New York's 103rd mayor, John V. Lindsay, took office full of promise and optimism. His agenda included many of the signature liberal policies of the day – support for civil rights, the war on poverty, mobilization of the power of government to build a better society.
Eight years later, Lindsay’s record was deeply disputed. He had initiated major new programs and had gained the trust of many in the minority communities, but he also left a city in many ways worse than he had found it – dirtier, more divided, and nearly broke. Observers disagreed as to whether these changes happened because of Lindsay or in spite of him.
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