Word: presentability
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Besides adding space, the new building will improve "the helter-skelter arrangement of the present buildings and will provide the visitor with a definite entrance." Goldberg said. "The entrance will have an exhibition area and a new library will be located nearby so an arriving visitor will see a lot of activity...
Imagine the following scenario: With his wrists handcuffed behind his back, his legs bound tightly, his eyes blindfolded and his mouth gagged, John V. Lindsay is told he must rescue a drowning New York City (from the polluted Hudson no less). This comes close to describing the present situation. A more modern version of trial by fire cannot be found...
...present time there is one program planner in the City's Bureau of the Budget exploring the possibility of an "economic and social report of the Mayor" that would be comparable to the President's annual economic report. The difficulty of such a task is immensely complicated by the lack of a sophisticated understanding of the urban economy and social structure. In New York City, this lack of sophistication reflects a lack of data rather than brainpower...
What this implies is that with any constant-quality public service package and at any tax rate level (with the present mixture of state and local taxes), given sufficient time, costs will exceed tax revenue. The situation for New York, however, is even worse than the average American city...
...first full year under this program, New York State would receive $117 million out of a $1 billion pot. New York City would then receive approximately $50 million of this, amounting to less than one per cent of its present budget...