SANKOFA: Fw: Events Calendar Alert: State of Our City 2/23

Thursday, February 23, 2012
Baruch College - 55 Lexington Ave.
Newman Vertical Conference Ctr, 14th Fl.

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Session 1: Infrastructure & Development
(9:00 AM – 10:15 AM)

Panel Information:

Moderator: David Birdsell, Dean of Baruch's School of Public Affairs

• Seth Pinsky, President of New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Dick Anderson, President of the New York Building Congress
• Joe Lhota, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the MTA

Session 2: City Livability
(10:30 AM – 11:45 AM )

Panel Information:

Moderator: Jonathan Bowles, Executive Director of Center for Urban Future

• Cas Halloway, New York City Deputy Mayor of Operations
• Marcia Bystryn, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters
• Ronda Wist, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at the Municipal Art Society

Session 3: Higher Education
(12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)

Panel Information:

Moderator: Andrew Hawkins, Managing Editor of City & State

• Shael Polakow-Suransky, Chief Academic Officer and Deputy Chancellor at NYC Dept. of Education
• John Mogulescu, Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs at CUNY and the Dean of the CUNY School of Professional Studies
• Additional Panelists TBA

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WHO WON? WHO LOST?

Not all of New York's winners were showered with ticker tape on Broadway this week, but not all of the losers are as sore as Tom Brady...or Gisele Bundchen.

Here's who's won and who lost last week in New York politics: bit.ly/xwOEDh