Ed Koch. Donald Trump. Rudy Giulian. Al Sharpton. Spike Lee. And more. They were the tabloid gods of New York at a pivotal time in the City's modern history - a time when several issues erupted into crises that caused chaos in NYC and made national headlines. And we discuss them in this interview because many of those issues persist to this day, and continue to polarize NYC's population and politics.
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In this interview:
►"Gods" of New York
►1986-90: pivotal years in NYC's history
►How Wall Street and real estate development took over
►NYC's 1980s crisis of house affordability - a reckoning now
►How did homelessness blow up into a major crisis in NYC?
►Who was "Billie Boggs" and why did Pres. Reagan talk about her with the Soviets?
►What tactics did Donald Trump deploy to get rid of his tenants?
►Killing of Black New Yorkers by an all-white NYPD
►Murderous racial tensions between White and Black New Yorkers
►Black community's mistrust of the criminal justice system
►In 1985, NYC became a non-white city
►NYC's crisis of identity
►A city for billionaires?
🚩About My 196th Guest Scholar:
Mr. Johnathan Mahler is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and his journalism has received numerous awards. He is the author of:
- "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning" - a bestselling book and was adapted as an ESPN mini-series,
- "The Challenge" - a New York Times Notable Book, and
- "The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990", which we discuss in this interview.
🚩My Recommendation:
►S3E47, Prof. Maria Foscarinis: America's history of homelessness
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