the managers in new york city are unionized. the workers in new york city unions at the -- at the worker level; the police and cops, sanitation workers alike, i think have the same attitude, you know? we like our -- we -- you know, we want to be paid a fair wage, but we -- we're here because we want to make a difference for new york city. it's just more difficult because there's 200 unions and not eight and they're layered on top of each other and they're crisscrossed with civil service rules that make it very difficult for people to exercise their discretion in the same way they did in indianapolis. >> when i checked out of the hotel today, my bill included 16 percent tax. >> thank you. >> the -- yes. the -- if you go to indianapolis, it's not like that, but if you -- if you -- i mean, first of all, the rooms are very expensive here an they're often full. what is it about people that come here that are willing to take all this tax, this 16? and that's lower than it used to be. >> well, new york city is a very exciting place, i m

. >> this week, stephen goldsmith, currently the deputy mayor of new york city. during the 1990's, he was the mayor of indianapolis. >> stephen goldsmith, how would you describe the difference between being mayor of indianapolis for two terms and being deputy mayor of new york city? >> a lot of differences. the only difference that is not insignificant now, i am an agent and no longer the principal. there is a difference in scale and complexity. to some extent, indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the country. many urban problems are common from place to place, particularly in tough financial times. it is fun and challenging. it is similar in a lot of ways as well. >> when did you decide to do this job and why? >> i am not sure exactly when. i was teaching at harvard, running and innovation center and doing a little consulting in cities around the country. i rode a book about the relationship between nonprofit shands and cities in governments. there was a flattering portrait and i assume someone in the bloomberg administration saw that and appreciated my good

big fines for what most would consider petty crimes r t correspondent live in our new york studio with more marina every city seems to be strapped for cash right now but it seems like new york is taking some harsh measures to try to refill those coffers that's right christine you know it's interesting to note that here in new york city when the financial crisis hit the end of zero eight it was the banks down on wall street that were helped out given a band-aid bailed out by the u.s. taxpayers and they have bounced back wall street has bounced back but new york city is struggling and the government is struggling to bring in revenue and as we found out it is the people of this city that are working hard to earn a paycheck that are being hit hardest for that revenue. archery silk is something of a smoker's rights champion. living in a city where a pack of cigarettes cost thirteen bucks and the freedom to post where you please grows ever more limited. down in our basement this retired new york city police officer nurtures a garden of rebellion this garden is about reacting and defying their attempt to control my

benchmarking of periodic energy audits in major buildings are very similar to a provision of new york city's greener, greater buildings plan, which we enact it back in 2009. that is part of new york city's plan, which had the goal of reducing our cities carbon footprint by 30% by the year 2030. as our cities go forward in implementing these laws, think he can profit from the others experiences. just as companies that own buildings in both our cities will benefit from similarities between these laws as they adapt and comply with them. we rely on carbon-efficient mass transit to a far greater extent than other american cities do, and for that reason, it is buildings that create 80% of the emissions in our city and transportation only 20%. really, the exact reverse of what most other cities do, and that is why we think our building laws will make a difference. we anticipate that when fully implemented, we will be able to save new yorkers something like $700 million a year in energy costs and greatly enhance our economic competitiveness, create something like 17,000 jobs and shrink our carbon fo

and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up

city regarding water issues. this is the first outreach which was a supplement in new york times and daily news which i think is the most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water utilities thinking about climate change and water and the things that go along with that and trying reach out nationally. one more. last one. >> i'm representing the endangered species coalition. made up of four hundred different groups. i guess my question from yesterday revolved the impacts of global warming like the, eco basis. >> i don't want to disappoint you but we're not going to be able to do questions. so i hope you can make this a comment. >> i would encourage water managers and people included in water matters try to preclude or include other species and in the process early on rather than late in the game which h

followed weeks of snowstorms and which parking rules were suspended and a means of income for new york city was brought to a halt and critics like gerald celente say policing the people is becoming a means for city and states to deal with budget deficits and economic hardship what are these cops telling is this why we have a police force to check on every minor infraction that we make they become goon squads they have to bring in revenue to keep their jobs through every day thousands of cash strapped new yorkers visit manhattan finance office to pay the city for forgiveness he's going to get is i mean i don't know since the city will try to make money where they can get people to you know. live you know bicycle in the city two hundred thirty tickets two hundred seventy bucks each have reportedly been issued to cyclists in central park this year compare that with just eleven kids issued in all of twenty time we just just got on the sidewalk and some groups are yelling at. you know it's legal you can get arrested and we weren't even cycling we were just standing over our meanwhile argue we st

still to come a new way to balance the books and new york city authorities come up with a simple solution to their budget problems by creating a new set of rules and fines for minor offenses. first the military service isn't an easy task in russia young recruits often face horrific bullying upon entrance into the army human rights organizations have been lobbying and it's had to help eradicate the problem but as arky jake agrees reports in some cases it's just too late or just a warning you may find somebody images in this report disturbing. it's a disturbing so it's one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing and the latino is all too familiar with its consequences you can hear that in the reports about forges suffering physically and mentally are coming in every day. she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect soldiers from the harsh realities of service and you've been there now protection rackets when it would have to pay and now the soldiers say seventy dollars a month to be

still to come here on the program a new way to balance the books new york city authorities come up with a simple solution to their budget problems by creating a new set of rules and fines for minor offenses. first though military service isn't an easy task in russia young recruits often face horrific bullying in hazing a part entrance into the army human rights organizations have been a lobbying in an attempt to help eradicate the problem but authorities jake agree with reports in some cases it's just too late we must warn you that this report contains graphic footage. it's a disturbing site the one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing ability or it's all too familiar with its consequences here in the us in the reports about thirty thousand rank is a killer and mentally are coming in every day. she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect soldiers from the harsh realities of service the new governor there from protection rackets one a boy have to pay and now the soldiers say s

thank you. >> first, new york city, new york city is so far ahead of any other city in america, as it relates coming out of the recession, being ultimately able to resume where it was when it was at the peak of its career in a very positive way. when you look at the city today, you read that 10% of all jobs created in the united states in the last quarter were created in new york city. that's incredible. it's just incredible. i think new york city's population is about 3% of the united states, and so we are way ahead in terms of prosperity, current and yet to come. but the most important thing that mayor bloomberg has done, which he gets very little credit for, is he has changed the whole tone of race relations in the city. to the best of my knowledge, there simply is no racial problem in this city. there was, not just that which we refer to undermine administration, for reasons i've given you, but under giuliani, under david dinkins. it was there. mike bloomberg changed it. and the question always will exist, how did he do it? it's his personality. he's not -- he's a man of vision bu

in the end, mass transit is the solution for every big city, certainly for new york city. if not mass transit, then you have to take the roads, and roads are not just for automobiles. they are for bicyclist and pedestrians as well. we used to have a number of deaths every year by a traffic accident in herald square and times square, and today, i think there is virtually none. the number of traffic deaths in new york city has gone down to below the lowest when we started keeping records, which was about 1909 or 1910, something along those lines, and keeping people say is one of the transportation commissioners jobs, and she has done a great job. controversial, yes, but if you do not have a commission that is controversial, you do not have a commission that is trying new things. >> [inaudible] >> don't take hours. i do not think he would come. >> [inaudible] >> yes, you have to have somebody that understands the first job is to make the streets safe so you do not have to look over your shoulder. they have to do it consistent with the constitution of the united states, but i

and so look over the program back to the present a new way to balance the books york city authorities have come up with a simple solution to the budget problems by creating a new set of rules. for minor offenses as we. next the military service isn't an easy task but in russia young recruits often face a rethink bullying when they join the army human rights organizations have been lobbying in an attempt to help eradicate the problem result says jake agreed to reports next in some cases it's simply too late i must warn you this report contains images that are graphic in nature. it's a disturbing sight one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing ability and it's all too familiar with its consequences here in the ads in the reports about thought is that frank physically and mentally are coming in every day . she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect soldiers from the harsh realities of service knew that they're there for protection rackets when it would have to pay and now the

announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," april 8th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin with breaking news, and within minutes of the first wartime government shutdown in american history, democrats and republicans announced a last minute deal on this year's federal budget which must bring great relief to the 800,000 federal workers and millions of military families around the world whose paychecks were hanging in the balance. the two sides reportedly agreed on a $38.5 billion spending cut for the rest of this year. but still, a tiny sliver of the total budget. it was a day of fraught negotiation, with plenty of blame flinging thrown in. but in the end, a stop gap measure was passed before midnight deadline and we heard this from the key players in this fight. >> i'm pleased that senator reid and i and the white house have been able to come to an agreement that will, in fact, cut spending and keep our government open. and i expect that the house will vote tonight on a short-term continuing resolution into ne

city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an

he believes new york can be the testing ground with how big cities cope with the crisis in education with. we're glad you have joined us night one from new york with a conversation with mayor michael bloomberg. coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and evy answer. tionwide insurance is proud to- join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one nation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: the busy streets of manhattan outside the studio. we're delighted to be in new york all week and hope you can join us for a terrific lineup. tomorrow on this program a conversation with cbs evening news anchor katie couri on her future plans and the new book she just wrote, "the best

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran and bill weir in new york city and cynthia mcfadden in london, this is "nightline," april 26th, 2011. >> good evening all, i'm bill weir. and you know we live in interesting times when even the weather is a wedge issue. but in this political climate, few terms are more loaded than climate change. after months of epic droughts and floods, blizzards and heat waves, some are seeing proof of warnings past, while others refuse to believe that man could ever wreck god's planet. but neither side can deny that we are having one hellacious spring. >> this thing is right over my head. >> reporter: there is nothing unusual about tornadoes in april. but this many? this deadly? it is more than unusual. because it's not just happening in tornado alley, where midwesterners know all about spring twisters. no, funnel clouds have risen in sobering numbers from mississippi to maryland. >> there goes the roof off a house. >> reporter: if you average the past three years, april typically brings two killer tornadoes that take six lives.

turning to new york where authorities of come out with a novel way of dealing with the city's budget deficit a string of new regulations and skyrocketing fines for petty offenses are bringing in much needed cash but is our he's a marine a port nies been finding out locals say officials are violating their freedom of expression and cashing in in the process. marjorie silk is something of a smoker's rights champion. living in a city where a pack of cigarettes cost thirteen bucks and the freedom to puff where you please grows ever more limited. down in our basement this retired new york city police officer nurtures our garden of rebellion this garden is about reacting and defying their attempt to control my behavior hundreds of home grown tobacco leaves hanging to dry before silk shreds and smokes for nicotine we're talking about products here so back it was legal if they don't want people to smoke they should go to congress and lobby to have it criminalized the big apple's new smoking ban comes a bit close very soon it will be illegal to light up in new york city's parks beaches and ped

city . fighting for the soldiers and activists demanding an end to the severe bullying of the russian army it sees many young recruits falling victim to their own comrades. and authorities in new york are accused of chasing of the bought right out of people's pockets into the city coffers it with heavy penalties for petty offenses. bringing you the top news and headlines from around the world this is our teacher out from the heart of moscow to have you with us in syria six people have been killed as the pro-government forces stormed a mosque in the southern city of the rock meanwhile the country continues to bury its dead following a day of rage on friday when tens of thousands took to the streets demanding change according to the opposition more than five hundred sixty people have been killed in fighting with government forces since the unrest began in march the u.n. human rights council condemned the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation and as the violence continues washington has imposed a new set of sanctions targeting high level officials in the syrian government e.u. has also said in. arms embargo on president bashar al assad's governm

it's led by new york city, but it's really over 40 health organizations. cities and other states that are working together. we think it has the opportunity for tremendous impact and the ability to save lives. >> reporter: of course, we can all make healthier food choices without the government's help. it's simple to choose a fruit instead of fries. but the salt initiative is taking aim at the salts we don't see. >> almost 80% of the salt that we take in each day comes from packaged and restaurant food. still, most consumers don't really have any control over the salt that they take in. it's already in the food when we buy it. it's not always actually the salt that you taste. a muffin can have a lot of salt. >> reporter: when you're shopping for packaged food, check the label. salt is listed as sodium. it's measured in milligrams. and you don't need more than 2,300 milligrams a day. they add up fast. even a can of vegetable soup can be loaded with sodium. >> you can have as much salt as you're supposed to eat in a whole day in one chicken sandwich at a chai

host: what kind of schools do you have your kids in guest: my kids go to private school in new york city. host: why do you have them in private? guest: the public schools we didn't were as good as they could be. the private schools in new york were so wonderful that we didn't hesitate for a moment. i'm largely the product of private schools. unlike my friends who say i went to public school and i want my kid to go to public school. i feel i did well in private schools. they were what they tend to be now, consumer responsive. the parents can effect change and have the school mirror their hopes and dreams for their kids' education. the problem is our public school ought to be consumer responsive, too. we wanted what we thought was the best school for our kids. it happened to be a private school. host: what is the liberal position on choice in the public schools? guest: i think school choice is sort of a scam, to be perfectly honest with you. because the people who know how to play the system overwhelmingly the middle class, will know how to play the system in terms of finding the right sch

i had a pretty good job in new york city. i wasn't very happy. was still there that there was a sport there. >> reporter: so, he dropped everything, moved to vermont, blew his $100,000 inheritance and created his first crude snowboard. just one problem. he had no idea what he was doing. >> i can only use the factory from, like, midnight until 4:00 in the morning, so, this was probably 3:30, i think. i had this little wood-working shop. i bought this powerful rou fufuo shape the board. twice the router shot boards out. >> reporter: nothing like nearly impaling yourself. >> yeah, to get a very clear message that you're out of your realm. >> reporter: his goal was to sell 50 snowboards a day that first year. a year later, he'd sold only 300. but the next year, sales doubled. and it took off from there. a craze was born. fast forward three decades and burton now helms a megabrand. his name known with some of the most popular events at the winter olympics and x games. his gear worn aby celebrity athletes. >> where they've taken it is the biggest turn

. >>> coming up next, news about new york city's newest starlet and twitter sensation. >>> big news tonight on the education front. cathy black, a former magazine executive with no education experience, is out after just three stormy months on the job at head of the public schools here in new york city, the nation's largest school system. mayor michael bloomberg stunned just about everybody when he appointed black. today, he took full responsibility for the fact his choice didn't work out. >>> oil prices continued their march higher, rising $1.47 to $110.30 a barrel today. on wall street, the dow bounced back from a nearly 100-point loss to close down 17 point on the day. >>> new york's latest instant celebrity has a new name today. she's a deadly egyptian cobra missing from her home at the bronx zoo for a while. though she turned up hiding in a corner. her fame was rammed up a notch when a twitter account of her supposed escapades around new york city surfaced. well, as for the name, decided via popular vote, mia, mia, as in missing in action. >>> up next, a pregnant woman diagnosed with s

stephanie virtually transplants her new york city boutique to a set on the hsn campus in st.ersburg, florida. now, her line is available to 95 million households. >> i take them on a journey. because maybe i can go, you know, to greece in the summer, but they can only read about it. but now if they get a piece of what i feel was inspired by the med mediterranean, i've made their life a little bit better in a simple way. >> reporter: the schedule is grueling. >> coming up at 2:00 a.m., stephanie greenfield. >> reporter: 24 hour shifts, an hour at a time, every four to six hours. stephanie comes down every month. >> last night i was off air at 8:00 p.m. and my next show was at 2:00 a.m. we had something to eat. do i sleep, do i not sleep? i was tired. he was putting on my eyelashes and i was lying down. if you're not willing to stay up all night one or two nights a month for your ladies, then get off. >> reporter: 24-hour a day shopping. even bloomingdales has to close. >> we don't close. i've been here at every hour of the day. i've been here at 3:00, at 5:00, at 2:00. it's el

i was about sixteen or seventeen i was hanging out with the kind of role of crowd in brooklyn new york city i got beat up by the police department and ever since that happened i tried to press charges i had witnesses i had pictures of bruises so this was our city with that some sixty something to it was a couple years later and between nine eleven and then and this catalyst event you didn't really you weren't politically engaged you weren't questionable not at all i was just i was playing bars of the basketball and so you had so you had a run in with the police and i remember the person appointed to my case said i was never beat up by the police department because there was no video proof of it. ever since then i've been on a search for answers a bit of video camera around my neck twenty first i've been brought on now he started really representing some of the people that were ridiculed in the american political dialogue as truth there is a conspiracy theorist and i don't know what would your take is on on what happened that day and frankly it doesn't matter because i know from from our per

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran and bill weir in new york city, and cynthia mcfadden in london, this is "nightline," april 28th, 2011.

yes, these are our two poets who just got back from new york city and i'm very, very proud of them. we made our debut last year here at the meeting and we're very happy to come back and just to give you a scope of america scores bay area, we are the only soccer and literacy after school program in san francisco with also programs in richmond but of course san francisco is number one. and we play soccer and we write poetry and right now in the spring season we're working on community service projects. so we're happy to be here and without further ado, my poets. >> the title of my poem is called "i see you." inside my heart i see you. up in the sky i see you. shining in the sunlight, i see you. sparkling with the stars, i see you. in love, i see you. in my happiness i see you. in beauty i see you. so, mom, when i see you, that's your school teacher helping me out. when i see you i see a lion, nice and strong on the outside. when i see you, i see a loving and caring person on the inside. everywhere i am, anywhere i am, i see you. right now i see you. >> i'd like to comment that lali's

therefore to point to the significance of the black elite in new york city. so it was a professional and polls, if you will. the second boat is from the epigraph of the prologue. it is from toni morrison's beloved. denver was seeing it now and feeling it. the more fine point she made the more details provided the more beloved elected. so she anticipated the questions by giving blood to the scraps of her mother and grandmother told. denver spoke, beloved listened. the two did the best they could