Author Thomas Dyja on Changes in NYC

ESSENTIAL LESSONS FROM NEW YORK’S PAST FOR SHAPING THE POST-PANDEMIC FUTURE

After the pandemic and amid the current surge in crime, New York City is without a doubt going through a serious transition. But it’s obviously not the first time the city has experienced such a major transformation, so what lessons can we learn from the various evolutions New York has gone through, particularly since the massive fiscal crisis hit just over 40 years ago? That near financial catastrophe and the city’s evolutions since are the focus of award-winning author Thomas Dyja’s most recent book, “New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation.” He joins MetroFocus to discuss what the past can teach us as the city begins its next evolution.