Talk:History of New York City (1946–1977)

Gang truce
You might want to mention the gang truce that lasted through most of the 1970s and created the atmosphere in which hip-hop culture evolved. -- Jmabel | Talk June 28, 2005 21:38 (UTC)

Vietnam protests
You might want to mention the massive protest actions in NYC during the Vietnam war era. -- Jmabel | Talk June 28, 2005 21:38 (UTC)

Levittown
"…increasing suburbanization in the New York metropolitan area as pioneered in Levittown, New York." Levittown pioneered the "pre-fab" suburb, but NYC had plenty of suburbs before that. The parkway system, etc. should be mentioned as a factor in suburbanization. I'm not particularly working on this article, but just making a suggestion that this could actually be an informative section, but really isn't right now. - Jmabel | Talk 00:57, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Lincoln Center
I don't have enough of the details to do it myself, but could someone add a mention of the building of Lincoln Center in the 1960s? Thanks. J. Van Meter 18:12, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Near-bankruptcy
A recent anoymous edit changed the mayor at the time the city first got federal loans to stave off bankruptcy from Lindsay to Beame. Obviously, Beame eventually obtained loans after the "Drop Dead" incident, but I believe there were earlier loans under Lindsay. Can someone who knows this history better please sort this out? No one has provided citations, and I don't particularly have any at hand. - Jmabel | Talk 02:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, there is mention that the mayor staved off bankruptcy by receiving large loans. He didn't the MAC was formed by the governor, as is described in the NYT citation (18) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.89.153.242 (talk) 00:50, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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Scrubbed, or was it ever in the article?
This aspect of the history of New York City (1946-1977) appears in the parent article History of New York City but does not appear here Like many major U.S. cities, New York suffered race riots, gang wars and population and industrial decline in the 1960s. Street activists and minority groups like the Black Panthers and Young Lords took matters into their own hands and organized rent strikes and garbage offensives, demanding city services for poor areas. They also set up free health clinics and other programs, as a guide for organizing and gaining "Power to the People." By the 1970s the city had also gained a reputation as a crime-ridden relic of history. I have not edited this article, but it does seem odd that only mention of riots in the article is Stonewall Riots. patsw (talk) 00:53, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * New York avoided the worse of the race riots that hit other major cities after the assination of MLK. But it did have its share of other riots.  The hard hat riot and the columbia university student strike come to mind Work permit (talk) 04:05, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Decline in the ports and piers
The ICC allowing barges to charge fees is hardly the reason for the decline of the Manhattan ports. Containerization played the biggest part. Building out the port of Newark by Port Authority was also a contributing factor. Crime, labor strikes, decline of manufacturing in New York, these were all much larger contributors. The cited source is hardly wp:rs for the issue. I’ll add an appropriately cited section to this if desired by editors Work permit (talk) 18:26, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

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The "Willowbrook Class", the Financial Crisis of 1975 -- and Beyond
Per the article on the "Willowbrook State School", 'In 1975, a consent judgment was signed, and it committed New York state to improve community placement for the, now designated, "Willowbrook Class." The fact that this was signed on April 30, 1975 by NYC(see https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=si_etds Page 7) and by NY State governor Hugh Carey on May 8, 1975 (see https://ncd.gov/newsroom/05042015) -- which was during the height of the NYC Fiscal Crisis -- should NOT be omitted (either on the Willowbrook State School article or on this article). While the CUNY article does not detail the costs of the consent decree, those costs that had to be incurred during a time when NYC was on the edge of financial BANKRUPTCY should be researched (by anyone willing to take on the task -- besides the rudimentary numbers given in this 'talk'). Those costs (and cost overruns and other delays) most likely led to the closure of Willowbrook EVEN MORE than the outcry that started wtih Geraldo Rivera's "expose" of Willowbrook. According to the NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/22/archives/state-agrees-to-transfer-2650-out-of-willowbrook.html), "Governor Carey's office estimated that statewide implementation of the agreement would cost $16‐million in the first year, $10‐million in the second and $14‐million in the third" -- or a total of $40 million by the end of 1977: money that neither NY State or NY City could truly afford given their financial constraints. This could explain why, by September 1981, six months after the six year long consent decree ended (and four years after the expected $40 million had already been spent with an unknown amount of funds having been spent in the four years since), "Willowbrook - since renamed the Staten Island Developmental Center" which was supposed to have only "250 beds by last March" still "house(d) 900 residents". (See https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/28/nyregion/out-of-court-accord-sought-to-settle-willowbrook-case.html). Eventually those 900 were forced out by 1987, the School was shut down, and the buildings were converted into the present College of Staten Island.... Somehow there MUST BE a connection between the 1975 NYC Fiscal Crisis and the inability to meet the Willowbrook Consent Decree -- while I have merely PROPOSED that connection here, there must be someway that this potential connection can either be PROVEN or REFUTED. Have at it, folks!!!! 2604:2000:6FC0:101:A9CD:C17D:B06D:5333 (talk) 17:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)