Residents plant beach grass on protective sand dunes in the Breezy Point neighborhood on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City.

Rebuild by Design; Tax Cuts for Parents?; Puerto Rico’s Problems

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 3, 2014

New York City is about to launch proposals for the post-Sandy Rebuild By Design project. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan discusses the project and the plans to protect the coastline from extensive storm damage in the future. Plus: the details of New York’s new budget; an argument that the tax code should be friendlier to parents than to child-free adults; and an explanation of why people are leaving Puerto Rico.

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NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

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