Episode Details

In a series of highlights from the 1998 season of "The Urban Agenda," host, David R. Jones, President of the Community Service Society of New York discusses welfare and work for NYC's poor population, neighborhood revitalization for NYC's endangered communities, and NYC's public health care system. He is joined by Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive at the Coalition for the Homeless; Irwin Garfinkel, Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems at the Columbia University School of Social Work and co-founding director of the Columbia Population Research Center; Dr. Hector Cordero-Guzman, assistant professor at the New School University; Honorable Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Congress (D-NY); Michael Rochford, Executive Director of the St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation; Judy Wessler, Policy Coordinator of the Commission for the Public's Health System; C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President; and Douglas Criscitello, Director of New York City Independent Budget Office.