Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983
Tim Lawrence is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of East London and the author of Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970–1979 and Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973–1992, both also published by Duke University Press.
Shrouded Abatements and Mysterious Deaths
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Published:September 2016
The Ford government initially refused to come to New York City’s help when it went bankrupt in 1975 but softened its approach a couple of months later when Ford handed the city a $2.3 billion loan to tide it over the next three years. Mayor Koch carried forward a budget-tightening program to the point where Republicans began to openly admire him. Koch let it be known that he admired Reagan but felt less sanguine when the president slashed spending by just under $700 billion in his first budget. Koch proposed a $2 billion capital budget that would mark the beginning...
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