Panel show about gun safety and violence in New York City, featuring early use of webcams
Topic of debate is Mayor Giuliani's proposed budget for NYC, the largest cut in the City's budget since the Great Depression to deal with the deficit. Guests include Marc V Shaw of the New York City Office of Management and Budget and Ester Fuches of the Barnard-Columbia Urban Policy Center.
Topic of debate is welfare reform in both a local and national context. Guests include Liz Kreuger from the Welfare Reform Network of New York City and Myron Magnet from the Manhattan Institute City Journal.
Topic of debate is the role of City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, his relationship with the Mayor and how he feels about Mayor Giuliani's budget. Vallone goes into the details of the budget cuts and what he takes issue with, naming specific programs slated to be eliminated or reduced.
Topic of debate is police accountability in the wake of a significant increase in reporting by citizens of police abuse and brutality. The validity and usefulness of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) meant to collect these complaints is also debated.
Mayor David Dinkins joins the program to talk about his work as Mayor, what he thinks his legacy will be, his successor Mayor Giuliani and the state of the City more generally.
Topic of debate is affirmative action and efforts to roll it back while taking stock of its effects. Guests include Patricia Williams from Columbia University Law School and Barry Gross from York College.
Topic of debate is the environmental crisis, the course of regulation and the impact of it on business and average Americans. Guests include John Shanahan from the Heritage Foundation and environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Topic of debate is tort reform and whether or not the legal system is being abused. Guests include Lawrence Buxbaum from the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and Paul Crotty from the New York City Corporation Counsel.
Topic of debate is the future of public broadcasting and whether or not its worthwhile. Guests include Laurence Jarvik from Commit Magazine and Jill Bond from People for the American Way.
Topic of debate is corporate welfare. Special episode that only features state senator Franz Leichter who had just put out a report arguing that the City of New York spent billions of dollars on corporate welfare.
Topic of discussion is racial gerrymandering and challenges brought to the Supreme Court. Guests include Abigail Thernstrom from the Manhattan Institute and Randolph Scott-McLaughlin of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Topic of debate is gun control and to what extent gun control laws are effective at reducing gun violence. Guests include the Executive Assistant District Attorney of Brooklyn Pat Gatling and Jerry Preiser of the Federation of New York State Rifle & Pistol Clubs.
Host Dara Welles talks about the school board with New York Post reporter Al Guart. Leonard Lopate discusses the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill controversies with David Brock, writer of a book critical of Anita Hill.
Host Dara Welles and guest Patricia Harrison talk about successful women in business and politics. Brian Lehrer and his guests Theodora Bennett and Howard Husock discuss affordable housing programs in Chicago
Panelists debate homelessness and public policy, what the actual needs of the homeless are and what sort of public policy may be hurting or helping the issue of homelessness.
Host Brian Lehrer and guest Shirley Strom Kenny discuss the impact of Governor Pataki's state budget on State University of New York (SUNY). Leonard Lopate and his guest Professor Ann Douglas discuss her book about New York City during the inter-war period.
Part 2 of Leonard Lopate's interview with John Cleese about his book on life and comedy. Brian Leherer and guest Natan Sharansky about his book and experiences living in a gulag for years.
Part 1 of Leonard Lopate's interview with Malcolm McDowell on his life of an actor. Dara Welles with guests New York Police Department (New York Police Department (NYPD)) Assistant-Chief Gertrude LaForgia and Walter Alicea discuss community relations with the police.
Leonard Lopate and his guests Miep Gies and Cornelis Suijk discuss finding Anne Frank's diary and the decision to publish it. Dara Welles and guest Richard Bumgarner discuss a worldwide report on tuberculosis and the progress made by NYC.
Leonard Lopate and guest Julio Marzan discuss the works of author William Carlos Williams and a new biography Marzan wrote about him. Dara Welles and her guest Alex Abrams discuss student protests against proposed budget cuts to State University of New York (SUNY).
Host Brian Lehrer and guest Dona Laloma discuss federal welfare reform and programs designed to help former welfare recipients get back to work. Leonard Lopate and guest Chen Shizheng discuss Shizheng's experimental music and art.
Program about the event of Kristalnacht and the aftermath of the Holocaust on the Jewish community. Features interviews with Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany as children for New York City.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
