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The Pragmatist - Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of New York (Hardcover)
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The Pragmatist - Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of New York (Hardcover)
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When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New
York and the country were experiencing record levels of income
inequality. De Blasio was the first progressive elected to City
Hall in twenty years. Invoking Fiorello La Guardia's name, he
pledged to improve the lives of those marginalized by poverty and
prejudice. Unlike La Guardia, de Blasio did not have allies in
Washington like President Franklin D. Roosevelt who could
effectively support his progressive agenda. As de Blasio approached
the end of his first term, the situation worsened, with Donald
Trump in the White House and a Republican-controlled Congress
determined to further reduce social programs that help the needy.
As a result, de Blasio's mayoralty is an illuminating case study of
what mayors can and cannot do on their own to address economic and
social inequality. As the Democratic Party attempts to reassemble a
viable political coalition that cuts across boundaries of race,
class and gender, de Blasio's efforts to redefine priorities in
America's largest city is instructive. Joseph P. Viteritti's The
Pragmatist is the first in-depth look at de Blasioboth the man
himself and his policies in crucial areas such as housing,
homelessness, education, and criminal justice. It is a test case
for the viability of progressivism itself. Along the way, Viteritti
introduces the reader to every NYC mayor since La Guardia. He
covers progressives who breathed life into the "soul of the city"
before the devastating fiscal crisis of 1975 put it on the brink of
bankruptcy, and those post-fiscal crisis chief executives who
served during times of limiting austerity. This engaging story of
the rise, fall, and rebirth of progressivism in America's major
urban center demonstrates that the road to progress has been a
longand continuingjourney.
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