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Ed Koch
May 28, 2021
Walter Shapiro
How Did New York City Politics Become So Boring?
The mayoral race used to be a reliably entertaining fight between outsize personalities and master operators. Now it’s a snooze fest.
October 27, 2017
Jacob Bacharach
Joan Didion Is the Best Thing About Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
What saves this highly anticipated documentary from being a workmanlike exercise is the cool customer at its heart.
September 6, 2013
Edward Glaeser
Even Bill de Blasio Won't Be Able to Fix Income Inequality
As mayor, he'd be battling the one percent—and history
February 8, 2013
Mike Madden
Grading Ed Koch's Obits
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Michael Grunwald
Cruel to be Kind
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Patrick Brogan
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