Greg David

Mayor de Blasio celebrated his first 100 days in office with a big speech at Cooper Union. Brigid Bergin, city hall and politics reporter at WNYC, and Greg David, director of the Business and Economic Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business, talk about his administration's accomplishments and challenges so far.

It's Jobs Week in the Brian Lehrer Show's "30 Issues in 30 Days" election series. See the full schedule and archive of shows here.

Gordon MacInnes, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, and Greg David, director of the Business and Economic Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business, discuss the impact of tax incentives and regional competition for jobs.

"Why is all this job creation not lifting all of NYC in the ways it has before?" Greg David says concentrated wealth is not actually trickling down.

Greg David, director of the Business and Economic Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, contributor to Crain's New York Business and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City (Palgrave Macmillan, April 2012), says the results of pre-election polls for local races need to be taken with a grain of salt. He also explains their spotty track records in predicting results.

The U.S. added 175,000 jobs in May according to the Labor Department.  Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City, discusses the new jobs numbers and we take your calls:  Have you got a new job – or lost a job this month or this year?  Give us a call at 212-433-9692.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, contributor to Crain's New York Business, and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City, discusses the forum he hosted for Republican mayoral hopefuls.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business, and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City, talks about the independents' wish lists to replace Mayor Bloomberg -- from Hillary Clinton to Joe Lhota.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, contributor to Crain's New York Business, and author of Modern New York:The Life and Economics of a City, looks at the effect of Sandy, and the clean-up, on the area's employment picture.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, contributor to Crain's New York Business and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City, looks at the economic impact of Fashion Week on the city.

The local Fairway grocery chain is one of the first companies to take advantage of a new program that lets smaller businesses go public through a more streamlined process. Greg David, director of the Business and Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, Crain's New York Business contributor and author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City talks about the Fairway IPO, and concerns over the level of disclosure in the process.

Director of the Business and Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business, Greg David, questions whether Wall Street's "embrace" of Mitt Romney is good for Romney or the economy.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School and contributor to Crain's New York Business Modern New York:The Life and Economics of a City, discusses the settlement in the civil suit alleging the Mets' owners knowingly profited from Madoff's fraud.

Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, contributor to Crain's New York Business, and author of the forthcoming Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City, rounds up local and global economic news, from "Cyber Monday" to Europe.

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer; Greg David, director of the business reporting from at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and a contributor to Crain's New York Business; Kathryn Wylde, New York Federal Reserve deputy chairwoman and head of the Partnership for New York City; and Jesse LaGreca  of #occupywallstreet and the Daily Kos, participate in a dialogue about the issues at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests, including inequality and the contribution of investment banking to the economic life of the city and the country.

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer; Greg David, director of the business reporting from at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and a contributor to Crain's New York Business; Kathryn Wylde, New York Federal Reserve deputy chairwoman and head of the Partnership for New York City; and Jesse LaGreca  of #occupywallstreet and the Daily Kos, participate in a dialogue about the issues at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests, including inequality and the contribution of investment banking to the economic life of the city and the country.

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Yesterday we discussed manufacturing, today we look at small business. How many jobs are actually created? Our guest is, Greg David, Director of Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School.

Politicians love to talk about manufacturing as the main job engine in the U.S. But how much does the manufacturing sector actually contribute? And is supporting that sector the best road to recovery? Director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at CUNY Journalism School, Greg David, discusses.