TONIGHT ON METROFOCUS

> TONIGHT ON 'METROFOCUS,' EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS OF WILD STAFF SEX PARTIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

TENANTS SAY THAT NYCHA WORKERS USED THE PROJECTS FOR PLEASURE ON THE CLOCK.

THE DETAILS AHEAD.

> AS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR A NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GET UNDER WAY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LONGEST SITTING JEWISH JUSTICE ON THE BENCH.

FIND OUT WHY RUTH BADER GINSBURG IS THE NOTORIOUS RBG.

>ANT DOTE TO COLLEGE ADMISSIONS MANIA, THE QUESTION FOR THE PERFECT COLLEGE BY MANY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND THEIR PARENTS.

ACCORDING TO 'NEW YORK TIMES' COLUMNIST, FRANK BROONEY, WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU WILL BE.

HE'LL EXPLAIN.

> AND FEEDING THE FOOD INSECURE.

TAKING YOU INSIDE A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES RELIABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE FOOD.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE AS 'METROFOCUS' STARTS RIGHT NOW.

Announcer: THIS IS 'METROFOCUS.'

WITH RAPHAEL P. A MONO, JACK FORD AND JENNA FLANAGAN.

'METROFOCUS' IS MADE POSSIBLE BY JAMES AND MERYL TISCH, SUE AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III, BARBARA HOPE ZUCKERBERG.

> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO 'METROFOCUS.'

I'M RAPHAEL P. A MONO.

NEW YORK CITY'S EMBATTLED HOUSING AGENCY NYCHA HAS FACED A GROWING LIST OF SCANDALS OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING LYING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT LEAD PAINT INSPECTIONS, DANGEROUS LEVELS OF MOLD.

AND BOIL -- THE AUTHORITY IS EMBROILED IN A NEW SCANDAL, REVELATIONS OF STAFF SEX PARTIES ON NYCHA PREMISES.

THE FOCUS IS ON THE THROGGS NECK HOUSING COMPLEX IN THE BRONX WHERE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SUSPENDED AND THE REST OF THE STAFF WERE REASSIGNED AFTER A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF EMPLOYEES DRINKING AND HAVING SEX ON THE JOB.

MALE AND FEMALE MANAGERS ENGAGED IN EROTIC ACTIVITIES WITH SUBORDINATES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE 29 BUILDINGS THAT HOUSED MORE THAN 2,500 NEW YORKERS.

THE DAILY NEWS BROKE THIS STORY, AND GREG SMITH, ONE OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS, BEHIND THE EXCLUSIVE JOINS US NOW.

GEG, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

HAPPY TO BE HERE.

GREG, FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO YOU DIG UP THIS DISTURBING STORY?

WELL, I'VE BEEN COVERING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.

OH, MY.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF SCARY.

SO PEOPLE CALL ME UP A LOT AND TELL ME ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ITSELF IS -- HAS A SERIOUS CASE OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

I GOT A PHONE CALL LAST FRIDAY FROM SOMEBODY, AND THEY BASICALLY SAID YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN THROGGS NECK.

THEY JUST WALKED IN -- THE MANAGEMENT JUST WALKED INTO THE OFFICE AND THEY HAD EVERYBODY REASSIGNED.

THEY HAD TO TURN IN THEIR KEYS AND LEAVE THE PROPERTY.

NOW, I CALLED UP NYCHA, AND I SAID WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER ME.

SO I WROTE A STORY THAT WENT INTO THE PAPER ON MONDAY THAT SAID THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED, AND OF COURSE I GOT ANOTHER PHONE CALL.

AND THIS PHONE CALL WAS FAR MORE INTERESTING.

AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY DESCRIBING FOR ME THE REASON BEHIND THIS MASS REASSIGNMENT.

AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE NYCHA HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE THESE SEX PARTIES GOING ON WITHIN THE GROUNDSKEEPERS' SHOP ON THE GROUNDS OF THROGGS NECK, WHICH IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT, AND SERVES THOUSANDS OF TENANTS.

THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS, IF THIS IS HAPPENING, WELL, WELL, WHAT IS NYCHA DOING ABOUT THIS, AND WHEN DID NYCHA FIRST LEARN ABOUT THIS?

WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS?

THAT'S AN INTERESTING ANSWER, EVEN MORE INTERESTING THAN SEX PARTIES ON OVERTIME, IN WHICH, BY THE WAY, THAT WAS THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS THAT ALLEGEDLY, WHILE THEY WERE HAVING THESE PARTIES, WHICH ALSO INVOLVED A LOT OF LIQUOR, AGAIN, ON NYCHA PROPERTY, BUT ALSO ON THE CLOCK.

WOW.

SO THEY WERE PUTTING IN FOR OVERTIME.

THEY WOULD USE SOME OTHER EXCUSE THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH A SEWER BREAK OR SOMETHING TO GET THE OVERTIME WHILE THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING THESE PARTIES.

NYCHA FOUND ABOUT IT WHEN?

THIS IS WHAT'S MORE DISTURBING.

NYCHA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE MAY.

WOW.

AND THEY -- AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY SAY THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THIS.

THEY WERE LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED UP THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL LAST FRIDAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS YOUR REPORT THAT GOT THEM TO DO SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN NEVER TELL WITH THESE THINGS.

BUT OFTEN THEY'LL SUDDENLY DO SOMETHING.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING FROM MAY TO AUGUST, YOU DO THE REPORT AND THEN THESE PEOPLE GET REASSIGNED.

IT'S PURELY COINCIDENCEAL.

APPARENTLY THEY ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS.

KNOW WHY, DOI DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

THEY BASICALLY SAID YOU DEAL WITH THIS.

NOW, THAT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE DOI IS SUPPOSED TO -- THIS IS, TO ME, A CLASSICAL DOI CASE, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE SEX PARTIES ON THE CLOCK.

I MEAN, CAN YOU BEAT THAT?

I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK?

SO DOI DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS THING.

SO I THEN STARTED TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHAT EXACTLY DID DOI KNOW?

WHAT DID NYCHA KNOW ALL OF THESE MONTHS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, DOING NOTHING?

NOBODY WAS REASSIGNED UNTIL FRIDAY.

AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS, THEY HAD TWO REPORTS, BEFORE PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME, THEY WERE CALLING NYCHA, AND THEY WERE TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT THIS.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NAMES OF SPECIFIC PEOPLE, THE TIMES WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING, WHERE IT WAS HAPPENING, AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN FOR OVERTIME.

FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY TOLD -- I MEAN, GIVEN THE PROBLEMS AT NYCHA, DID THEY TELL THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR THE MAYOR HIMSELF?

DID THEY TELL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS --

I HAVE NO REASON TO.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE POINTED OUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY TRUE.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR SOME TIME NOW, FOR PROBABLY THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS, HAS SUDDENLY BECOME FRONT AND CENTER, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL INTERVENTION.

THERE'S A DEAL NOW, THERE'S A FEDERAL MONITOR THAT'S GOING TO BE OVERLOOKING?

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IN OTHER WORDS IT'S A HOT TOPIC.

YEAH.

AND --

YOU THINK THEY'D BE LOOKING --

THEY SHOULD BE AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER THINGS LIKE THAT AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THEY WERE NOT.

THEY REASSIGNED THE WHOLE STAFF, TWO OF THEM NOW HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, ONE A SUPERVISOR, ONE NOT A SUPERVISOR, THEY'VE BEEN SUSPENDED, NOT FIRED, NOBODY'S BEEN FIRED.

THERE'S A DUE PROCESS ASPECT TO THIS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR 30 DAYS, PENDING THE INVESTIGATION, AND DURING THAT TIME THEY WILL GO INTO THIS WHOLE DUE PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTEST WHATEVER THE ALLEGATIONS ARE.

BUT NOBODY'S BEEN FIRED.

NOBODY HAS BEEN DEMOTED.

AND RIGHT NOW, TODAY, DOI CHANGED ITS POSITION AND SAID, WELL, MAYBE WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW T REAL TROUBLING THING FROM YOUR PIECE IS THAT THESE PEOPLE, EVEN -- THE SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE INTIMIDATED THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE ORGIES.

THEY WERE PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WITH NEW UNDERLINGS, WE'VE SEEN THIS PICTURE BEFORE.

IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OTHER SUBORDINATES AT OTHER COMPLEXES WILL BE PUT AT RISK?

WHAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS THAT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THIS, AND ALLEGEDLY RETALIATING AGAINST PEOPLE IF THEY DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, OR IF THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING, THAT WOMAN HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.

SO SHE WAS PUT INTO A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT FOR ONE DAY.

AND SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF A BIG NYCHA --

THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF A VERY TOP-LEVEL NYCHA MANAGER WHO HAS ALSO BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION.

THERE IS NO END TO NYCHA PROBLEMS.

IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS.

YES.

WELL, GREG, WELL-BE FOLLOWING YOUR STORIES AND WE'LL BRING YOU BACK TO SEE HOW THIS PROCEEDS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU BET.

> UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, OR THE NOTORIOUS RBG AS THE INTERNET WORLD HAS COME TO CALL HER HAS RECENTLY BECOME AN UNEXPECTED POP CULTURE ICON OF SORTS, A NEW DOCUMENTARY TITLED RBG FOLLOWS THE UNIQUE PERSONAL JOURNEY OF THIS QUIET PERSON'S RISE TO THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT.

TAKE A LOOK.

I ASK NO FAVOR FOR MY SEX, ALL I ASK OF OUR BRETHREN IS THAT THEY TAKE THEIR FEET OFF OUR NECKS.

♪ GET THE BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP ♪

WE WELCOME TODAY JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

SHE'S BECOME SUCH AN ICON.

WOULD YOU MIND SIGNING THIS COPY?

I AM 84 YEARS OLD, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME.

THE NOTORIOUS RBG.

YES.

WHEN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THE CLOSEST THING TO A SUPERHERO I KNOW.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG CHANGED THE WORLD FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

VETERAN JOURNALIST, BETSY WEST, AND JULIE COHEN, LADIES, WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JACK.

I WATCHED IT, IT WAS FABULOUS.

I KNOW THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK, IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS, AND MY EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH.

GOING INTO THIS, WERE YOU CERTAIN THAT YOU COULD GET AN INTERESTING FILM OUT OF THIS?

YOU KNOW, WE WERE PRETTY SURE, AS YOU MENTIONED, SHE'S BECOME THE NOTORIOUS RBG.

SHE HAS SO MANY FANS.

BUT BOTH JULIE AND I HAD INTERVIEWED JUSTICE GINSBURG SOME YEARS BACK BEFORE HER INTERNET FAME AND WE KNEW THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO HER STORY.

I MEAN, THE FACT THAT SHE'S REALLY THE LEGAL ARCHITECT OF THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND AN AMAZING ROMANCE.

WE THOUGHT, WELL, THIS COULD MAKE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY IF WE COULD GET HER COOPERATION, IT COULD BE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY AND LET'S TRY AND DO IT.

HOW DID YOU FIND YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THE ACCESS THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO THIS, AND WAS IT A HARD SELL?

IT WAS A LONG, SLOW SELL, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

YES, YES.

WHEN WE FIRST APPROACHED JUSTICE GINSBURG WITH THIS IDEA IN EARLY 2015, SHE WROTE BACK TO US AND SHE SAID, NOT YET.

AND DID YOU GET THE KIND OF ACCESS YOU HAD HOPED TO GET?

WE DID.

YOU DID.

WE DID.

HOW AND WHY HAS SHE BECOME THIS ENORMOUS ICON, THIS CULTURAL ICON AMONGST -- I'M ASTONISHED ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE LATCHED ONTO HER.

WHY?

ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IT'S AN UNUSUAL COUNTERPART FROM OUR USUAL KARDASHIAN, SAY, INTERNET ICONS.

NO DISRESPECT TO THE KARDASHIANS.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

THEY HAVEN'T EXACTLY HAD THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE WAY WE VIEW THE CONSTITUTION THAT, SAY, RUTH BADER GINSBURG HAS.

WE THINK THAT IN PART THE YOUNG PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THIS TINY LITTLE SOFT SPOKEN INTELLECTUAL 85-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA TO, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS ON THE INTERNET.

PUT THE CROWNS ON HER HEAD, TOTE BAGS, T-SHIRTS, TATTOOS, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE RBG TATTOOS, YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THE FILM, SHE DOES NOT LIKE THEM, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS BEHIND IT AS WELL.

DID IT SHED ANY LIGHT FOR YOU ON THE NOTION OF JUSTICE, THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE, THE WAY SHE APPROACHES THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE AND THE ROLE OF A JUSTICE IN THE SYSTEM?

YEAH.

I MEAN, I AM NOT A LAWYER.

AND I THINK WORKING ON THIS FILM GAVE ME A GREATER RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, OUR INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN UNDER FIRE.

AND TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT JUSTICE GINSBURG'S WORK HAS HAD ON WOMEN, ESPECIALLY.

WHERE DID YOU GET TO THAT YOU NEVER ANTICIPATED OR THAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST FROM THIS?

YOU KNOW, I THINK I WAS SURPRISED BY THE DEPTH OF JUSTICE GINSBURG'S ROMANCE, LOVE STORY WITH MARTY GINSBURG.

WE KNEW THAT SHE'D HAD A LONG AND HAPPY MARRIAGE.

BUT THE ROLE THAT HE PLAYED IN HER LIFE IN BOTH HER PERSONAL HAPPINESS, AND HER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND, THAT, TO ME, WAS EXTRAORDINARY.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO PROUD OF HER FROM THE MOMENT THEY MET AT CORNELL, THAT SHE WAS SO BRILLIANT, HE RECOGNIZED IT, HERE SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE WAS.

BUT MARTY LOVED HER BECAUSE SHE HAD A BRAIN.

AND THAT WENT ON THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS A VERY OUTGOING, AFFABLE GUY, HE WOUND UP LOBBYING FOR HER TO BE ON THE SUPREME COURT.

APPARENTLY VERY SUCCESSFULLY.

RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY SURPRISING AND MOVING STORY.

SO JULIE, YOUR JOURNEY, WHAT YOU FOUND, ANY DIFFERENT FROM BETSY'S?

WELL, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH WHAT BETSY SAID.

YOU KNOW, WE SET OUT TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT SOMETHING PRETTY SERIOUS, LET'S FACE IT, AT THE HEART OF IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CONCEPTIONS OF CONSTITUTION.

BUT I THINK MAYBE WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS HOW FUN AND FUNNY THE STORY TURNED OUT TO BE, JUSTICE GINSBURG, ALTHOUGH SHE'S KNOWN AS RESERVED HAS A SHARP ZINGERY WHIP.

YOU'VE BOTH HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN FILMAKING, BUT THIS IS THE BEST IN ENTERTAINING, ENGAGING AND IMPRESSIVE IN A LOT OF WAYS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU, JACK.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

BETSY, JULIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YEAH.

A REMINDER FOR YOU, RBG IS SHOWING IN SELECT THEATERS.

FOR TICKET INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT METROFOCUS.ORG.

> THAT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS GET READY TO APPLY TO THE COLLEGE OF THEIR DREAMS.

MANY OF THEM HAVE STUFFED THEIR RESUMES WITH ACTIVITIES, HAVE STRESSED OVER GRADES, AND HAVE ENDURED HOURS OF TUTORING FOR THEIR S.A.T.s AND A.C.T.s.

THE PAYOFF HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN A REJECTION LETTER.

IT'S A HARD BLOW FOR MANY OF THESE KIDS.

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, DOES THE COLLEGE YOU ATTEND REALLY DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS?

WE HAVE A COLUMNIST THAT ARGUES IT'S NOT.

WE HOPE TO DISPEL THE ADMISSIONS MANIA, WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU'LL BE.

FRANK BRUNEY, JOINS US NOW.

FRANK, WELCOME.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

THE HARD COVER VERSION OF THE BOOK WAS A 'NEW YORK TIMES' BETH SELLER.

FOR FORTUNATE, YEAH.

FRANK, WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO WRITE THIS BOOK?

I HAVE A BUNCH OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS, MANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE KIDS GOING OFF TO COLLEGE, THE FRENZY, TO GO TO THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL.

I'VE INTERVIEWED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN SCORES OF PROFESSIONS, AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT MADE THEM SUCCESSFUL THERE'S NOT A COMMON LINK OF HAVING GONE TO A CONVENTIONALLY ELITE SCHOOL, THIS BELIEF THAT YOUR FUTURE CAN BE MADE BY GOING TO A SELECTIVE SCHOOL OR UNMADE IF YOU'RE REJECTED IS SO INCONSISTENT WITH REAL LIFE I THOUGHT SOMEONE NEEDED TO SHOUT THAT OUT.

REALITY CHECK.

THE MANIA IS THE EXAGGERATED VERSION OF THINKING IT MATTERS SO MUCH.

WHO'S CAUGHT UP IN THIS MANIA?

IT'S LARGELY AFFLUENT KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS.

BUT IT FANS OUT TO ALL OF SOCIETY.

IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTED, WHO ARE AMBITIOUS, AND THINK THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO ATTAIN THEIR DREAMS, THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS IS IF THEY GET INTO THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAS AN ACCEPTANCE RATE OF 10% OR STANFORD, 5%. IF YOU ARE HITCHING YOUR DREAMS AND SELF-WORTH TO A 5% ACCEPTANCE RATE, YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL TELL YOU, THIS MANIA IS JUSTIFIED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST FOUR PRESIDENTS WERE IVY LEAGUERS, IS THAT A COINCIDENCE.

NO.

TWO OF THE PRESIDENTS WERE BUSHES.

DID YALE MAKE THEM PRESIDENTS OR DID THEY END UP AT YALE BECAUSE OF A BLOODLINE AND A TRAJECTORY THAT WAS GOING TO LEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND YALE WAS JUST A STOP ALONG THE WAY?

WE SAY, OH, ALL THE PRESIDENTS HAVE GONE TO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS AS IF THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS MADE THE PRESIDENTS.

I DON'T THINK SO, I THINK IN MANY OF THOSE MEN'S SITUATIONS AND HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WE'LL SAY WOMEN TOO THEY WERE BOUND FOR THAT SORT OF FUTURE AND THEY HAPPENED TO GO TO THE IVY LEAGUE.

CAREFUL ABOUT CAUSATION VERSUS CORRELATION.

YOU ALSO LOOKED AT TOP TEN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, CEOs IN 2014, WHAT DID YOU FIND?

OF THE TEN LARGEST COMPANIES, THE CEOs OF THOSE COMPANIES, ONLY ONE OF THEM WENT TO A SCHOOL THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER CONVENTIONALLY ELITE.

THE REST WENT TO STATE SCHOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE, IT'S VERY RELEVANT WHAT THEY PUT INTO THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION, HOW THEY SPENT THEIR TIME, MUCH LESS RELEVANT WHERE THAT SCHOOL WAS OR WHETHER ITS NAME MADE YOUR HEARTBEAT FASTER.

WHAT DOES MAKE FOR FUTURE SUCCESS?

THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES, IT'S A WONDERFUL ONGOING PROJECT I READ ABOUT IN THE GALLUP PURDUE INDEX, PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH A PROFESSOR WHO'S A MENTOR, THEY TEND TO DO BETTER.

AND IF YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT SEEM TO AUGER BETTER SUCCESS, THEY'RE ALL MEASURES OF ENGAGEMENT.

PEOPLE WHO GET FULLY ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND COMMIT TO IT AND ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHETHER THEY WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, OR M.I.T.

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

NEVERTHELESS, I MYSELF, WHO WAS GUILTY OF THIS DELUSION, WHERE DOES THE DELUSION COME FROM?

YOU KNOW, IT COMES FROM A SELECTIVE VERSION OF REALITY.

WE TELL A VERY SELECTIVE AND UNTRUE STORY.

TAKE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, GREAT EXAMPLE.

I BET YOU IF YOU WENT OUT AND ASKED PEOPLE WHO ARE READING UP ON IT FAIRLY WELL, WHERE DID TED CRUZ GO TO COLLEGE, THEY'LL SAY HE WENT TO PRINCETON.

EVERY PROFILE ABOUT TED CRUZ TELLS YOU HE WENT TO PRINCETON.

THE PROFILES OF MARCO RUBIO DON'T TELL YOU WHERE HE WENT TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A BRAND NAME SCHOOL.

IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE MAN HE BECAME, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WAS THE THIRD COLLEGE HE WENT TO.

HE STARTED OUT AT TARKIO IN MISSOURI WHICH DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE THEN HE WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND ONLY THEN DID HE END UP WHERE HE GRADUATED.

NO ONE HEARS ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE BECAME, AS MUCH AS PRINCETON DOES.

SO THIS MANIA.

WE TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

WE TALK IN A MUCH, MUCH MORE HONEST, FULL WAY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GET WHERE THEY'RE GETTING IN LIFE.

THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IT HAS TO DO WITH THINGS THEY DID IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THINGS THEY DID AFTER COLLEGE.

IT'S SO STRANGE TO ME THAT WE ATTRIBUTE THIS MAGICAL POWER TO THESE FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE OR FOR SOME PEOPLE FIVE OR SIX AS IF THEY'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS IN LIFE.

THEY'RE IMPORTANT YEARS, BUT SO ARE THE YEARS THAT CAME BEFORE, THE YEARS THAT COME AFTER AND WE HAVE TO STOP GIVING KIDS THE MESSAGE THAT THIS ONE JUNCTURE WILL DETERMINE THEIR ENTIRE FUTURE.

YOUR BOOK IS 'WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU'LL BE,' IT'S A GREAT BOOK.

THANK YOU.

IT REALLY DISPELS THE ILLUSION THAT HURTS US ALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING PLE.

ME.

ONE IN TEN LONG ISLANDERS STRUGGLES WITH FOOD INSECURITY, THEY LACK RELIABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK AND OTHER HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH A NEW PROGRAM CALLED FOOD AS HEALTH.

THE HOSPITAL-BASED INITIATIVE IS THE FIRST OF ITS KINDS IN NEW YORK STATE.

HERE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO.

RANDY, WELCOME TO YOU.

LET ME START OFF IF I CAN, BEFORE I GET TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, TALK ABOUT THIS NOTION OF FOOD INSECURITY, IT'S A FAIRLY NEW TERM, AT LEAST TO THE PUBLIC, GIVE US A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IT MEANS.

WELL, WE TYPICALLY USE THE TERM HUNGER, FOOD INSECURITY IS THE NEW TERM THAT WE USE, AND IT DESCRIBES, REALLY, NOT KNOWING WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM OR WHEN IT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT MEALS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD, HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS MEALS.

TELL US ABOUT ISLAND HARVEST AND HOW IT WORKS.

IT'S A FOOD BANK ON LONG ISLAND.

WE'RE HELPING ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE ALL ACROSS LONG ISLAND.

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OBVIOUSLY GIVING FOOD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT ARE THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WE COULD PROVIDE AROUND GIVING OUT FOOD.

YOU SEE, WE COULD GIVE SOMEBODY A CAN OF FOOD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM JUST FOR THAT DAY, AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WORK REALLY HARD TO FIND WAYS TO HELP THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.

AND SO WE HELP THEM WITH SERVICES LIKE SNAP OUTREACH, WHICH IS FOOD STAMPS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, WHICH REALLY IS THE CORNERSTONE NOW OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS.

WE HAVE TARGETED PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS, FOR CHILDREN, FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, AND FOR FAMILIES.

OFFERING THEM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT FINANCIAL SECURITY, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND INFORMATION, HEALTHY EATING.

WE EVEN HAVE A FARMING PROGRAM, A GARDEN PROGRAM, SO THAT WE CAN TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT OVER AND ABOVE FOOD THAT THEY MAY BE GETTING FROM EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS.

TELL ME SOME MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE FOOD IS HEALTH PROGRAM AND HOW THIS ALLIANCE CAME ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A NATURAL PROGRAM THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY WITH A CONDITION, A HEALTH CONDITION LIKE DIABETES OR HEART DISEASE, WHAT THEY EAT IMPACTS HOW THEY FEEL AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEIR BODY.

AND IT ALSO IMPACTS WHETHER MEDICINES ARE WORKING PROPERLY.

AND SO WE APPROACH NORTH WELL HEALTH ABOUT THIS PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE A DIETITIAN THAT WOULD BE ON SITE AT A HOSPITAL, AND WOULD WORK WITH PATIENTS AS THEY'RE BEING DISCHARGED, OR PATIENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THEIR WOUND CLINIC.

OUR DIETITIAN WILL MEET WITH PATIENTS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR CONDITION.

AND HELP THEM CREATE MEAL PLANS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHY FOOD -- CERTAIN TYPES OF FOODS ARE IMPORTANT AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR BODY.

YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN DOCTORS WILL TELL THEM YOU NEED TO EAT BETTER, YOU NEED TO EAT HEALTHY, BUT THEY DON'T GO INTO THE DETAIL.

OUR DIETITIANS ARE ABLE TO SPEND THAT TIME WITH THEM AND GO THROUGH THAT.

SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST ME, CAN I HANDLE WHATEVER THE COST WILL BE, WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT?

THAT'S TRUE.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS WORK WITH THEM TO TEACH THEM HOW TO SHOP PROPERLY.

IN SOME CASES IT MEANS BUYING IN BULK.

IN SOME CASES THEY CAN'T BUY IN BULK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO STORE FOOD.

FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE'S LIVING IN A SHELTER OR IN A SHARED HOME SITUATION, BUT WE ALSO DO TRAINING IN SUPERMARKETS TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT SHOPPING PROPERLY.

WHEN WE COUPLE THAT WITH COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, AND TEACHING THEM ABOUT EATING HEALTHY, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THE FULL PICTURE.

WELL, IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE A MARVELOUS PROGRAM, AND I KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE WONDERFUL WORK FOR A WHILE NOW.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN IN WITH THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS GIVES US SOME HOPE FOR THIS.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S FABULOUS PROGRAM, EVERYONE APPRECIATES THAT AND APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US AND EXPLAINING IT TO US.

YOU BE WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT METROFOCUS.ORG.

Announcer: 'METROFOCUS' IS MADE POSSIBLE BY JAMES AND MERRYL TISCH, SUE AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III, BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ, ROSALIND P.

WALTER, BARBARA HOPE ZUCKERBERG.

AND BY.

CORPORATE FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY MUTUAL OF AMERICA, YOUR RETIREMENT COMPANY.

AND BY PSE&G, SERVING CUSTOMERS, AND STRENGTHENING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.