollster at Baruch College where he worked for the last 43 years, joined Errol Louis for a conversation touching on everything from polling techniques,...

The story of a license plate vigilante

Mar 16, 2023

Some drivers in New York City are flagrantly breaking the rules, doing things like tampering with their license plates in an attempt to avoid being detected by red-light and speed cameras.

The number of scofflaws defacing plates is mushrooming after the cameras started operating around the clock last August.

Another...

Christine Quinn: mental health services in the shelter system

Mar 9, 2023

There are over 71,000 people in New York City’s shelter system, including more than 13,000 families with children, a number that continues to climb as more migrants arrive in the five boroughs. Many in the system are escaping trauma, and they would benefit from mental health treatment.

The former speaker of the New...

Hip hop hits 50: a conversation with Nelson George

Mar 2, 2023

With hip hop celebrating its 50th birthday and getting a museum in its Bronx birthplace, Errol sat down with one of the leading scholars and critics of the genre: Nelson George.

George has spent the last four decades chronicling hip-hop's rise. His coverage in the Village Voice and the many books he has written are all...