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Lindsay felt he was doing the working class a favor and neglected to make any strong bargaining attempts. Leaving this meeting, in front of several reporters, Quill stated the strike was on and tore up a legal document calling for a stop to the strike. With that the 1966 New York Transit strike was set to take place on New Year's Day. [8]
John Lindsay served as the 103rd Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1966, to January 1, 1974. His mayoralty presided over a rising budget from below $5 billion to almost $10 billion, high deficit spending, the reorganization of the city's government, a corruption investigation (Knapp Commission) into the New York City Police Department, and large scale union strikes.
John Vliet Lindsay (/ v l iː t /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City , and a candidate for U.S. president.
Mayor John Lindsay and wealthy business leaders, supported community control as a pathway to social stability. [23]) When in 1967 the Bundy Report , a creation of the Ford Foundation , recommended trying decentralization , the city decided to experiment in three areas—over the objections of some members of the white middle-classes, who ...
The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) led by Mike Quill shut down the city with a complete halt of subway and bus service on mayor John Lindsay's first day of office. As New Yorkers endured the transit strike, Lindsay remarked, "I still think it's a fun city," and walked four miles (6 km) from his hotel room to City Hall in a gesture to ...
It's about how those lifelong Democrats – mostly Catholic, ethnic, union – began looking for a new home in the Republican Party. And it's about how that day changed American politics, perhaps ...
[19] He took a hard line against the strike, saying, "I think what the public is saying is, 'Don't give in to strikes and threats.'" [20] This was contrasted with the actions of Mayor John Lindsay during the 1966 strike. While Lindsay had asked most workers to stay home, Koch actively cheered on commuters who walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. [9]
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