The Ungovernable City

Vincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned New York with his liberal Republican agenda, WASP sensibility, and movie-star good looks. With peerless authority, Cannato explores how Lindsay Liberalism failed to save New York, and, in the opinion of many, left it worse off than it was in the mid-1960's.

Vincent Cannato is currently Adjunct Scholar at the Hudson Institute on Public Policy in Washington, D.C. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Introduction

ix

The District's Pride, the Nation's Hope

1

(18)

Mugwump for Mayor: The 1965 Campaign

19

(56)

Fighting the ``Power Brokers''

75

(44)

Of Riots, Racial Tensions, and the Youth Rebellion

119

(36)

The Civilian Complaint Review Board

155

(34)

1968 and the Rise of ``Dissensus'' Politics

189

(40)

Columbia University, 1968: A School Under Siege

229

(38)

From Integration to Decentralization to Community Control: Reforming the New York City Public Schools

267

(34)

Community Control and the 1968 Teachers' Strikes: The Debacle at Ocean Hill-Brownsville

301

(52)

Blacks and Jews: Old Allies, New Tensions

353

(22)

Escape from New York? John Lindsay's Political Dilemmas

375

(14)

Confronting the White Ethnics: The 1969 Campaign

389

(54)

Charting a Second Term Afloat an Ever-Turbulent Sea

443

(50)

Political Disaster: Switching Parties, Forest Hills, and Running for President

493

(32)

Assessing the Lindsay Years

525

(30)

``Good-Bye to All That''

555

(22)

Epilogue

577

(4)

Notes

581

(96)

Index

677

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