{"product_id":"greater-than-ever-isbn-9781610396073","title":"Greater than Ever","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe former deputy mayor of New York City tells the story of the city's comeback after 9\/11, offering lessons in resiliency under the most trying of circumstances, and a model for the rejuvenation of any city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff led New York's dramatic and unexpected economic resurgence after the September 11 terrorist attacks. With Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he developed a remarkably ambitious five-borough economic development plan to not only recover from the attacks but to completely transform New York's economy: New neighborhoods were created. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were generated. The largest municipal affordable housing plan in American history was completed. Ground Zero was rebuilt. And New York adopted a pathbreaking sustainability plan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e None of this was straightforward. New York has some of the most entrenched financial and political interests anywhere, and it has a population that is quick to let its public officials know exactly what is on its mind. Doctoroff's plans for a New York Olympic Games and a stadium on the West Side crashed and burned, but phoenix-like he engineered the transformation of the city anyway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreater than Ever\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing adventure--when can-do attitude dove headlong into New York's unique realpolitik of \"fuggedaboutit\" -- during which the city was changed for the better.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896022593765,"sku":"NP9781610396073","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_9017c03f-7f8b-4b08-9939-c8fee104dbf6.jpg?v=1773102464","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/greater-than-ever-isbn-9781610396073","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}