Without a budget since April 1, New York State is being funded by weekly emergency spending bills. Daily News columnist Celeste Katz looks at the latest on the budget and the governor’s attempt to set a new deadline for later this month. Plus, apologizing for Bloody Sunday; housing projects; and biking in Harlem.
Budget Impasse Update
Celeste Katz, writer of The Daily Politics blog at the New York Daily News, looks at the latest as Albany works toward a budget. After this week's threat of a government shutdown, what's in the next extender bill?
Overdraft Changes and Your Bank Account
Brian Lehrer producer Jody Avirgan talks about some confusing mail he's been getting. Then, Gail Hillebrand, senior attorney for Consumers Union, discusses the coming changes to bank overdraft charges, what it means for debit cards, and other credit card legislation in the works. Then Nessa Feddis, retail banking expert at the American Bankers Association provides an industry perspective.
Have you been getting letters or calls about changes to your checking account? How have they been phrased, are they clear, have you acted on them? Let us know!
Books That Changed Your World
New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean talks about the most influential books in her life, and the Twitter phenomenon she started when she created the #booksthatchangedmyworld hashtag.
Is there a book that changed your world? Whether it's fiction, a picture book or an encyclopedia, tell us what it is and why the book is so important to you.
The State of Public Housing
Alexa Kasdan, director of research and policy at the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project, and Agnes Rivera, board member at Community Voices Heard and a resident of the Wagner Houses in East Harlem, discuss their report "We Call These Projects Home: Solving the Housing Crisis from the Ground Up" (PDF).
A Big Apology
Niall O'Dowd, publisher of the website IrishCentral.com, founder of Irish America magazine and Irish Voice newspaper, and former chairman of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, comments on British Prime Minister David Cameron's apology for the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland.
What's in an apology for you? Does "I'm Sorry" count when it's coming from a corporation or a government? Do you need more? Let us know what you think!
New York Cycling
John Eustice, race director of the 37th annual Skyscraper Harlem Cycling Classic, talks about Sunday's race and the importance of New York City in competitive cycling history.