Taped: 04/20/2010 Running Time: 1:00

The CUNY Forum is a monthly town meeting that brings prominent New Yorkers together with faculty and students of the Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Public Affairs.

Moderator Bob Liff and a panel of experts discuss the logistical complications of the US Census Bureau’s effort to count New Yorkers, as well as the political and economic implications of the Census count.  Given the City and State’s remarkable diversity, immigrant population, and popular suspicion of government, an unusual number of challenges exist for Census takers.  Nevertheless, the stakes are exceptionally high, since New York’s political representation and economic resources hinge on an accurate count of all its residents.  The panel debates the demographic challenges associated with the Census, as well as the politics of the count, reapportionment, and redistricting in contentious times.

Prod.: by CUNY-TV and the Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Public Affairs.

FEATURED/GUESTS:

Andrew Beveridge
Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology, Queens College/CUNY

Ron Daniels
Professor, Dept. of Political Science, York College/CUNY

Joan Gibbs
Esq., General Counsel, Center for Law & Social Justice, Medgar Evers College/CUNY

Bob Liff
Senior Vice President, George Arzt Communications

Erica Pearson
Columnist and Census Reporter, New York Daily News

CUNY TV AIR DATES:

08/18/2010:01:00PM-02:00PM
08/18/2010:07:00AM-08:00AM
06/30/2010:01:00PM-02:00PM
06/30/2010:07:00AM-08:00AM
06/16/2010:01:00PM-02:00PM
06/16/2010:07:00AM-08:00AM
05/08/2010:04:00PM-05:00PM
05/08/2010:04:00PM-05:00PM
05/03/2010:09:00PM-10:00PM
05/03/2010:03:00PM-04:00PM
05/03/2010:09:00AM-10:00AM