New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli brings us some good news and for some-unexpected bounty-in the form of Unclaimed Funds. Mr. DiNapoli suggests that we go to office's website to see if NYS is holding funds we may have forgotten about.
What's a "bliss point" the "mouthfeel" or the "Crave It" study got to do with the food we eat? Everything! Michael Moss, a NY Times investigative reporter and author of "Salt Sugar Fat" and Doug Muzzio talk about the adverse effects of processed food.
New York University president, John Sexton joins host Doug Muzzio to talk baseball. With passion, the two remind each other about the day in 1955, THAT day, when the Brooklyn Dodgers actually beat the New York Yankees and finally won the World Series.
The conversation is all about trash, garbage, waste-costing $2 billion a year to gather and get rid of! Yet, Omar Freilla and Brendan Sexton urge us to "rely on the people," and Samantha MacBride, agrees that NYers are listening to deal with the issue.
Guests Vin Cipolla, The Municipal Art Society, NYC Councilmember Daniel Garodnick, and Lola Finkelstein, of the Multi-Board Task Force discuss concerns with the city's East Midtown Rezoning Plan: tall buildings, transportation, air rights...money.
James Molinaro, Staten Island Borough President, and Deputy Ed Burke talk about accomplishments of the last 12 years in office. Education, senior citizens, and children-including children with special needs-head his list. Closing the landfill/Sandy added
The big issues and big battles discussed by host Doug Muzzio and cei-PEA, president Sy Fliegel, between the UFT, the Department of Education and the Mayor, causing NY to lose nearly half a billion dollars, center on failure to agree on teacher evaluation
Doug Muzzio and Jonathan Bowles of the Center for an Urban Future talk about three areas of growth in NYC: technology, business start ups, and information acquisition. Bowles and Muzzio, confident about the future, ask how to maintain growth.
Congratulating the newly elected Congressman from Brooklyn's widely diverse 8th District, Doug Muzzio and Hakeem Jeffries discuss the Voting Rights Act, immigration, the Sequester, and Congressman Jeffries prime committee assignments: Budget and Judiciary
Doug Muzzio talks with Sam Roberts, author of "Grand Central" admiring the book-its fascinating facts and observations: secret passageways, FDR's railroad car, the ceiling - and the building's memorable beauty. It's NY's Grand Central - 100 years old.
Richard Ravitch, of the State Budget Crisis Task Force, discuss the just issued "New York Report." Doug describes the report as "policy and political dynamite." Doug Muzzio and Richard Ravitch discuss NY's fiscal health-the bad news and the good news.
Sandy Hook killings, one of "the latest horrific acts of carnage...Columbine, Binghamton, Tuscon, Sikh Temple, Oregon Mall, Aurora, and on and on." Doug and Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College/CUNY remind us of thwarted efforts to control guns.
Doug Muzzio continues to talk with Thomas P. DiNapoli, NYS Comptroller about the NYS Budget, LILCO and the MTA. Gun Control: Ignoring the Inner City?
Thomas P. DiNapoli, named NYS Comptroller in 2007 and elected in 2010 talks with Doug Muzzio about the state of the state address, the debt threat and plans to freeze investments to companies whose "...primary line of work is gun manufacture."
Lovers of baseball: Doug Muzzio and guest New York Post sportswriter George A. King, III. talk about the Yankees & more.
David Nasaw adds Joseph P. Kennedy to his biographies of American figures. Following "Andrew Carnegie" and "The Chief," "The Patriarch:The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" explores the outsiders' journey to wealth and power.
David Nasaw adds Joseph P. Kennedy to his biographies of American figures. Preceeed by biographies of Andrew Carnegie and William Randolph Hearst, "The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" tells of triumph and suffering
Marc Dolan, on the faculty of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, joins Doug Muzzio to talk about "The Boss," the subject of Dolan's latest book: "Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll."
Newspaper headlines record the old conflicts in the Middle East and report on the new controversies that erupt just as you think the situation may be improving. The conversation deals with a potential power struggle in Egypt and the tenuous Israel-Hamas.
Immigration is in the spotlight! leading Doug Muzzio and his guest, Allan Wernick, professor of law at Baruch College/CUNY, director of CUNY's Citizenship Now! project and Daily News columnist to consider: What could immigration reform look like?
"It's over!" Doug Muzzio assured us, going on to say "It's just begun." Doug's colleagues from Baruch College/CUNY: David Birdsell, Hector Cordero-Guzman and Micheline Blum discuss the next 4 years, with Barack Obama, re-elected 44th US President.
City Talk welcomes Angelo Falcón, president and co-founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy, to discuss the impact of the Latino population on the current Presidential campaigns and what each candidate is doing to court the Latino vote.
City Talk host Doug Muzzio sits down with David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College and an authority on political speech and communication, to discuss the first of the three 2012 presidential debates.
City Talk host Doug Muzzio is joined by Michael Wahid Hanna, Fellow at The Century Foundation focusing on issues of international security and U.S. foreign policy in the broader Middle East. They discuss the current political climate in the Middle East.
Decision 2012, a two-part special featuring Ronnie Eldridge, of Eldridge & Co., and Doug Muzzio, of City Talk, brings together political strategists Bob Shrum, Senior Fellow at NYU Wagner and Ed Rollins, Senior Presidential Fellow at Hofstra University.
City Talk welcomes Michael Cooper, national correspondent for The New York Times, covering presidential politics, urban affairs, and the economy. Mr. Cooper discusses the recent national conventions and how they could impact the presidential election.
City Talk welcomes back Richard Murphy, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Syria, the Philippines and Mauritania. In the second half of this two-part series, Amb. Murphy continues the discussion on the Middle East conflicts.
City Talk has Former U.S. Ambassador Richard Murphy discussing the tensions in Syria, in part 1 of this 2 part series.
City Talk host Doug Muzzio welcomes Mike Fishman, President of Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union. The two discuss the status of unions in this country and what they help to accomplish.
Doug Muzzio, host of "City Talk," is joined by noted political consultants Ed Rollins and Robert Shrum. The three continue their conversation (which began on an earlier episode of "Eldridge & Co.") about the 2012 Presidential Election.
