Michael Hirsch, Author at City Limits

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A book review of The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York by Vincent J. Cannato, Basic Books, 2001. 579 pages. $35.

ByMichael Hirsch 8 minRead time

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Nov 2000

Uncategorized

City Lit: Black in Brooklyn

A book review of A Covenant With Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn, by Craig Steven Wilder, Columbia University Press, $35.

ByMichael Hirsch 6 minRead time

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Jun 1999

Uncategorized

The Wrong Haul

As the city moves to dump its garbage on Red Hook, the beleaguered neighborhood fights back–with a little help from its friends up and down the waterfront.

ByMichael Hirsch 12 minRead time

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Mar 1999

Uncategorized

SUBCONTRACTING DISEASE: NEW UNION BATTLEGROUND

Now that labor boss Gus Bevona is out, the custodian’s union is making some loud noise about an increasingly common practice: breaking a union contract by hiring subcontractors.

ByMichael Hirsch 3 minRead time

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Mar 1999

Uncategorized

STATEN ISLAND POLS FLEE CITY'S SINKING GARBAGE BARGE

The city has said that it isn’t interested in rebuilding current garbage processing facilities, but Staten Island politicians are willing to look at any plan that closes the Fresh Kills…

ByMichael Hirsch 3 minRead time

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Feb 1999

Uncategorized

City Lit: Import Exploit

A book review of Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor, by Peter Kwong, The New Press, 1998, 273 pages, $24.

ByMichael Hirsch 7 minRead time

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Sep 1998

Uncategorized

Gunning for Gus

By representing pro-democracy union dissidents, lawyer Arthur Schwartz is doing well while doing good. Can he finally unseat untouchable maintenance union boss Gus Bevona?

ByMichael Hirsch 14 minRead time

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Jun 1998

Justice