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Title Greater than ever : New York's big comeback / Daniel L. Doctoroff.
Author Doctoroff, Daniel L., author.
Publisher New York : PublicAffairs, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Description xvii, 371 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, plates, photographs ; 25 cm
Edition First edition.
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Note Includes index.
Summary "Cities perish if they stand still. Especially one that is supposed to never sleep. Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff led New York's dramatic and unexpected economic resurgence after the September 11 terrorist attacks. With Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he developed a remarkably ambitious five-borough economic development plan to not only recover from the attacks but to completely transform New York's economy: new neighborhoods were created, hundreds of thousands of jobs were generated, the largest municipal affordable housing pan in American history was completed, Ground Zero was rebuilt, and New York adopted a pathbreaking sustainability plan. None of this was straightforward. New York has some of the most entrenched financial and political interests anywhere, and it was a population that is quick to let its public officals know exactly what is on its mind. Doctoroff's plans for a New York Olympic games and a stadium on the West Side crashed and burned, but phoenix-like, he engineered the transformation of the city anyway. [This book] is a bracing adventure--when can-do attitude dove headlong into New York's unique realpolitik or 'fuggedaboutit'--and the city changed for the better."-- Jacket.
Subject Doctoroff, Daniel L.
New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
City managers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Olympic host city selection -- 2012.
Economic development -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
ISBN 9781610396073