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Melinda Katz
Brian’s New York 51 series continues, shining the spotlight this week on Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens. Melinda Katz, City Council member for District 29, introduces the neighborhoods and shares her tips on where to eat on Austin Street.
Open Phones
listeners call in and check facts
Backing Bloomberg
Reverend Floyd Flake senior pastor of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church and Fellow at the Manhattan Institute on his endorsement of Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005
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New York Rising
Brad Lander Director of Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED), at the Pratt Insitute on development in Red Hook, Far West Side of Manhattan and city economy
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Julia Vitullo- Martin Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Director ...
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Julia Vitullo- Martin Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Director ...
New York 51
Melinda Katz New York City Council member District 29, Queens discusses district 29 in Queens
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» Melinda Katz
checking the facts
True or false?
a) Beijing has lower infant mortality than New York
b) The USA is the only industrialized country with "appreciable" poverty
These two "facts" came up in our open-source open phones today.
Fact (a) is pretty easily confirmed. Our dear caller most likely got the information from a ...
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