Newark Mayor Cory Booker

Peace, Love and Understanding

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 10, 2011

Mayor Cory Booker talks about the latest in Newark, including this weekend’s visit from the Dalai Lama and others for the Newark Peace Education Summit. Plus: New York City Council Member Domenic Recchia, chairman of the Finance Committee, discusses ongoing budget negotiations; David Colman, contributing writer for The New York Times, on Alcoholics Anonymous; Kelly Virella talks about the City Limits Magazine investigation of sexual abuse at NYS prisons; and forget everything you think you know about carbon footprints. 

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