9780195044270 - Power Failure: New York City Politics and Policy since 1960 de Brecher, Charles; Horton, Raymond D. (29 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke. New York City's municipal government is the largest and most complex in the nation, with an annual operating budget of $29 billion and a capital budget of $4 billion. Employing around 360,000 full-time workers, the Office of the Mayor alone has about 1,600 employees and a budget of $135 million. The Police Department, with over 25,000 officers and a budget of $1.5 billion, exemplifies the city's vast organizational structure. To navigate this complexity, Charles Brecher and Raymond Horton provide a comprehensive guide to the political workings of the city, covering the period from 1960 to the present. They delve into the political machinery behind City Hall, exploring electoral politics, budgetary policy, and service delivery. The operation of the Office of the Mayor and the City Council is examined, including member salaries and notable mayoral races. The authors focus on New York's persistent financial challenges, such as the mid-1970s crisis with a billion-dollar deficit and the impact of collective bargaining on budget integrity. They analyze the property tax system, highlighting the unfair burden on renters and businesses. Additionally, they evaluate service delivery across various departments, revealing inefficiencies despite high local taxes. This essential volume offers valuable insights for New York City residents and anyone interested in urban governance.

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Hardback. Condición: New. Written by two of the most respected observers of New York City, this book is a comprehensive guide to city politics.

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. New York City's municipal government is the largest and most complex in the nation, perhaps in the world. Its annual operating budget is now a staggering $29 billion a year, plus it has a capital budget of $4 billion more. The city and its various agencies employ approximately 360,000 full-time workers. The Office of the Mayor alone employs some 1,600 people (and spends some $135 million). And the Police Department boasts a small army of over 25,000 officers, with abudget of $1.5 billion. Anyone wanting to make sense of an organization this vast needs an excellent guide. In Power Failure, Charles Brecher and Raymond Horton provide a completeguidebook to the political workings of New York City. Ranging from 1960 to the present, the authors explore in depth the political machinery behind City Hall, from electoral politics to budgetary policy to the delivery of city services. They examine the operation of the Office of the Mayor and the City Council, covering everything from the number of members and their annual salaries (Council Members receive $55,000 per year, the Council President $105,000) to the mayoral races of John V.Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and Edward I. Koch. Much of this encyclopedic work focuses on New York's ever-present financial woes, including the financial crisis of the mid-1970s, when the City had an unauditeddeficit of over a billion dollars and the public credit markets closed their doors. They examine the repeated failure of collective bargaining to set wage policy before the annual operating budget is set (which undermines the integrity of the budgetary process), and they look at the main source of revenue, the property tax (homeowners pay 84 cents per hundred dollars of market value, commercial property owners pay $4.31, a politically motivated imbalance which the authors find economicallyharmful and grossly unfair to renters and businesses). Finally, they examine service delivery and discover, not surprisingly, that the highest local taxes in the nation are not spent efficiently. Theauthors offer detailed looks at the uniformed services (police, fire, sanitation, corrections), the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Health and Hospitals Corporation (which operates the country's largest municipal hospital system), revealing which departments are run well and which are not. For New York City residents, this is an essential volume for understanding City Hall. Indeed, anyone baffled by big city government--whether you live in New York or in any majormetropolis--will find in this volume a wealth of information on how to run a city well, and how to run it into the ground. New York City's municipal government is the largest and most complex the nation, perhaps in the world. Its annual operating budget is now a staggering $29 billion a year, and it has a capital budget of $4 billion more. The city and its various agencies employ approximately 360,000 full-time workers. The Office of the Mayor alone employs some 1,600 people (and spends some $135 million). And the Police Department boasts a small army of over 25,000 officers, with a budget of $1.5 billion. Anyone wanting to make sense of an organization this vast needs an excellent guide. In Power Failure, Charles Brecher and Raymond Horton provide a complete guidebook to the political workings of New York City. Ranging from 1960 to the present, the authors explore in depth the political machinery behind City Hall, from electoral politics to budgetary policy to the delivery of city services. They examine the operation of the Office of the Mayor and the City Council, covering everything from the number of members and their annual salaries (Council Members receive $55,000 per year, the Council President $105,000) to the mayoral races of John V. Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and Edward I. Koch. Much of this encyclopedic work focuses Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Condición: New. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: TR; WS. Dimension: 900 x 600 x 106. Weight in Grams: 167. . 1993. hardcover. . . . .

Hardback. Condición: New. Written by two of the most respected observers of New York City, this book is a comprehensive guide to city politics.

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