Part 4 of the Immigration Special covers Education. Guests include Deputy Comm. Azadeh Khalili from the Mayor’s Office of Imm. Affairs; Pres. Kathleen Waldron of Baruch College; and Maria Santos from the Dept. of Ed’s Office of English Language Learners.

Daniel Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, returns to City Talk for the second part of a two-part series covering the changes New York City needs to make in order to handle its growing population.

Part 3 of the Immigration Special covers Family Immigration. Guests include Midori Hills, Directing Attorney of the CUNY Citizenship & Immigration Project; Enzo Soderini, a paralegal; and a couple who have benefited from the Immigration Project.

Part 2 of the Immigration Special deals with Domestic Violence and Trafficking. Guests include Julie Dinnerstein of Sanctuary for Families and Commissioner Yolanda Jimenez from the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence.

Part 1 of the Immigration Special deals with Citizenship. Guests include Commissioner Guillermo Linares from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Chief of Citizenship, Alfonso Aguilar of the USCIS and Yolanda Ospina, a recently naturalized citizen.

In this first half of a two-part conversation, Doug sits down with Daniel Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, to discuss Mayor Bloomberg’s speech “A Greener, Greater City.”

Doug sits down with Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union of the City of New York, to review recent government actions. Citizens Union is a non-profit organization committed to promoting a well-run government for all of New York.

This week, Doug welcomes frequent City Talk guest Diana Fortuna, President of Citizens Budget Commission. Ms. Fortuna lends her significant expertise to a discussion on Governor Spitzer’s tactics in achieving New York State's new budget.

Doug welcomes NYU Visiting Professor of Law Derrick Bell. Professor Bell is a highly respected constitutional law professor and civil rights activist. He shares his views on some of the racial issues that are prominent in the media today.

Doug welcomes Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York. The school bus routing problems, the no bid city contracts and Ms. Gotbaum's public advocacy project are among the topics discussed.