Interviews

 Published Interviews

• "When New York's Biggest Landlords are Columbia and NYU." Interviewed by Clio Chang for New York Magazine's Curbed, December 13, 2023. 
  

• "Housing Justice, Mobilization and Financialization: A Conversation from the Antipode Institute for Geographies of Justice." Interviewed with Sonja Coquelin, Joanna Kusiak, and Jaime Palomera, conducted by Rae Baker, Emanuele Belotti, Aysegul Can and Elsa Noterman. Radical Housing Journal, 4(2), pp. 157-169, 2022.
  

• “The Real Estate State and Housing Insecurity: An Interview with Samuel Stein.” Interviewed by Max Michler for Active History, July 6, 2021.

• “The Power to Remake Our Cities: An Interview with Samuel Stein.” Interviewed by Adam H for Boston DSA’s Political Education Working Group Blog, October 21, 2019.

• “Interview with Samuel Stein.” Interviewed by Michael Nicholas for Urban Review, Spring 2019 issue.

• “Are Planners Partly to Blame for Gentrification?” Interviewed by Tanner Howard for CityLab, March 29, 2019.

• “Capital City: An Interview with Sam Stein.” Interviewed by Hilary Wilson for Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History, March 28, 2019.

• “Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?” Interviewed by Aaron Freedman for Institute for New Economic Thinking, March 4, 2019.

 

TV & Video

• NBC 4, October 20, 2023, "NYC Isn't Worst Place in US Renters, But Newark Is."
  

•  Fox 5, October 17, 2023, "A Third of NYC Renters Are Paying Half Their Income to Rent."
  

•  ABC 7, October 17, 2023, "34% of New Yorkers Giving Half Their Income Away in Rent."
  

• Tenant Action Today, November 9, 2022, "Public Housing in Vienna."
  

• New York 1, October 11, 2022, "Understanding Affordable Housing in New York City."
  

• Fox 5 NY, May 4, 2022, “NYC Rent Hike Could Affect 1M Apartments with Up to 9% Increase.”

• The B1M (web documentary), December 15, 2021, “Why New York’s Billionaire’s Row Is Half Empty.”

• The B1M (web documentary), September 22, 2021, “Is Hudson Yards Good For New York?”

• Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV (CUNY TV), March 1, 2021, “The Looming Mortgage Crisis.”

• Bronx Talk (BronxNet), December 7, 2020, interview with Gary Axelbank and Derrick Lovette about converting foreclosed buildings into social housing.

• Inside City Hall, NY 1, November 19, 2020, “Experts Urge Political Leaders to Take Swift Action to Prevent Full-Blown Housing Crisis.”

• Gentrification Express: Breaking Down the BQX, Documentary film, released August 2nd, 2017.

• America Divided, Epix, September 30, 2016, interview with Norman Lear about New York City’s affordable housing crisis.

• New York 1, May 30th, 2013, “Rent Guidelines Board Holds Public Hearing to Discuss Proposed Increases.”

• New York 1, April 24, 2013, “Sandy Recovery Stresses Need For Tenants To Know Their Rights.”

• New York 1, January 8th, 2013, “Far Rockaway Tenants Left In The Dark After Sandy Still Had To Pay Rent.”

• New York 1, April 11, 2013, “Advocates Say Tenants Don't Owe Back Rent For Post-Sandy Time Without Utilities.”

• New York 1, March 19, 2013, “Some Far Rockaway Residents Fight To Get Back Rent Paid Without Basic Services After Sandy.”

• CUNY TV, December 20, 2012, “Affordable Housing: Middle Class New Yorkers feel the squeeze.”

• New York 1, December 19, 2012, “Renters' Advocates Share How to Cope with Sandy Repairs."

• NY1, November 29th, 2012, "Brooklyn Renter Wants Security Deposit Back to Deal With Sandy Damage."

 

Radio

• Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC), May 10, 2024, "The Distortions of Area Median Income."
  

• WCBS 880, October 17, 2023, "On the Record."  
  

• WBAI, May 9, 2022, Housing Notebook.

• Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC), February 9, 2021, “The Mayor’s Impact on Housing.”

• WNYC News, February 9, 2021, “Housing in NYC Remains Unaffordable, Report Says.”

• Blueprint for Living (Australian public radio), August 29, 2020, “New York City Is Sinking; Is There a Plan?”

• Blueprint for Living (Australian public radio), June 29, 2019, “Capital City: Urban Planning and the Real Estate State.”

• Behind the News, Pacifica Radio, KPFA and KFCF, March 14, 2019, interview about gentrification and capitalist urban planning.

• The Morning Show, WBAI, September 9, 2016, tax increment financing and the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar plan.

• The Morning Show, WBAI, April 7, 2016, interview about de Blasio’s planning and zoning initiatives.

• Behind the News, Pacifica Radio, KPFA and KFCF, March 24, 2016, interview about New York City zoning and housing policy.

• Behind the News, Pacifica Radio, KPFA and KFCF, March 26, 2015, interview about the de Blasio mayoralty.

• WBAI interview, October 1st, 2012, "With New Rent Increases About to Take Effect, Advocates Are Calling For a Modern day "Poor Tax."

• WBAI, June 18, 2012, Housing Notebook.

 

Podcast

• Nostalgia Trap, January 18, 2024, "The Social Housing Question." 
  

• Future of the American City, February 16, 2022, "Sam Stein."
  

• Making Contact, March 30, 2022, “Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State.”

• FAQ NYC, October 27, 2022, "Sandy Was Just the Start. Is New York City Building Resiliently Enough for What's Coming Next?"
  

• Nostalgia Trap, October 25, 2022, "How to Build a City."
  

• Nostalgia Trap, November 17, 2021, “Too Damn High.”

• The Katie Halper Show, August 1, 2021, “Dems Let Eviction Moratorium Expire: What’s Next?”

• Conversations from Away, January 25, 2021, “Gentrification and Housing Discrimination.”

• Hidden Cities, December 2020, “Episode 5: Inclusionary Zoning.”

• Money Power Land Solidarity, September 28, 2020, “Gentrification and the Real Estate State with Samuel Stein.”

• What’s Wrong With, March 5, 2019, “Why Do We Live In a Real Estate State?”

• Interstitial, September 2019, “Capital City by Samuel Stein.”

• Highlands Bunker, September 19, 2019, The Housing Episode (w/ Samuel Stein, Shyanne Miller).”

• Connecting the Dots, August 21, 2019, “The Real Estate State.”

• The Majority Report, August 13, 2019, “‘Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State’ with Samuel Stein.”

• CounterPunch Radio, July 29, 2019, “Samuel Stein – Episode 134.”

• A Correction, June 23, 2019, “The Real Estate State.”

• Below the Radar, May 21, 2019, recording of a lecture given at Simon Fraser University and a discussion with SFU professor Jeff Derksen.

• Antifada, May 15, “The Housing Monster with Samuel Stein.”

• The Dig, May 2, 2019, “Real Estate Capitalism and Gentrification with Samuel Stein.”

• Brooklyn This Week, March 14, 2019, “Downtown Brooklyn’s Skyscrapers Tell Conflicting Stories of Development.”

• The Thought Project, February 25, 2019, interview about my research on the dynamics of real estate and gentrification in New York City.

• Apparent Reason, September 7, 2012, "Rent Regulation and NYC's Tenant Neighborhoods."