Episode 119
Original Cablecast: October 24, 2008

This week District 34 Councilmember Diana Reyna is joined by William Orellana, the Program Director at El Puente Williamsburg Leadership Center, and students from Progress High School and The High School For Health Professions to discuss how to fight youth violence in North Brooklyn through self-empowerment.

Episode 118
Original Cablecast: October 10, 2008

District Attorney Charles J. Hynes is joined by Chief Investigator Joseph Ponzi, Assistant District Attorney Christine Grillo and Chief of the Rackets Division Michael Vecchione to discuss the Italian-American experience.

Episode 117
Original Cablecast: October 3, 2008

New York City District 40 Councilmember Mathieu Eugene discusses Hurricane Gustav relief efforts for Haiti with Father Jamie Gigantiello of Mary Queen of Heaven Church and Community Activist Larry Morrish.

Episode 116
Original Cablecast: September 26, 2008

District Attorney Charles Hynes is joined by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz.

Episode 115
Original Cablecast: August 29, 2008

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery. Guests: Barnabus Shakur and Lachonda Moor, Bed-Stuy Re-Generation Project.

Episode 114
Original Cablecast: August 15, 2008

State Senator Kevin Parker; Guests: Felicia Persaud, Publisher of Hardbeat Communications and Irwine Clare, Managing director of Caribbean Immigrants Services.

Episode 113
Original Cablecast: August 1, 2008

Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer of the 60th district is joined by Josephine Beckman, District Manager of Community Board 10.

Episode 112
Original Cablecast: July 18, 2008

On Brooklyn Elected Officials Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer is joined by Deirdre Bialo-Padim, Chief of Domestic Violence at the Brooklyn DA's office.

Episode 111
Original Cablecast: June 20, 2008

Community leader Larry Morrish (representing Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes) talks to Assistant D.A Arlene Markarian, who heads up the D.A.’s unit on elder abuse, about domestic violence against seniors.

Episode 110
Original Cablecast: May 16, 2008

New York City Councilman Kendall Stewart speaks with Robert Brown, President of the United Coalition for Change about health and education issues in the Brooklyn community.

Episode 109
Original Cablecast: May 2, 2008

New York City Councilman Vincent J. Gentile (D, 43rd District) celebrates his guest, 80 year old Community Activist Jane Kelly, who performs good works through the Southwest Brooklyn Congregation and the Guild for Exceptional Children, among other organizations.

Episode 108
Original Cablecast: April 25, 2008

New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery discusses her “Teen Health Agenda” with Dr. Terry Jan Blackett-Bonnett, Medical Director of the Berean Community & Family Life Center.

Episode 107
Original Cablecast: April 18, 2008

HOST: Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County
GUEST: Anna Sigga-Nicolazzi - Bureau Chief,Homicide. Ivana Chapcakova - Coordinator for Hate Violence, Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
TOPIC: The Michael Sandy Case

Episode 106
Original Cablecast: April 4, 2008

Each year, the Kings County District Attorney’s office names 31 Extraordinary Women – one for every day of Women’s History Month. In this episode, D.A. Charles Hynes speaks with three of this year’s 31: Patricia Ruiz (President of the Boricua Festival Committee); Rose Savage (Senior Administrator for the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Founder of “A Healthy Downstate”, a worksite wellness program); and Dr. Nicoletta Pallotta (President & CEO of Neighboring Counseling Services, and Director of Brooklyn Women’s Services).

Episode 105
Original Cablecast: March 20, 2008

New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery is joined by Glen Marin, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy for the Fortune Society; and Seep Varma, Executive Vice President of the Serendipity and Stay'n Out Programs to discuss alternatives to incarceration.

Episode 104
Original Cablecast: March 13, 2008

New York City Councilmember Mathieu Eugene, (D) 40th District, discusses the Legal Aid Society with two of its representatives Robert Newman, Legal Aid Afua Atta-Mensah, Legal Aid.

Episode 103
Original Cablecast: March 6, 2008

Kings County DA Charles Hynes discusses hate crime and the challenges of being an African American in the legal profession with Colleen Babb, Executive Assistant District Attorney, School Advocacy Bureau; and Tom Ridges, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Homicide Bureau.

Episode 102
Original Cablecast: February 28, 2008

In BEO 102 State Senator Martin Golden is joined by former Grand Marshals of the Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Episode 101
Original Cablecast: February 21, 2008

New York City Councilman Dr. Mathieu Eugene (40th District) speaks with Dr. David H.A. John, M.D., Medical Director Caribbean-American Center at Lutheran Family Health Center, about the problem of diabetes in New York.

Episode 100
Original Cablecast: February 7, 2008

New York City Councilman Simcha Felder discusses the issue of non-public schools in New York with David Greenfield of The Education Alliance for Children in New York State (TEACH NYS), and James Cultrava, Director of Education for the New York State Catholic Conference. Also scheduled for this month: New York City Councilman Mathieu Eugene, New York State Senator Martin Golden, and New York State Assemblyman Nick Perry.

Episode 99
Original Cablecast: January 31, 2008

New York State Assemblymember Janelle Hyer-Spencer speaks with State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver about a wide range of issues, including this year’s state budget, health insurance, education, and the prospects of new taxation.

Episode 98
Original Cablecast: January 24, 2008

Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes discusses his Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) program with First Assistant District Attorney Anne Swern; and Norma Fernandes, Community Coordinator for Com-Alert.