Politics
Corey Bearak
Aug27
Another ordinary day?
Posted By : Corey Bearak

A signature issue involves keeping our free East River and Harlem River bridges toll-free.   Today, as senior advisor to Keep NYC (Congestion Tax) Free, I join elected officials and community leader at a news conference near the entrance to the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge to remind policymakers it still makes sense to keep the status quo with re

Corey Bearak
Apr16
Strange Days, Indeed
Posted By : Corey Bearak

The Doors second LP, Strange Days, featured a song, People Are Strange.   Strange days indeed as one consider the world around us (More on that later.).   I strategize. I plan.   Not all the time but certainly when things matter.   Sometimes, for some matters, I might need to think fast, almost to the point of brinkmanship.   Even where one m

Corey Bearak
Feb26
The Press Earns its Freedom Everyday
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Today’s New York Times, included an insert, “Truth. It’s more important now than ever.” How true!   All the discussion about “fake news” and attacks on the news media infuriates me. In law school I edited CONSCIENCE, an award winning publication. I regularly wrote a column, “The Public Ought to Know,” from ‘03 to ‘05 and resurrected it as “The Publ

Corey Bearak
Feb19
#Inspiration
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Recent blogs on this website – not mine – focused on political discourse and the need to embrace civility.   I concur with the concept of heroism to face your friends (and others) who hold different positions and share with each other what brings you to your point of view.   I want to stress the difference between discourse and partisanship. M

Corey Bearak
Jan29
Learning What The Public Ought To Know
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Watching the news unfold this weekend with demonstrations at the NYC airports and blocks away from where my Gotham Power Breakfast meets in downtown Brooklyn and places across the country, I found myself looking through my twitter and looking at my fave cable news outlet, NY1. A Day In The Life immediately came to mind.   Last week I discussed how

Corey Bearak
Dec11
Rearrange the world
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Gotham City Networking, Inc.®’s co-founder calls our Gotham Green® group, The Change The World Group. Easy to adopt that description. I often talk about the need to make a difference and as this month began – literally – on December 1, 2016, Gotham Green® announced the recipients of our Gotham Green Awards®. I kept thinking about a song that on

Corey Bearak
Nov06
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Just in case you need movitation, I hereby reprint verbatim my October 1980 editorial, "EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE," from Hofstra University School of Law's CONSCIENCE: Many imagine politics to be the art of getting elected and, once elected, staying in office; but there is more to politics than simply running for office. Politics describes the p

Corey Bearak
Oct30
You plan to vote? Right?
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Certain things I hold sacred and transend my politics. One involves that right to vote. It matters. Nothing partisan here. No place for that here or in the comments (so do not mention any candidate in the comments or find me exercising another right accorded each blogger.) I recall how important it was my fiirst time and still make it a point to vo

Corey Bearak
Sep25
Green? Merit An Award? Apply Here
Posted By : Corey Bearak

I enjoy recognizing those who make a difference in our communities and the world by celebrating people and organizations, who work in ways big and small; for-profit and not-for-profit, to make our world a little greener. It helps explain my role as co-chair of GOtham Green®; it provides a platform for businesses and professionals who seek to connec

Corey Bearak
Jul10
Artist Activism
Posted By : Corey Bearak

I declined then Shelly accepted. Glad she asserted herself. We attended an off-Broadway play, “Cagney,” at the Westside Theatre, last night (Saturday, July 9, 2016). Mostly a musical it focused on actor extraordinaire James Cagney's career. The movie that I most identify with Cagney remains “The Gallant Hours,” his excellent portrayal of Admir

Corey Bearak
Jun26
Tuesday
Posted By : Corey Bearak

When most of one's career centers around public service, helping others in dealing with those in public service, advising some to aspire to, or stay in it, no reader should be surprised by today's subject.   My plan, before watching several reprises of a news report on my fave local news station, NY1, involved a chat around the wonders of getting

Corey Bearak
Feb21
Does Privacy Matter? How much?
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Technology continues to intrigue me. I make no living in the field but it certainly help me in terms of efficiency, access to the information I keep and need, getting my thoughts out there, advocating for my clients and pushing back quickly when the need arises to challenge policies, programs, and proposals. I also find it useful to promote my

Corey Bearak
Jun30
Do you Promo?
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Gotham offers tremendous resources to members who seize the opportunities.  It fascinates this observer who in our tribe uses the “devices” and how.   I also enjoy using – and sharing information through these means. I welcome the feedback I invariably receive. Today (aka “Promo Tuesday”), depending on your point of view, we look forward to and/

Corey Bearak
Jun07
The Name Game
Posted By : Corey Bearak

I passed on basketball yesterday.  Folks who know me know well I do not skip ball lightly -- even during summer play at the pool when the player no longer skwer predominantly my age with a few sons merged in.  Saturday and Sunday) mornings at the Deepdale -- now  Tanenbaum -- Pool involve teammates other then my friend Len Backerman and occasionall

Corey Bearak
Dec18
The Public Ought To Know...something
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Tuesday morning, I posted to Gotham politics a blurb and link from Crains that “Theater cancels premiere of controversial film” with a comments aimed a Gotham bloggers that I see a great blog here. Anyone familiar with that Gotham mantra, you say it you own it? Sort of happened here...... One blogger suggested an interest in taking up the mant