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Staffing Up

Jerry Seib, Assistant Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, discusses the progress of the Obama transition and cabinet appointments.

Your comments on Hillary Clinton for Sec. of State

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Construction Costs

WNYC reporters Matthew Schuerman and Cindy Rodriguez talk about their recent investigation into building related deaths in NYC. Also Aaron Brashear, Chair of Brooklyn Community Board 7's Buildings & Construction Committee, on safety issues and oversight at construction sites.

How you can help investigate building safety in your neighborhood.
The DOB has an online database of building permits. Here's how you can look up whether a construction site is properly permited:
1) Go to this website.
2) In the first field, enter the address of the building you want to look up.
3) Scroll down and click on "Jobs/Filings." This is where you will find open permits for the building.
4) Search through the permits - they are listed chronologically - and check for the relevant permit, such as scaffolding or installations. You can click on the permit number itself to get more details.

If you notice a missing permit or discrepancy, dial 311 to report it, and you can post your finding to the comments page below, which the WNYC newsroom will be checking regularly.

The Full "Cost of Doing Business" Investigation

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The Hood

Kesha Young, NYC Neighborhood Story Project Manager and editor of From Kingsbridge to Canarsie: Reflections by 8 NYC Girls, talks about working with the eight young authors of the book. Urban Academy High School students Noelle Tannen and Jennifer Arzu, whose work was included in the book, talk about what it was like to write about their neighborhoods.

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The History of Bubbles

Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, senior research fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, places the current financial crisis in historical context.

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Coming Down to Earth

Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom, explains how we should move beyond post-election euphoria and get to work on what really matters.

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Albany Update

WNYC's Bob Hennelly on what went down in Albany at the special meeting of the New York State Legislature yesterday.

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