Events for Tuesday, December 2, 2008

12:30 p.m. Senator Charles Schumer to discuss "next affordable housing crisis" at 48th Street and Third Avenue.

1 p.m. City Council Education Committee holds hearing on proposed 5-year capital budget plan for schools at Council Chambers, City Hall.

2:30 p.m. City Council candidates Yetta Kurland, Jo Anne Simon and Mel Gagarin to discuss lawsuit against Campaign Finance Board regarding term limit extensions. On the steps of City Hall.

3 p.m. Representative Gregory Meeks delivers the Fulbright Scholar award. At Representative Meeks' office, 153-01 Jamaica Ave, second floor, Queens.

6 p.m.  The New School for Management and Urban Policy to host panel discussion on the "future of New York's waterfront." At Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 5th floor, 65 West 11th Street.

6 p.m. Council Speaker Christine Quinn to keynote "Celebrating a Greener Skyline," the New York League of Conservation Voters benefit for Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward. At the Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th Street.

6 p.m.  New York Women in Communications hold a panel discussion on "It's Not Easy Being Green: the Explosion and Future of Green Media." At the Hearst Tower, 300 West 57th Street.

6:45 p.m. Karl Rove will participate in a debate on "Bush 43 is the worst president of the last 50 years" at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway and 95th Street.

LONG ISLAND

8:30 a.m. State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos speaks at the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island, Lower Level Auditorium, The Omni, 333 Earl Ovington Boulvard, in Uniondale.

11 a.m. Senator Charles Schumer will discuss federal funding for water and sewer infrastructure upgrades at 20 Meleny Road in  Locust Valley.

NORTH

11 a.m. Representative Eliot Engel speaks at the presentation of an E.P.A. grant to restore Saw Mill River watershed. At Westchester Manor, 140 Saw Mill River Road, Hastings-on-Hudson.

3 p.m.  A New York State Commission on State Asset Maximization hearing is held at the Westchester County Center, 198 Central Avenue in White Plains.