Mayor, Bill de Blasio: Reframing Economic and Political Citizenship

Forum Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University

Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

David N. Dinkins, 106th Mayor, City of New York; Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Keynote Address

The Honorable Bill de Blasio, 109th Mayor of the City of New York

Read the Transcript of Mayor de Blasio's Remarks

Panel Discussion - "Reframing Economic and Political Citizenship"

Moderator: Ester R. Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and Executive Director, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; Co-Chair, Mayor de Blasio Transition Team

Bruce Ratner, Executive Chairman, Forest City Ratner Companies; Former Commissioner of Consumer Affairs, City of New York

Richard Ravitch, Lawyer; Former Lieutenant Governor of New York; Former Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Dorian T. Warren, President, Center for Community Change Action; Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute; Former Associate Professor, Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

This Forum was made possible through the collaboration of the School of International and Public Affairs, the Office of the President of Columbia University, and the Sawhney Westcare and Medical Wellness Center