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New York City the World’s Most Staggering Government Issue
A sweeping portrait of New York's growth and governance, detailing its immigrant diversity, vast tax and debt burdens, massive municipal payroll, and colossal city projects. It traces political corruption from Tammany Hall to the Mazet inquiry, and outlines the Catskill water plan as a contested remedy.
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Europe
Manhattan Island
Henry Hudson
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Naples
Canton
United States
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Columbus
Ohio
Macon
Georgia
Babylon
Christ
Rome
Peter Minuet
West India Company
Broadway
Wall Street
Singer
Trinity
Little Rock
Ark
Emporia
Kan
Plaza Hotel
Rochester
N. Y
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Turkey
Department of Education
Bureau of Municipal Research
Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Drew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Fulton Cushing
Sugar Trust
Tammany Hall
Richard Croker
Brooklyn
Richmond County
Queens County
City
Tammany
Croker
Robert A. van Wyck
Gen. Tracy
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Jefferson Democrats
Henry George
Mr. van Wyck
Mr. Croker
Tweed Ring
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Charles F. Murphy
McClellan
Judge Gaynor
Murphy
Roach
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Traction Trust
Ramapo Company
Great
Catskill Water Supply
Croton
Stollen
Aidt
Water Supply
Catskill Mountains