Interview Highlights – Speaks about the new smartphones that every NYPD officer will have by next year.  They will include apps allowing cops “to take fingerprints on the street to enable the police officer to understand who they’re dealing with quicker.” The phones are being paid for by funds collected by his office. About Cyrus Vance, Jr. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., was […]

Interview Highlights – “Most police officers…are feeling like we are being put on the defensive.” – “Cell phones being aimed at police officers is not being done to show good police work but being done because they’re hoping to get something dramatic and trying to catch someone doing something wrong.” – “99.9% of officers are doing the job just as […]

Interview Highlights – “A judge should be required to consider if someone’s dangerous before making a decision on diversion, Albany has to pass a new law … It’s time for Albany to act…Forty-seven states and the federal government follow a simple rule: A judge is allowed to consider how dangerous an individual might be, and what their record has been in […]

Interview Highlights – On two Veterans Administration senior officials who pleaded the 5th Amendment at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing last week about their alleged misconduct: “They know we are going to go after them criminally if they don’t do their job, because it’s a criminal violation of the law not to take care of a veteran who served the […]

Interview Highlights – “If you end up adding to that $18.5 trillion the unfunded civilian and military pensions and retiree healthcare, the additional underfunding for Social Security, the additional underfunding for Medicare, various commitments and contingencies that the federal government has, the real number is about $65 trillion rather than $18 trillion, and it’s growing automatically absent reforms.” – “If […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about Veterans Day presentation at Times Square on Tuesday, November 10th at 10:00 a.m. It will feature guest speakers and the playing of Just a Common Soldier video on the big screen at Times Square, which has had 10 million views. – “In NYC, many veterans have become part of New York’s Finest, and New York’s […]

Interview Highlights – “President Obama has weighed in on the issue (Puerto Rico debt crisis), saying that congress should act and be helpful to the island. But also we believe that the president has executive ability to have either the Treasury Department or the Federal Reserve be more involved, and we haven’t seen that happen. It’s coming to a head, it […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about her new book: HE KILLED THEM ALL: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice. – The book focuses on Pirro’s 15-year investigation into accused murderer Robert Durst for the disappearance of his wife Kathleen Durst. She reopened the cold case of Kathleen Durst 15 years ago, who disappeared in 1982. Pirro make her case on […]

About Scott Stringer New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has spent his public service career fighting for New York’s middle class, strengthening the City’s fiscal health and championing good government. The New York Times described Mr. Stringer as a public servant “committed to the principles of good government” and “a strong voice for civil rights and marriage equality, a defender of […]

About Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio is the 109th Mayor of New York City. From his early days as a young City Hall staffer, to serving on his local school board, to his most recent position as Public Advocate for the City of New York, Bill de Blasio has spent his life fighting to ensure that every New […]

About Ed Rendell Governor Ed Rendell is currently serving as the Chairman of the 2016 Democratic Convention to be held in Philadelphia. He served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2011, Democrat. He was Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 presidential election. From 2008 to 2009, Governor Rendell was the Chairman of the National Governors […]

Interview Highlights – On Jeb Bush attacking Marco Rubio at the recent GOP debate about his voting record in the U.S. Senate: “I love Jeb and I know Jeb, and I’m flummoxed by that, it’s a violation of debate 101: Never ask an opponent or never address to an opponent something you know he’s prepared for, which clearly Rubio was. […]

Interview Highlights – On the recent GOP Presidential debate: “I felt that the entire portion that I watched, maybe the first hour and 20 minutes, once again was a good bit of showmanship. Very little substance in terms of what candidates are prepared to do for this country, I’m hopeful that we can say that we’re just in the early stages of […]

Interview Highlights – On migration of Muslims from the Middle East to Europe because of the civil war in Syria and other conflicts: “What is of greater concern is the rather uncontrolled and large-scale way in which this is happening, there’s got to be some safe-havens or some zones nearer to where the refugees are coming from — nearer to Syria, […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his role as Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee under President George W. Bush after 9-11-2001. – The threat of cyber-security is the “single largest threat facing the nation…it is a challenge we have to rise up and face.” About Joseph Grano Joseph Grano is Chairman and CEO of root9B Technologies, a cybersecurity and regulatory […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his role at Columbia directing a Center exploring “how to get rid of diseases that we can prevent…80% of chronic diseases in middle income and high income countries can be prevented.” – We look at how much of that (preventable diseases) can we prevent with the money we have and how do we do that.” […]

Interview Highlights – On President Obama’s decision to release 6,000 federal inmates this weekend: “We have to be very concerned about who we’re letting out. One of the issues of concern is when people go to jail, often times they go to jail with negotiated charges, if you will, so that somebody that is in jail that seems like they’re non-violent, […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his current probe of internet service providers. Consumers seem to be paying extra for increased speeds of internet service that are not being provided. “They are not getting what they are paying for.” – Has sent letters to Time Warner, Cablevision, and Verizon requesting documents about “broad band internet speed and disclosures made to customers.” […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about her race for Staten Island District Attorney. Notes her various endorsements, including from the Staten Island Advance and New York Post. – Notes that she is a career prosecutor with the experience necessary to be DA, while her opponent has no experience in law enforcement.  The election is Tuesday. About Joan Illuzzi Joan Illuzzi, is the […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the Employee Rights Act, which says “we need to address the rights of union members to their unions. There is an imbalance here. The union leadership has too much power over union members. What Scott Walker did was not anti-union, it was pro-employee. – The Employee Rights Act contains 8 provisions giving employees more rights, […]

Interview Highlights – Not surprised that NASA found proof of water on Mars as he predicted it “over 20 years ago…it’s nice to see NASA catching up.” – NASA has “schizophrenia” when it comes to dealing with life outside of earth. The “sub-text” of NASA messages is that they are searching for life but every time they find something that […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his life-long history and friendship with Bill Clinton and noted that he helped Clinton form the new “centrist democratic” movement. – Hillary Clinton is the “right person at the right time to lead our country…the odds of her becoming the first woman President are very good.” – With Joe Biden’s decision not to run for […]

Interview Highlights – Calls for a national drone registry because they “pose a real risk to firefighters, the airlines, to all manner of public service… We’re trying to press the Federal Aviation Administration to come up with rules and regulations. … How do [people] operate them safely? How do they operate them without interfering with privacy issues?” – “If you’re going to purchase […]

Interview Highlights – “I think anyone who listened to those Benghazi hearings realizes that she (Hillary Clinton) knew this was a terrorist attack in Benghazi and she nevertheless lied to the American people about it,” – “I think it’s worth remembering, though, that Hillary Clinton is running on a platform of being the first woman president. That is her platform.” –  “If […]

Interview Highlights – “The problem isn’t the people in the street, it’s not the community, the community supports the police. The problem is weak politicians, weak policies where leadership is failing to get involved.” – “We have our own police commissioner takes marijuana cigarette out of someone’s mouth, a misdemeanor arrest, throws it in the sewer and then brags about it. What […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the upcoming votes by the City Planning Commission and City Council to sell the Brooklyn Heights library. The land will be used to build condos, including units of “affordable housing” and have a smaller library branch on the ground floor. The funds from the sale will also be used to make repairs at other libraries. […]

Interview Highlights – “The problem isn’t the people in the street, it’s not the community, the community supports the police. The problem is weak politicians, weak policies where leadership is failing to get involved.” – “We have our own police commissioner takes marijuana cigarette out of someone’s mouth, a misdemeanor arrest, throws it in the sewer and then brags about it. What […]

Interview Highlights – On Hillary Clinton: “I think probably she did well enough in the debate that she’s going to get it (the nomination), depending on what happens with the emails, but I think she’s being protected.” – On Joe Biden entering the Democratic Presidential race: “I think he’s not, cause I think it’s too late for him, you know, he’s in […]

Interview Highlights – On President Obama’s recent announcement about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan for the remainder of his term: “Here’s the one thing, this is typical Obama: 9,800 is what we have, and that’s what we need, and he said, ‘Well, OK, I’m gonna leave ‘em there, but by the end of 2016, we’re going to 5,500’ – he just […]