#AskTheMayor; South Jersey Tax Breaks; Mandela's Nurturing & Hallie's Love; One Book, One New York

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 3, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in the city.
  • Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, talks about her reporting on the controversial Christie-era tax break program that benefited a South Jersey political broker and his associates.
  • In his memoir Going to the Mountain (Hachette Books, 2018), chairman and co-founder of the Africa Rising Foundation, Ndaba Mandela shares his remarkable coming-of-age journey, as the grandson of Nelson Mandela during South Africa’s rebirth. And president of Love, Hallie Foundation, Ted Geier joins to talk about their work to make the world a better place through compassion and good deeds.
  • Anne del Castillo, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, announces the winner of the city-wide book club called One Book, One New York.

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