Author: Newfield, Jack & Wayne Barrett,
Title: City for Sale: Ed Koch and the betrayal of New York.
Description: NY, Harper & Row, (1988). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In his first two terms Koch steered NY through its fiscal crisis and on to a period of phenomenal economic growth but. following his inauguration for a third term he became overwhelmed by a scandal of overwhelming proportion where a dozen city leaders and nearly a hundred minor officials would be convicted of crimes ranging from accepting bribes to outright extortion. The descent of the Koch administration into criminality, behind the scenes story of the true workings of municipal power in America.

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