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Under pressure from the restaurant industry, the New York City Council may overturn the new Health Department rule that fast food chains must post the number of calories in their dishes. We get both sides. Also, immigration and domestic work in New York City; training NYPD undercover officers; tracking taxicabs; and lobbyists on your coffee table.
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Eye in the Sky
Bhairavi Desai, executive director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, objects to plans to require satellite tracking for New York City taxis.
Training Days
Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter covering City Hall and security issues, discusses what he found investigating the training of NYPD undercover officers.
Counting Calories
Charles Hunt, executive vice president of the Greater New York City Chapters of the New York State Restaurant Association, talks about why the industry is opposed to a New York City Board of Health measure that would ...
Domestic Agenda
Rhacel Parrenas, associate professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and the author of Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work (Stanford University Press, 2001) and Children of Global Migration (Stanford University Press, 2005) ...
Strange Bedfellows
Neil Selkirk, photographer discusses his book Lobbyist (Powerhouse 2007) and Jane Earley, director of the Center for Conservation Innovation at the World Wildlife Fund and David Stuphen, vice president of Government Relations and Legislative Council at Viacom talk about being Lobbyist in Washington
Erline Browne
Erline Browne, a nanny and an organizer for Domestic Workers United, appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show on March 2, 2007.
Ai-Jen Poo
The lead organizer of Domestic Workers United, Ai-Jen Poo, appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show on March 2, 2007.
Neil Selkirk
Neil Selkirk, a photographer who shot the images in the book Lobbyists, was on the Brian Lehrer Show on March 2, 2007.
Dr. Lynn Silver
Dr. Lynn Silver, Assistant Commissioner for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at the Department of Health and Mental Hygene, appeared on ...
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