Bloomberg's New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury City

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325 index Abrams, Philip, 139 accountability: and Bloomberg Way, 18, 132–133, 208–209, 229–230, 272; and ceo mayor, 77–80; of nyc2012, 83, 160–161; and private-sector participation in governance, 30, 31, 34; and public-private partnerships, 41; and running government like business, 75 affordable housing: and Bloomberg administration’s second term, 261; and Bloomberg’s 2005 mayoral campaign, 257; in Hudson Yards plan, 171–172, 193, 207, 223, 224; in Olympic plan, 237 African Americans: and development policy, 41, 226; economic position of, 226–227; and electoral politics, 35, 72–73, 259, 265, 285n9; and postwar liberalism, 27 Allen, Paul, 276 Alper, Andrew: and Bloomberg, 87; and Bloomberg administration, 84–87, 94, 268; and Doctoroff, 86–87; and Economic Development Corporation, 97–98, 142; on flight of jobs to New Jersey, 106; on Giuliani’s relationship with business elites, 31; and London trip in 2003, 114; and Partnership for New York City, 109; philanthropy of, 87; on rebranding New York, 100, 107, 108, 113; on strategic plans, 96; and tax incentive policy, 117–119; wealth of, 93 Anderson, Kurt, 249 Anderson, Richard, 175 Angotti, Tom, 52 Arrighi, Giovanni, 282n15 Association for a Better New York, 31, 32 austerity, 4, 28, 32–39 passim, 283n8. See also fiscal crisis of 1970s Avella, Tony, 224, 273 aviation, 87, 285n2 Bank of America, 118, 277 Barron, Charles, 224, 227 Battery Park City, 88, 207, 241 Battery Park City Authority, 207, 208 Beame, Abe, 81 Bear Stearns, 118, 142, 205, 287n10 benchmarking, 61, 79, 80, 98, 100, 133. See also measurement; performance Bender, Thomas, 274 Bloomberg, Michael: and Alper, 85, 87; on alternative stadium locations, 239; approval ratings of, 266; biography of, 66–67, 90; and Burden, 88; business background of, 2, 16, 67, 110, 113, 210; as ceo mayor, 75, 77, 94, 210, 272; and charismatic ceo, figure of, 55, 65–74, 90; class solidarity of, 269; on development policy, 121–122; and Doctoroff, 83–84, 165; and expertise, 20, 71, 80–81, 90–93 passim, 196, 234; on far west side stadium, 228–229, 240, 241, 242; on far west side stadium opponents, 246, 247; and financial crisis, 264; on fiscal crisis of 1970s, 119–120; on Hudson Yards plan, 123, 174, 179, 217–218; lack of political 326 • index Bloomberg, Michael (continued) experience of, 69; and leadership, 77–78; London home of, 114, 129; managerialism of, 16, 68; on marketing New York, 115–116; and McCain, 2; media portrayal of, 1–2, 3; and meritocracy, 71, 90–91; and municipal unions, 257; and neoliberalization, 16, 68, 73, 270; on New York City’s competitive strengths and weaknesses , 111–112, 113; and nyc2012, 52, 197; and Obama, 2; on Olympic bid, 237–238; and Partnership for New York City, 108; party affiliation of, 69; philanthropy of, 66, 69, 87, 257–258, 284n5; and postindustrial elite, 70–72, 121–122, 258; and postindustrialization of New York, 16; as pragmatic, 91, 234, 276; as presidential contender in 2008, 2, 262–263; and professionalmanagerial class, 70–72, 93, 197; and racial minorities, 71, 72–73; and real estate elite, 127, 232, 259; social life of, 66; and social policy, 261–262, 275; on tax policy, 117, 119–120; technocracy of, 16; and term limits, 263–264; wealth of, 65, 69, 70; and women, 66–67; and World Trade Center redevelopment, 123, 219, 289n11. See also Bloomberg administration; Bloomberg Way —campaign spending of: in 2001, 1, 69, 70, 257; in 2005, 258, 265; in 2009, 264, 266 —election of: in 2001, 1, 8, 53, 55, 65–74, 285n9; in 2005, 257–260; in 2009, 265–266, 269–270 Bloomberg administration: and class, 75–77, 219; and congestion pricing, 260; cultural policy of, 125; educational reforms of, 2, 125, 282n13, 291n3; and expertise, 82, 89, 94, 99, 129, 210; implementation of development projects by, 287n15; and logic of investment, 201–202; marketing campaigns of, 113–116; and meritocracy, 81, 90–91; and nyc2012, 84, 165; and Olympic plan, 237–238; and performance , 76–80, 98; and planning, 193, 195, 196–198; and politics in New York City, 197–198; and real estate elite, 127, 142, 232–233, 259; relationship of, with business, 142; and risk, 202–203; staffing of, 80–94, 268; and taxes, 117–120, 142, 270–271, 287n12; and technocracy , 91, 193, 197–198, 202. See also Bloomberg, Michael; Bloomberg Way Bloomberg lp, 1, 2, 291n4; Bloomberg as ceo of, 67, 78, 80–81, 112–113, 132; business model of, 66...