Gray Brechin, the Living New Deal’s founder and Project Scholar, will be speaking in New York City at a public program hosted by the National Jobs for All Coalition: “A New ‘New Deal’ for NYC and the USA.” He will join other New Deal scholars and speakers at The New School (Theresa Lang Auditorium) on Friday, October 27, 5-8 pm. On Saturday, October 28, Columbia Law School will host a strategic planning session for a new New Deal from 10 am to 4 pm. Visit NJFAC.eventbrite.com for more details. Gray will also be speaking at the Gotham Center at CUNY on Thursday, October 26 from 6:30 pm-8:00 pm. He will discuss how federal spending on public works transformed New York City during the Great Depression and how it could again. Visit the Gotham Center for more detail.