Jacob Colker of The Extrordinaries and Katrin Verclas of MobileActive.org on the ways mobile phones bring positive change. Plus: documenting the Mexican drug war and Manhattan before there was a New York City.

Brian delves into the implications of the returns with former NYC Comptroller Liz Holzman and NY Post Editorial Board Member Robert George. Plus: The Big Money’’s Paul Smalera on the great art behind the walls of bailed-out banks.

Brian delves into the implications of the returns with former NYC Comptroller Liz Holzman and NY Post Editorial Board Member Robert George. Plus: The Big Money’’s Paul Smalera on the great art behind the walls of bailed-out banks.

Dan Cantor of the Working Families Party talks about the influence of his group on the election. Plus: City Limits Investigates editor Jarrett Murphy on Bushwick in the Bloomberg Years, and the debut of a video feature, "The New Shop Around the Corner."

Colin Beavan, better known as No Impact Man, talks about the year he spent forsaking creature comforts to save the environment. Plus: Using video to take down illegal gun sellers, and how the city's decision to make it's data public will change your life.

How video shapes the health care debate. Plus: Open House New York's Scott Lauer talks about the bi-annual event that puts the city's hidden corners on display, and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on her Facebook novel.

City Comptroller Betsy Gotbaum with insights she'd like to pass along to her successor. Plus: Beth Fertig, author of "Why Cant U Teach Me 2 Read" and Amy Braunschweiger on her book "Taxi Confessions."

Nancy Scola of techPresident looks at the citizen journalists who took on ACORN. Plus: The Food Bank for New York City's Áine Duggan on the alarming rate of hunger in NYC.

Elinor Tatum of The Amersterdam News and Edward-Isaac Dovere of City Hall and The Capitol examine the results of the election. Plus: Ivan Oransky of Reuters Health and CUNY professor Philip Alcabes, author of "Dread," on the H1N1 virus.

This week: Albany is in revolt, and no one seems to know what’s going on.  We get an update on how the coup started, and who the power players are now.  Plus: preventing friendly fire, and Harlem through the lens of photographer Ozier Muhammad.