John Lindsay, the Association for a Better New York, and the privatization of New York City, 1969-1973

Focusing on the collaboration between Mayor John Lindsay and business advocacy group the Association for a Better New York (ABNY), this article illustrates the utility of public and elite anxieties over street crime in legitimizing new, privatized models of urban governance during the early 1970s. A...

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Main Author: Merton, Joe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sage 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50500/