SUNY Press Catalog - Spring 2009 - (Page 23) new york FOLLOW THE MONEY Follow the Money who Controls new york City Mayors? Who Controls New york City Mayors? Lynne A.Weikart Reveals the powerful influence of financial elites on New York City’s mayors. New in Paper New Zenzen Sketch #3 02/20/08 Four Color Fort Stanwix National Monument FOrT STANWIX NATIONAL MONUMENT Reconstructing the Past and Partnering for the Future Joan M. Zenzen The critical influence of bankers and credit agencies on the lynne A.weikart mayors of the Big Apple comes to light in this fascinating study. Lynne A. Weikart reveals how financial elites in New York City have exploited recurring fiscal crises and sharply curtailed the range of choices open to mayors in setting priorities and implementing fiscal policy. Despite the appearance of objectivity and neutrality, bankers and bond-rating agencies capitalize on crises to expand their influence and force the city to drastically reduce its spending and payroll, significantly degrading the quality of city services. In the face of enormous pressure to defer programs and compromise promises to constituents, however, committed mayors from Fiorello LaGuardia to Michael Bloomberg have still managed to overcome obstacles and achieve progressive goals. “Weikart puts a human face on New York City’s fiscal crises, analyzes their historical patterns, and compares the tenure of several mayors. In doing so, she provides an invaluable resource for those who study cities.” — Wilbur C. Rich, author of David Dinkins and New York City Politics: Race, Images, and the Media lynne a. Weikart is Associate Professor of Political Science at Baruch College School of Public Affairs, the City University of New York. APrIL • 192 pp • 19 tables, 1 figure $19.95 pb 978-1-4384-2532-0 $65.50 hc 978-1-4384-2531-3 Reconstructing the Past and Partnering for the Future Joan M. Zenzen History of the reconstruction of Fort Stanwix, New York, by the National Park Service. This book looks at the history of Fort Stanwix and documents how the people of Rome, New York, partnered with the National Park Service to create Fort Stanwix National Monument, a reconstructed log-and-sod Revolutionary War fort located in the center of the city. Initially undertaken as part of Rome’s urban renewal effort to revive a failing economy through tourism, the fort’s reconstruction exemplifies how a regional interest successfully engaged the National Park Service in achieving its goals. Using extensive documentation and oral history interviews, historian Joan M. Zenzen examines the full sweep of the site’s history by looking back at the 1777 siege that helped turn the tide at Saratoga, describing political commemorations during the turn of the twentieth century, detailing events leading to urban renewal and fort reconstruction in the 1970s, and explaining how the park’s superintendents have managed this fort. She also discusses four important themes in historic preservation—authenticity, reconstruction, reenactment, and memory—to understand the processes that resulted in the establishment of Fort Stanwix National Monument. Tied to these themes is the idea of partnerships, a key ingredient that has kept the national park site engaged with such local communities as Rome businesses, Oneida Six Nations, New York State historic sites, regional tourism boards, and reenactment groups. JANUArY • 298 pp • 30 illustrations $24.95 pb 978-0-7914-7434-1 e e 23 www.sunypress.edu http://www.sunypress.edu http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61778 http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61607
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