You got two great mayors of New York over 400 years: Fiorello La Guardia — let’s call him a mayor who had to do with the alternatives to capitalism. And Mike Bloomberg, not necessarily so described. But the two of them were transformational in very, very difficult times.
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Director Ric Burns and his writing and producing partner, James Sanders, sat down with Christina Greer, Harry Siegel and guest co-host Dave Colon to discuss their two new episodes of Gotham: A Documentary bringing their epic history into the 21st Century,
The filmmakers dig into the unprecedented wave of crises from 9/11 to the Great Recession to Hurricane Sandy to COVID and the George Floyd protests that our resilient city has found way through over the last 25 years, why its values are being tested now in a way they haven’t been in a century, and how in their telling an unlikely businessman mayor helped reaffirm, reshape and restore the resilience that’s always defined New York.
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