Are Authorities Authoritarian?

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Edith First, a Director of the Women's City Club, Vice President of the the Citizen's Committee for Children, and Secretary of the New York City Council against Poverty, Manuel Carbalo, Assistant to the Mayor for transportation, city planning and economic development, and Steve Solars and Assemblyman representing the shore front communities of Brooklyn discuss the role of public authorities in New York City government - whether these authorities' powers encroach on the ability of governments to govern and how to make authorities responsive to the needs of citizens. Gloria Chapman of New York University moderates.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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