Kathryn Wylde, longtime president and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City talks "good news/bad news" as reported in the Partnerships' studies, "NYC Jobs Blueprint" and "New York City as a Destination of Choice for Talent."
Taking time off from politics, Doug and New York Post Yankee beat writer, George A. King III. talk with passion about Tanaka, McCann, Ellsbury and Beltran - about instant replay, no home plate collisions, and juicers in the Hall - all things baseball.
Doug Muzzio calls Richard Ravitch, New York State government's "Mr. Fixit," and a civic treasure. Mr. Ravitch shares some of his concerns about the practice of delaying payment or borrowing to pay pensions and other commitments.
Dr. Brendan Reilly, author of "One Doctor" engrossing stories of his relationship with and care of patients, suggests that everyone should find one doctor with whom one can "partner" in making health decisions. He urges all to get health care coverage.
George Arzt may have "done it all," but he loved the newspaper business best for the opportunity it provides to explore and write about stories in depth. He stayed out of the 2013 Mayoral Race because the candidates "were all my friends-I couldn't do it."
Clyde Haberman, longtime New York Times reporter and columnist, and most recently, author of its NYC column, "Breaking Bread," and host Doug Muzzio talk about civility - mostly the lack of it - and exaggeration and hyperbole in political discourse.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's legacy and NY's future are discussed by Doug Muzzio, Joyce Purnick, Errol Louis and Angelo Falcon. The group considers some of the Mayor's greatest hits and some misses. All look forward to the next Mayor's accomplishments.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, manager of $160.7 billion in NY state pension funds, discusses numerous issues from labor conditions in Bangladesh, local fiscal challenges to privacy/transparency disclosure.
Do Noo Yawkers Tawk? Still? Documentarian Heather Quinlan, writer/director/producer of "If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent" and host Doug Muzzio tawk - sorry - talk about the New York patois we love so well.
Pete Hamill-prize winner, author, journalist, storyteller has 2 books out there: "The Christmas Kid: and Other Brooklyn Stories" and the Associated Press' pictorial history "Vietnam: The Real War" with an introduction by Mr. Hamill. Both - a must read.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, of the Open Society Foundations, talks about the Transition Tent, a temporary facility designed to bring New Yorkers together to express their thoughts - enabling them to comment, recommend, analyze - the future of their city.
In "Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia," Jerry Capeci, expert on the Mafia and Tom Robbins, longtime crime and political reporter for The Daily News, New York Observer, the Village Voice, tell Little Al's story.
Heidi Messer, co-founder with her brother and husband of Collective[i] (among other enterprises), talks with Doug Muzzio about the role of technology on education, immigration, poverty, politics, and the re-creation of the middle class.
Doug Muzzio and "Wise Guys & Gal," from the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College/CUNY: Dean David Birdsell, Professor Héctor Cordero-Guzmán, and Director, Survey Research Micheline Blum talk about the road ahead for newly elected Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Doug Muzzio crows, "It's almost over. Less than a week to go." One more CityTalk pre-election 2013 conversation with Errol Louis, NY1 and Kate Taylor, The New York Times. The conversation touches on the past, present campaigns and a little on the future.
Doug Muzzio and Prof. Robert Paaswell meet again to continue their conversation about transportation and infrastructure, most important factors in the growth and well-being of the city.
Robert Paaswell advises New York City's mayor elect about how to modernize New York's transportation system. Despite the mayor's limited control over the system, Paaswell urges a clear vision, a good team, and use of the "bully pulpit" to affect change.
Hector Figueroa, Local 32BJ-SEIU president and Josh Freeman, professor of history at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center recount the excitement and energy at the AFL-CIO convention, planning to construct a large social movement on behalf of labor.
Doug Muzzio asks is NY a tale of two cities or two tales of the city? James Parrott, Fiscal Policy Institute, says yes, a tale of 2 cities; Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute, says a tale of 3 cities, and we should worry most about the middle-class.
Eli Silverman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, author of "NYPD Battles Crime" urges the NYPD to return to COMPSTAT's original purpose, to eliminate quotas, to measure performance to assure accountability.
Author and journalist Michael Daly brings us "Topsy, The Startling Story of the Crooked-Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison," a story about lies, desperate ambition, callous human beings, and the truth about Topsy.
"It's the morning after and we still don't know, run-off or no," exclaims Doug Muzzio, introducing Baruch College friends and colleagues: Micheline Blum, David Birdsell and Hector Cordero-Guzman to talk about the campaigns, the candidates, and the voters.
Fmr. Amb. Richard Murphy and Doug Muzzio discuss the controversy in dealing with the crisis over the use of poison gas in Syria's civil war. They talked military options and diplomatic options. Amb. Murphy believed Obama would not be sucked into conflict
Doug Muzzio asks NY1 political anchor, Errol Louis and senior writer at Capital New York, Azi Paybarah to speculate on next Tuesday night's or Wednesday morning's newspaper headlines. The three talked about similarities of campaigns current and past.
John Strausbaugh's latest book, "The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village," reminds us of the conglomeration of people who inhabited this particular piece of Manhattan, from the 1640's to today.
DA of New York County since January 2010, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. leads an office with a long tradition of excellence and non-partisonship, considered one of the nation's preeminent prosecutors offices. DA Vance and Doug Muzzio talk about human trafficking.
Dr. William P. Kelly, named Interim Chancellor-Designate by the CUNY Board of Trustees, talks about the future-the opportunities and challenges facing CUNY in the second decade of the 21st century, about goals and approaches.
Doug Muzzio introduces Colum McCann as a "magnificent liar, whose fictions tell profound truths." Author of "Let the Great World Spin," best sellers "Dancer," and "Zoli," Colum McCann talks about his latest book, "TransAtlantic," a MUST READ
Errol Louis-NY1 News and "Inside City Hall/Road to City Hall" and Azi Paybarah, blogger and reporter for the Capital-join Doug Muzzio to talk about NY's mayoral candidates and the significant issues and events the candidates are facing this election.
Doug Muzzio and Charles Bagli, New York Times reporter and author of "Other People's Money," the purchase of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, talk about the winners and the winners and the losers - then and now - of real estate's boom and bust.
