The Public Ought To Know

by Corey Bearak

Overview

Corey Bearak is an expert in understanding how New York City's government works. The articles in this compilation first appeared as a weekly column in the award-winning Times Ledger, a chain of neighborhood newspapers in the New York City borough of Queens, between June 2003 and May 2005. The column deals with issues such as air quality, housing for the poor, police oversight, public transportation, increasing public participation in elections, gun control, funding libraries, keeping the streets safe, education, noise, care for the old, water, access to information, racial profiling, city parks, helping the homeless, real property tax reform, funding for culture, health care, the environment, violence against women, recycling and waste reduction strategies, and how to play the game of "Annoy!" to get things done.

The Public Ought to Know is a remarkable history of our time. It reflects Corey Bearak's caring about people and how they live. It is a testament to his sophisticated knowledge of the mechanisms and issues of the New York City government. And like all histories, it is a resource for understanding the way we deal with our problems today.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149869374
Publisher:	Intelligent Arts Inc.
Publication date:	11/25/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Corey Bearak, attorney, combines expertise in strategic public policy, politics and media to devise and manage strategies on behalf of businesses, government and community agencies, trade unions, trade groups, coalitions, individuals, public officials, and political candidates.

He began in 1978 by working as Assistant to New York Secretary of State Mario M. Cuomo. In later roles in New York City�among them Counsel and Chief of Staff for a prominent New York City Council Member, and Legislative Counsel/Director of Policy, Planning and Budget for two successive Bronx Borough Presidents�he worked on public initiatives, legislation, and laws relating to public transit, clean water, police oversight, affordable housing, tax reform, hazardous substances, recycling and solid waste management, handguns, a community policing initiative, a model alternative-to-incarceration plan, and a strategic clean air plan.

He is also a prolific columnist. He wrote a commentary on public affairs and policy issues that first appeared as a weekly column in the award-winning Times Ledger, a chain of neighborhood newspapers in the New York City borough of Queens, between June 2003 and May 2005. The column was titled The Public Ought to Know.

Corey Bearak is a native and current resident of the Borough of Queens in New York City. He believes that people ought to know about the many and various issues that affect the quality of their lives.