About Senator Ron Johnson Senator Ron Johnson, R-WI, is the senior United States Senator for Wisconsin. A Republican. Prior to his election to the Senate, Senator Johnson had no electoral experience and was chief executive officer of PACUR, LLC, a polyester and plastics manufacturer. After Senator Johnson’s election to the Senate, he liquidated all his business assets to avoid any […]
About Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was the longest serving Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in its history and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly had spent 47 years in the NYPD. Kelly was a Marine Corps […]
About Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., was first inaugurated as the District Attorney of New York County on January 1, 2010. Over the following four years, Mr. Vance enhanced the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as a national leader in criminal justice by expanding the offices expertise on an array of 21st century crimes, including identity […]
About Dr. Jennifer McQuiston Dr. Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, MS (CAPT, USPHS) Center for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. As a disease detective and veterinarian, Dr. Jennifer McQuiston specializes in diseases that can be transmitted from animals or insects to people; she is constantly vigilant to […]
About Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is running to represent the State Senate’s 9th District to replace former Senate Leader Dean Skelos. Before running for Assembly, Mr, Kaminsky was federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and was the Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to […]
About Adele Malpass Adele Malpass is the Manhattan Republican County Chairwoman. Chairwoman has a long history of Republican politics working local and national campaigns. In 2012, Adele was a New York delegate to the Republican convention and also served on the Republican Platform Committee for New York. She’s active with the Manhattan Institute, GKCC after-school program for low-income children in East […]
About Roland Lewis Roland Lewis is a lifetime New Yorker, he has worked in the field of community development since 1984. For nine years he served as a partner in the law firm of Dellapa, Lewis, and Perseo, whose clients included nonprofit organizations, civic groups, churches, cooperative corporations, and private real estate developers. I n 1997 Roland became the executive […]
About Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci, is the Director of NIAID, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. He is an immunologist who has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute. He oversees a $4.5 billion budget and an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research […]
About James Carville, Jr. James Carville, Jr. (Rajin Cajun)) is a political commentator and media carvillepersonality who is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. Carville is playing a major, if unofficial role, if Senator Hillary Clinton runs for President […]
Christopher Nixon Cox Christopher Nixon Cox is a lawyer based in New York. He is the son of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox. He is the grandson of Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States and Pat Nixon, the 44th First Lady of the United States. He is the owner of OC Global Partners in New […]
About Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D. Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Public Health Preparednes at Columbia University. Professional interests include epidemiology of emerging infections (a concept he originated), international cooperation for infectious disease surveillance, and defense against bioterrorism. Dr. Morse recently returned to Columbia from 4 years in government service as Program Manager at the Defense Advanced […]
About Commissioner Bill Bratton Commissioner Bill Bratton is the New York City Police Commissioner. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996), and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Bratton would return to the […]
About Samuel Schwartz Samuel Schwartz Gridlock Sam, GridlockSam.com City columnist, is one of sam schwartz gridlockthe leading transportation engineers in the United States, and is widely believed to be the man responsible for popularizing the phrase gridlock. Educated at Brooklyn Tech High School, the leading science high school in the country, Brooklyn College (BS Physics) and the University of Pennsylvania […]
About Michael Gianaris Michael Gianaris , Astoria Queens was elected to the State Senate in 2010 after serving in the State Assembly for ten years. The Senator is the Chair of the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, and oversees all committee activities. Senator Gianaris is a leading reformer. The Senator’s career in public service began as an aide […]
Interview Highlights – “ISIS has had some setbacks in Iraq and Syria, no doubt about it, but it’s still consolidating its control over that territory, it’s gained new adherents across Libya and North Africa and more adherents around the world. We’ve seen the consequences in the attacks in Paris and the attack in San Bernardino, and I think every prospect […]
Interview Highlights – Speaks about her role as CEO & President of WIN (formerly Women In Need). – “We are the largest provider of shelters and supportive housing to homeless families in NYC…families are the forgotten face of homelessness in NYC.” – “80% of people in shelters right now in NYC are families…20% of people in shelters are under five […]
Interview Highlights – The President needs to realize that “climate change is not the number one threat to our country but terrorist attacks from oversees and from within our own nation is.” – The President has “never had a plan to attack terrorists within our country and never came up with a strategy to defeat ISIS.” About Congressman Daniel Donovan Congressman Daniel […]
Interview Highlights – “Mike Bloomberg was a very effective Mayor…people of this city found him to be accountable, responsible…after 12 years in office, he left the city as strong as ever…he has a calling to see this country move in the right direction.” – On the chances of an independent presidential bid of Mike Bloomberg having success: “This is […]
Interview Highlights – “Overall, this month, January, we had a great month. I’m pretty confident…January was probably the safest month we ever had. That’s good news for New Yorkers.” – Will deploy “more resources…to increase the public confidence” in the wake of six subway slashings this month…New Yorkers have a right to be alarmed or concerned — particularly those riding […]
Interview Highlights – ”When snow hits you have eight and a half million customers, and their expectations are very high so I have a new respect for the department in terms of how we mobilize all our forces and get out there to fight snow because the expectations are pretty incredible.” – On winter storm Jonas: It was “a very […]
Interview Highlights – Speaks about the race for the White House and the party primaries. About Robert M. Shrum Robert M. Shrum is a political consultant, who has worked on numerous Democratic campaigns, including the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry Shrum wrote the famous speech Ted Kennedy gave at the 1980 Democratic National Convention conceding to and supporting […]
Interview Highlights – “The Employees Rights Act (which has over 100 co-sponsors in Congress) changes the law that was passed in 1947, known as the Taft-Hartley Act, to give employees a 21st Century set of rules concerning employees and unionization. – The Employee Rights Act contains 8 provisions giving employees more rights, including guaranteed secret ballots and the ability to […]
Interview Highlights – “You know, 30 years ago there was a movement started by someone (Ronald Reagan) who establishment Republicans were opposed to. Well let me tell you, I think Trump has got a movement that’s picking up steam, and once a movement picks up that kind of steam, pretty hard to stop.” – “He demonstrated that he’s not going […]
Interview Highlights – “The Zika virus originated in Africa, it was first discovered in 1947…lately there has been a huge outbreak of this virus in South America. It is carried by mosquitoes. If a mosquito bites someone who has the virus and that mosquito flies on and bites another person that second person also gets the virus….1.6 million people have […]
Interview Highlights – “You know, 30 years ago there was a movement started by someone (Ronald Reagan) who establishment Republicans were opposed to. Well let me tell you, I think Trump has got a movement that’s picking up steam, and once a movement picks up that kind of steam, pretty hard to stop.” – “He demonstrated that he’s not going […]
Interview Highlights – “ISIS has had some setbacks in Iraq and Syria, no doubt about it, but it’s still consolidating its control over that territory, it’s gained new adherents across Libya and North Africa and more adherents around the world. We’ve seen the consequences in the attacks in Paris and the attack in San Bernardino, and I think every prospect […]
Interview Highlights – “The Employees Rights Act (which has over 100 co-sponsors in Congress) changes the law that was passed in 1947, known as the Taft-Hartley Act, to give employees a 21st Century set of rules concerning employees and unionization. – The Employee Rights Act contains 8 provisions giving employees more rights, including guaranteed secret ballots and the ability to […]
Interview Highlights – Speaks about the race for the White House and the party primaries. About Robert M. Shrum Robert M. Shrum is a political consultant, who has worked on numerous Democratic campaigns, including the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry Shrum wrote the famous speech Ted Kennedy gave at the 1980 Democratic National Convention conceding to and supporting […]
Interview Highlights – ”When snow hits you have eight and a half million customers, and their expectations are very high so I have a new respect for the department in terms of how we mobilize all our forces and get out there to fight snow because the expectations are pretty incredible.” – On winter storm Jonas: It was “a very […]
Interview Highlights – “Overall, this month, January, we had a great month. I’m pretty confident…January was probably the safest month we ever had. That’s good news for New Yorkers.” – Will deploy “more resources…to increase the public confidence” in the wake of six subway slashings this month…New Yorkers have a right to be alarmed or concerned — particularly those riding […]
