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Bloomberg Leaves the Party

Douglas Muzzio, professor of Public Affairs at Baruch College, looks at the impact of Bloomberg shedding his GOP affiliation and what it means for his national ambitions.

Read Bloomberg's statement on changing party affiliation

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New York Undercover

Eric Adams, NY State Senator (D-20, Brooklyn), and the former head of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, and Peter Vallone, Jr., New York City Council Member (D-Queens), chair of the Public Safety Committee, weigh in on proposed police procedures for undercover officers, which include mandatory alcohol testing after shootings.

Official NYPD statement on changes to undercover police procedures

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Food Fight

Vegan Vesanto Melina, dietitian, and co-author of Raising Vegetarian Children with Jo Stepaniak, and The New Becoming Vegetarian and Becoming Vegan with Brenda Davis, says women can maintain a healthy vegan diet when they are pregnant, and also that it is possible to raise healthy vegan children, and Nina Planck, former director of New York's Greenmarket and the author of Real Food: What to Eat and Why (Bloomsbury, 2006), disagrees.

Vesanto Melina's Website
Nina Planck's Website

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Hillary Country

Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times reporter and co-author, with Jeff Gerth, of Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton (Little, Brown, 2007), discusses his new biography of Hillary Clinton.

Her Way is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

Video: Hillary Clinton announces her new campaign song

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Open Phones: Hillary, Rudy or Mike?

As Mayor Bloomberg sheds his GOP affiliation, who would you vote for in a three-way New Yorker presidential race? Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani or Mike Bloomberg? Leave a comment or call-in.

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