John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, speaks with Kim Phillips-Fein, a professor of history at NYU and author of 'Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics,' about austerity in New York in the 70s and now. Reeling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, NYC city council approved a city budget with billions of dollars in budget cuts.
