The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975 (Excelsior Editions)
"Hugh Carey is the finest governor I have ever known--gutsy, ethical, politically skillful, and clear thinking. His story and the fiscal crisis of 1975 is brilliantly told and beautifully written by Lachman and Polner. I loved the book." --Donna E. Shalala, President of Miami University and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services"We would do well to learn from this account of New York's fiscal crisis in the 1970s as the federal government and more than a few states enter a period of financial danger. This is vital reading and instructive history." --Richard Ravitch, Lieutenant Governor of New York"This stirring account of a seminal moment in American history--the New York City financial crisis--reminds us dramatically that Democrats and Republicans, business executives and union leaders can solve problems together when the common good is their priority. This is important reading for today, when our political and financial systems are in jeopardy."  --Felix Rohatyn, investment banker and former U.S. Ambassador to France"Intellectually, academically, and politically,The Man Who Saved New Yorkcouldn't be more timely and vital for New York as the state slides toward its own rendezvous with insolvency." --Fred Siegel, author ofThe Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life"This is the definitive account of New York's fiscal crisis, of its hero Governor Hugh Carey, and of one of the most significant and absorbing episodes in the history of local and state government in this country. Plus it is timely--because New York and a handful of other states stand once more on the brink of bankruptcy."  --Peter Goldmark, formerly New York State Budget Director, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and chairman and CEO of theInternational Herald Tribune"[Lachman and Polner's] earnest biography strives to finally give Mr. Carey and the talented people he attracted to state government the credit they deserve."  --New York Times"The story of how we averted disaster is grippingly told in ...The Man Who Saved New York. The authors recount how Carey's determined and creative leadership brought New York back from the brink of civic and financial catastrophe."  --Andrew Cuomo"...The Man Who Saved New York... is a profile in courage, a detailed portrait of a man in his moment ... the book makes a compelling case that without the governor's savvy, unswerving leadership, New York City would have gone under, and might well have taken the state and the nation down with it."  --New York Observer"...a riveting and timely account of Hugh Carey's pivotal role in averting the financial collapse of New York City."  --AlbanyTimes Union"[New York's] future governor will appreciate this dramatic saga of what it's like to be a brand new occupant of the executive mansion who opens the cabinets to find they've been stripped bare."  --Village Voice