School of International and Public AffairsColumbia UniversityCelebrating 60 Years

School of international & public affairs -- saturday, October 28, 2006

 
session Three -- PANEL three
 

Governing a Global City: New York City as a Case Study

 


This panel consists of prominent alumni and faculty who have been active in the governance and management of New York City for decades. They will speak to their own direct experience on issues of labor relations, youth services, affordable housing and homelessness, with the moderator and discussant placing these experiences in the context of other challenges facing global cities in the future.

Moderator: David N. Dinkins, 106th Mayor of the City of New York, Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, SIPA; Host of the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum, SIPA; Senior Fellow at the Center for Urban Research and Policy

Discussant: Ester Fuchs
, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at SIPA, previously both the Founding Director at the Center for Urban Research and Policy and Chair of Barnard’s Urban Studies Program

Alumni Panelists:

• Victor Gotbaum, MIA ‘50, Senior Research Scholar, City University of New York Graduate School & University Center
Neil Hernandez, MPA ’88, Commissioner, New York City Department of Juvenile Justice
Bill de Blasio, MIA ’87, Councilmember, New York City Council

Q&A