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From Mt. Marcy to the Verrazzano Narrows
Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to set eyes on the Hudson River in 1524 (the Mohicans called it “Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk”). Since then, Rip van Winkle fell asleep on its shores, a mighty river arose at its mouth, and a multinational contaminated it with PCBs. Today the river is on a rebound.
This Sunday, you can attend the corn festival, contact frill@rcn.com for more information.
Visit www.NYwiki.com, the encyclopedia based on public contributions. And tune in at 10:40 to hear more. The LMDC reacts to a critical new study by Good Jobs New York, New York goes “wiki”, and Gerald Posner and Dr. Faroque Khan on local terror suspects.
Developing Friends
Bettina Damiani Director of Good Jobs New York on federal money controlled by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. has been funneled to the organizations and companies of LMDC board members
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Kevin M. Rampe President, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation on the controversy over 9/11 funds
All About the Benjamin
Preston Niblack Deputy Director, Independent Budget Office discusses the Independent Budget Office's report on the distribution of Federal money in downtown New York
New York Information - How You Want It
Ari Paparo creator of Nywiki.com on his user-based encyclopedia about New York
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Dr. Faroque Khan President of the Islamic Center of Long Island, in Westbury, sits on the board of Islamic Society of North America, also a professor of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook says law enforcement's heavy-handedness has damaged relations with the Muslim Community
American-Born, Al Qaeda True
Gerald Posner investigative reporter and author, Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11 (Random House, 2003) on Mohammed Junaid Babar, American Muslims, and Al Qaeda
In Deep Water
Pete Seeger folk singer and songwriter want New Yorkers to utilize the Hudson river
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John Cronin Director of the Academy for the Environment at Pace University and former Hudson riverkeeper
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