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New York Times Close Up sits down with veteran business reporter Matthew Goldstein, who helped break an explosive new exposé revealing how JPMorgan Chase handled over $1 billion for Jeffrey Epstein -- even as warnings mounted about his crimes. Goldstein gives viewers an inside look at the bank’s secretive culture, the network of power players who enabled Epstein, and what this financial scandal means for public trust in New York’s most powerful institutions. Later, education reporter Troy Clausen joins the show to unpack the urgent challenges reshaping New York City families: deep federal Head Start funding cuts that threaten critical early childhood care, a high-stakes mayoral showdown between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo with starkly different visions for NYC schools, and the city’s bold new ban on student cell phones. Don’t miss in-depth reporting and analysis you won’t see anywhere else -- essential viewing for parents, educators, and anyone invested in the future of New York.

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