In 1965, New York City was teetering on the edge of an uncertain future, but a Republican congressman from the Upper East Side was determined to save it. Fighting traditional powerbrokers and machine politicians, John Lindsay improbably was elected mayor that year. His eight years in office became one of the most tumultuous and transformative times in New York’s recent history.
In a special three-part podcast by Spectrum News NY1, Errol Louis explores John Lindsay’s turbulent New York, looking at his successes and failures, and how he also kept the city standing in the wake of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Through conversations with members of Lindsay’s administration, biographers, journalists, activists, admirers and critics, the series tells the story of a transit strike, a blizzard, assassinations, garbage pileups and a failed presidential run. It will also look at the many contributions and innovative ideas of Lindsay’s team that long outlasted his mayoralty.
EPISODES
Part 1 explores John Lindsay’s turbulent New York, focusing on his early years in Congress and building up to being elected mayor in a dramatic three-way race in November of 1965.
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