CUNY TV's City Works

About CUNY TV's City Works

City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show spotlights the occupations and projects of the working people of our city, with inquiry carried out by one of the nation’s most outstanding universities.

Publisher

CUNY TV

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Oct 2019

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Worker Power and the Crisis of Authoritarianism

   On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to labor experts Alex Press, Elaine Kim, and Paul Ortiz about workers’ rights under the second Trump administration and what history can teach us about combatting its anti-union efforts.

2. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Organizing the Resistance: Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders

   On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, and Lee Saunders, former president of AFSCME, about how national unions are responding to new heights of anti-union hostility from the Trump administration.

3. 

   6 Jul 2026

   Reflections on the Historic NYC Nurse Strike of 2026

   On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by three organizers of the 2026 nurse strike; the largest such strike in New York City history. Montefiore Medical Center ER nurse and former president of the New York State Nurses Association Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital neonatal nurse Beth Loudin, and Mount Sinai Hospital nurse Goodness Iheanachor speak to Laura about both the accomplishments and frustrations of the strike, and how the heightened aggression and coordination coming from management in this round of negotiations actually served to strengthen bonds between the nurses and their patients.

Who has been a guest on CUNY TV's City Works

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• labor leaders
• Murad Awawdeh
• Seth Goodman Park

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

22,009,897

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

27

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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