Doug Muzzio asks is NY a tale of two cities or two tales of the city? James Parrott, Fiscal Policy Institute, says yes, a tale of 2 cities; Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute, says a tale of 3 cities, and we should worry most about the middle-class.

Eli Silverman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, author of "NYPD Battles Crime" urges the NYPD to return to COMPSTAT's original purpose, to eliminate quotas, to measure performance to assure accountability.

Author and journalist Michael Daly brings us "Topsy, The Startling Story of the Crooked-Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison," a story about lies, desperate ambition, callous human beings, and the truth about Topsy.

"It's the morning after and we still don't know, run-off or no," exclaims Doug Muzzio, introducing Baruch College friends and colleagues: Micheline Blum, David Birdsell and Hector Cordero-Guzman to talk about the campaigns, the candidates, and the voters.

Fmr. Amb. Richard Murphy and Doug Muzzio discuss the controversy in dealing with the crisis over the use of poison gas in Syria's civil war. They talked military options and diplomatic options. Amb. Murphy believed Obama would not be sucked into conflict

Doug Muzzio asks NY1 political anchor, Errol Louis and senior writer at Capital New York, Azi Paybarah to speculate on next Tuesday night's or Wednesday morning's newspaper headlines. The three talked about similarities of campaigns current and past.

John Strausbaugh's latest book, "The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village," reminds us of the conglomeration of people who inhabited this particular piece of Manhattan, from the 1640's to today.

DA of New York County since January 2010, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. leads an office with a long tradition of excellence and non-partisonship, considered one of the nation's preeminent prosecutors offices. DA Vance and Doug Muzzio talk about human trafficking.

Dr. William P. Kelly, named Interim Chancellor-Designate by the CUNY Board of Trustees, talks about the future-the opportunities and challenges facing CUNY in the second decade of the 21st century, about goals and approaches.

Doug Muzzio introduces Colum McCann as a "magnificent liar, whose fictions tell profound truths." Author of "Let the Great World Spin," best sellers "Dancer," and "Zoli," Colum McCann talks about his latest book, "TransAtlantic," a MUST READ