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John and Margo Catsimatidis (Thos Robinson/Getty Images)That was then; this is now
Is John Catsimatidis the next Michael Bloomberg? The Gristedes supermarket magnate talks about selling food in New York--and his possible run for mayor in 2009. Also, Cory Booker's mayoralty in crisis over crime, and Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin on gay culture then and now.
Transportation Meltdown
Did you make it to work this morning? If you did, it was no thanks to the MTA. Gridlock Sam aka Sam Schwartz, transportation engineer and Daily News columnist, sorts out why things went so horribly wrong with our public transportation system this morning.
Fighting Crime
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, talks about the execution style shooting that took place over the weekend, and how his city has reacted.
Shock in Newark
Clement Price, professor of political science at Rutgers University in Newark, talks about why the murders of three Newark teenagers is so shocking to the city. Then the director of Youth Services for Unified Vailsburg Services Organization (UVSO), Dale Goodwin, talks about their efforts to work with young people in Newark.
Another Mogul for Mayor?
John Catsimatidis owns and runs Gristedes and Red Apple supermarkets. He's made major donations to the campaigns of both Clintons. Now, though, he's announced that he intends to run for mayor as a Republican and self-fund his campaign. He tells us more about why he wants to run the city.
Tolliver Twist
In his new book Michael Tolliver Lives: A Novel (HarperCollins, 2007), Armistead Maupin revisits the characters from his "Tales of the City” serial, the ground-breaking novels and PBS miniseries set in 1970’s San Francisco.
Michael Tolliver Lives is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
How Can We Fix the Subways?
Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor and Director of University Transportation Research at City College, examines how the subways can be upgraded to survive a downpour.
Open Phones
How did you get to work this morning, and how damaging was last night's storm in your neighborhood? Let us know.
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
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Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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