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The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 11, 2010

If a new city proposal passes, water rates will increase almost 13%. Cas Holloway, commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection explains the hike. Plus, a theory of an impending global population crash; bike lane debates in Brooklyn; the doctors’ point of view on the closure of St. Vincent’s Hospital; and the pursuit of silence.

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