Peter Rahal, who along with Jared Smith founded RXBar, recalls a pivotal moment that set the philosophy
of their nutrition
bar company — one that would eventually be acquired by Kellogg for hundreds
of millions of dollars last
year.
Topics in the Q&A included the source
of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number
of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next
year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40
million annual gap between the estimated cost
of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success
of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may
bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides
millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.