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This book breaks important new ground, especially in its portrayal and analysis of the governance and integration of New York's many contemporary and often paradoxical urban faces. Moreover, as a case study of the world's quintessential global city, it serves to illuminate the forces of globalization imprinted on the urban milieu. For those interested in the political economy of a megacity in the twenty-first century, this book is an essential read. -- Herman Boschken, San Jose State University A valuable contribution to scholarship on the New York city region, its recent challenges and tensions, including Covid and Super Storm Sandy. -- Bruce Berg, Fordham University This fresh, wide-ranging and insightful take on the New York megalopolis spans from historical origins to current challenges. It focuses not only on the inevitability of urban crises, but the many ways and whys the region has shown resilience, sometimes from leadership but mostly from the component parts. As these renowned urbanists say, 'disaster is the mother of adaptation'. -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New York

This book breaks important new ground, especially in its portrayal and analysis of the governance and integration of New York’s many contemporary and often paradoxical urban faces. Moreover, as a case study of the world’s quintessential global city, it serves to illuminate the forces of globalization imprinted on the urban milieu. For those interested in the political economy of a megacity in the twenty-first century, this book is an essential read. -- Herman Boschken, San José State University A valuable contribution to scholarship on the New York city region, its recent challenges and tensions, including Covid and Super Storm Sandy. -- Bruce Berg, Fordham University This fresh, wide-ranging and insightful take on the New York megalopolis spans from historical origins to current challenges. It focuses not only on the inevitability of urban crises, but the many ways and whys the region has shown resilience, sometimes from leadership but mostly from the component parts. As these renowned urbanists say, 'disaster is the mother of adaptation'. -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New York

An illuminating book that makes an excellent addition to undergraduate courses on cities and a highly recommended read for anyone interested in New York. It addresses big issues with brevity and has the virtue of being written by two eminent scholars who are masters of their subject and render it accessible to undergraduates and non-academics. -- Journal of Urban Affairs This book breaks important new ground, especially in its portrayal and analysis of the governance and integration of New York’s many contemporary and often paradoxical urban faces. Moreover, as a case study of the world’s quintessential global city, it serves to illuminate the forces of globalization imprinted on the urban milieu. For those interested in the political economy of a megacity in the twenty-first century, this book is an essential read. -- Herman Boschken, San José State University A valuable contribution to scholarship on the New York city region, its recent challenges and tensions, including Covid and Super Storm Sandy. -- Bruce Berg, Fordham University This fresh, wide-ranging and insightful take on the New York megalopolis spans from historical origins to current challenges. It focuses not only on the inevitability of urban crises, but the many ways and whys the region has shown resilience, sometimes from leadership but mostly from the component parts. As these renowned urbanists say, 'disaster is the mother of adaptation'. -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New York

This book breaks important new ground, especially in its portrayal and analysis of the governance and integration of New York's many contemporary and often paradoxical urban faces. Moreover, as a case study of the world's quintessential global city, it serves to illuminate the forces of globalization imprinted on the urban milieu. For those interested in the political economy of a megacity in the twenty-first century, this book is an essential read. -- Herman Boschken, San Jose State University

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Jill S. Gross is a Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York, and Director of the graduate program in Urban Policy and Leadership. She has served as President of the Urban and Local Politics Section of the American Political Science Association and Chair of the Urban Affairs Association. She conducted research on the urban governance of migration as a European Union Fulbright Schuman Scholar. She is currently on the editorial boards of Journal Of Race, Ethnicity & The City and Urban Affairs Review. Her most recent works are Hyperlocal Place Governance in a Fragmented World (2022) and Constructing Metropolitan Space (coeditor) (2019). Hank V. Savitch is Emeritus Brown & Williamson Distinguished Professor of Urban & Public Affairs, University of Louisville. He currently teaches at Florida Atlanta University’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning and is a Fellow at its Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions (CUES). He has been co-editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs and President of the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. He has published 13 books and more than 100 articles on various aspects of urban development and public policy. His co-authored book, Cities in the International Marketplace (2004) won the APSA award for best book in urban studies.

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