Chief Judge of the State of New York Judith Kaye has just been reconfirmed by the State Senate after 14 years on the job, and she’s about to launch a pilot program to make divorce cheaper and less acrimonious, at least in court. Kaye joins us to discuss this program and some of her other proposed judicial reforms. Also, Eduardo Geraldo from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Queens speaks about immigrant entrepreneurship in the 21st century.
Firefighters vs. Giuliani
Peter Gorman, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association of New York, Local 854, on why his union is unhappy with Rudolph Giuliani's handling of how firefighters' bodies were retrieved from the World Trade Center rubble.
Monday Morning Politics
Michel Martin, NPR host, on the Democratic division over Iraq, Republican reaction to the Libby verdict, and the latest in the 2008 presidential race.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Rob Walsh, commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services, Eduardo Giraldo, president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Queens, and Jonathan Bowles, director of the Center for an Urban Future, talk about how important immigrant entrepreneurs are to New ...
Justice Talking
Judge Judith Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York, explains why she and Governor Spitzer want to restructure the New York State court system.
Crowded Houses
Ingrid Gould Ellen, co-director of NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and associate professor at NYU's Wagner School, and Glenn Corbett professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice discuss the issue of overcrowding in homes and apartments in response ...
Jonathan Bowles
Jonathan Bowles is the Director of The Center for an Urban Future, and the author of the study "A World of Opportunity" ...
Judge Judith Kaye
The Chief Judge of the State of New York, Judith Kaye, appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show on March 12, 2007. She ...
Required Reading: March 12, 2007
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