The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to SaveNew York By Vincent J. Cannato. Basic Books, 702 pages, $35.00 Before the sun had risen on John Lindsay’s first dayas mayor of New York City, the Transport Workers Union went out on strike. It wasthe dead of winter in 1966, and the city’s subways and […]
Andrew White
Andrew White is director of the New School's Center for New York
City Affairs.