Eric Gioia

Eric Gioia appears in the following:

Ready or Not

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

The H1N1 virus is expected to make a comeback this fall. Dr. Irwin Redlener of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness talks about how ready the U.S. is to for the return of swine flu. Plus, does pressure to achieve make Asian American students more at risk for depression and ...

Swine Flu Marches On

Monday, May 18, 2009

Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) discusses the first confirmed local death from H1N1 (swine flu) and the city's response to the lingering outbreak. Dr. Marc Siegel of NYU's Langone Medical Center and Irwin Redlener of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia discuss how the public can best help to ...

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A Matter of Control

Monday, May 18, 2009

In the wake of the first swine flu death in NYC, H1N1 is back in the news, and the questions over the best way to control the outbreak are flying. Councilman Eric Gioia offers his take. Plus, live coverage of the Mayor's press conference on the swine flu. And, a ...

Close Food

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Council member Eric Gioia (D-Queens), talks about his proposal to prevent fast food restaurants from being within 1/10th of a mile of schools.

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Milk Money

Monday, June 09, 2008

New York City Councilwoman Letitia James (D-35), representing Brooklyn and a member of the council committee on oversight and investigations, talks about her new report revealing lax oversight of the state Milk Price Gouging Law. Councilman Eric Gioia, D-26 (Queens), chair of the City Council's Committee ...

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Rent Destabilized

Monday, May 12, 2008

Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and columnist at The New York Times, and Ben Dulchin, deputy director of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, discuss the impact of investment companies on New York’s rent stabilized housing stock.

Then, Frank Ricci of ...

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New York City on $1.00 A Day

Monday, May 14, 2007

Queens City Councilman Eric Gioia (D) and Joel Berg, the executive director of the Coalition Against Hunger, talk about taking the “Food Stamp Challenge”-- trying to live on the average allocation of $28 a week, to call attention to the issue of hunger in New York City.

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