City shadows: Nightmares haunt mayoral visions
Sooner or later every New York City mayor faces the kind of nightmare event that mocks his message. Ed Koch won fame for improving morale and procedures, then departed after corruption and crime. David Dinkins rode in on racial healing and was voted out two years after the Crown Heights riots. Fans saw Rudy Giuliani as the prince of order; police killings of unarmed men spurred rage. For Michael Bloomberg, who pushed development after 9/11, it is the inspection scandal arising from fatal construction collapses that creates the late-term horror.
Dan Janison
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