8 a.m. Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s Board of Directors meeting; LMDC Offices, 20th Floor, 1 Liberty Plaza.
8:30 a.m. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson discusses federal transit priorities for the New York region at a New York Building Congress breakfast forum; Hilton New York, Trianon Ballroom, 1335 Sixth Ave., between 53rd and 54th streets.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The New Criterion and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies host symposium on “Free Speech in an Age of Jihad: Libel Tourism, Hate Speech, and Political Freedom”; The Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd St.
10 a.m. Elected officials and senior advocates protest cuts in services to seniors; City Hall steps.
10 a.m. Immigrant advocates testify at City Council Immigration Committee hearing; Committee Room, City Hall.
10 a.m. Assembly member Linda Rosenthal joins students in celebrating New York’s maple industry; P.S. 199, 270 West 70th St., close to West End Avenue.
11 a.m. Directors’ Meeting of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation; Empire State Development Corporation, 633 Third Ave., 37th Floor Conference Room.
11 a.m. Blythe Danner joins green activists to unveil natural gas garbage trucks; Green Southwest side of Union Square, University Place and 14th Street.
11:10 a.m. Saddam Hussein trial judge speaks to students at St. Francis College; Maroney Forum, Room 7402, 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights.
12:15 Public officials call for a moratorium on closing city-funded day care centers; City Hall Steps.
1 p.m. Committee hearing on the Fulton Street Hub; 250 Broadway, 14th Floor Hearing Room.
3:45 p.m. Annual ASPCA Day Festival at Union Square Park; 14th Street and Broadway.
5:30 p.m. DL21C’s Women’s Issues Committee presents a forum on Women’s Issues and the 2008 New York State Legislative Agenda with State Senator Liz Krueger (D-NY-Manhattan’s East Side) State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-NY-Greenwich Village). Moderated by: Ellen Chesler, Distinguished Lecturer, Director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Initiative on Women and Public Policy, Hunter College. K Lounge at the Bombay Palace 30 W. 52nd Street (between 5th and 6th).
6 p.m. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano speaks about money in politics; Harvard Club of New York, 35 West 44th St.
7 p.m. Human rights activist Jill Savvit, Director of Dreams for Darfur, discusses China’s role in Darfur; New York Tolerance Center, 226 East 42nd St., between Second and Third avenues.
3 p.m. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli speaks Town Hall forum; Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 Heady St., Cortlandt Manor.
