The Point: Daniel Nigro on lithium-ion battery fire hazards and Mark Levine on NYC’s housing shortage

Lithium ion batteries are an increasingly explosive problem for New York City, and so on the housing shortage.

This week, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer interviewed former FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

Discussion points

Nigro had a storied career with the FDNY. He led the agency as department chief after 9/11 and retired in 2014 for an eight-year term as commissioner.

Watch the conversation here or in the player below.

Levine is an innovator who tries to come up with new ways to tackle old problems.

Watch the conversation here or in the player below.

Your point

Almost everyone who lives here knows the lyrics “New York, New York, it’s a helluva town.” But do they all want to live here forever?

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In a bonus talk on CBS News New York, Levine discussed the potential impact of congestion pricing on upper Manhattan traffic and what to do about the growing number of illegal weed shops.

“The Point with Marcia Kramer” airs every Sunday at 11:30 AM on CBS2, right after “Face the Nation”. Then head over to CBS News New York in the afternoon for “Exclamation Point,” an extended conversation with our guests.