Archive for February, 2009

NY Series – D.A. Charles J. Hynes

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District Attorney Charles J. Hynes will discuss “Redefining the Role of the Public Prosecutor–New Solutions to Criminal Justice Problems.”  He will be introduced by Patricia Gatling, NYC Human Rights Commissioner.                     
                       
D.A. Joe Hynes has been the district attorney of Brooklyn for twenty years. A veteran trial lawyer, he earned his spurs as the special prosecutor appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo [...]

NY Series – Police Commissioner Ray Kelly

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TOP COP and COUNTERTERRORISM STAR of the CITY, Ray Kelly, will discuss his agenda for New York City, as we face some of the most difficult challenges in our city‘s history. (More…)
Our host, Paul Beirne is a principal in Bernstein Global Wealth Management, a unit of AllianceBernstein.

EVENTS – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

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House Majority Leader STENY HOYER(D-MD) will join our breakfast, just in time to discuss the economy, the stimulus Package and how to get the economy back on track.
One of the most powerful figures in Washington, Representative Hoyer became the second-ranking Democrat in the House just behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi, when he was elected by [...]

EVENTS – Gwen Ifill of PBS on “Breakthrough”

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Gwen Ifill discusses her new book “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” 
Ifill sheds new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential victory and the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.(More about Gwen Ifill…) 
 
Program introduced by:         Gail Sheehy , best-seller author, contributor to Vanity [...]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. : “One of the Heroes of the Planet” TIME Magazine

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“One of the Heroes for the Planet” [TIME MAGAZINE], Bobby Kennedy, Jr. will speak at The Common Good on “Our Environmental Destiny”
US Representative for New York’s 14th District, Carolyn B. Maloney will be introducing Bobby Kennedy, Jr.
Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper [...]

Election Panel: Bob Shrum, Kellyanne Conway, David Kuhn and Rick Klein

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Panel “Election 2008 – Prognoses and Predictions” –
Now that we are deep into this critical election cycle, you won’t want to miss our next panel about the presidential elections.
 
Bob Shrum is a political consultant and has served as senior advisor to the 2000 Gore and 2004 Kerry presidential campaigns. (More…)
Kellyanne Conway is CEO and President [...]

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