Ravi Gupta sits down with Bradley Tusk to break down New York City’s mounting budget crisis, a $6B deficit, and the tough choices facing Mayor Mamdani. They dig into the city’s $40B education system—why it spends more than anywhere else yet delivers mediocre results—and what real reform could look like. The conversation spans everything from union power and government inefficiency to housing, public safety, and the future of urban leadership. It’s a sharp, unfiltered look at whether Mamdani has the political courage to move beyond ideology and actually fix what’s broken.
A Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a Pupil (The Atlantic, April 2026)
Inequity in Special Ed (Lost Debate, Dec 2022)
Bradley Tusk’s Work:
Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy (Sept 2024)
Obvious in Hindsight (Nov 2023)
The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics (Sept 2018)
P&T Knitwear (Bookstore)
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