This video is part two of a multi-part series of a two-day symposium "Public Management and the Lindsay Years (1966-1973)", presented by Baruch College School of Public Affairs in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York on September 29 and 30, 2010.

Professor Ester R. Fuchs from Columbia University provides a historical context and structural perspective of the factors that led to the 1975 New York City's fiscal crisis. Professor Fuchs is introduced by Stan Altman, symposium organizer, Professor of School of Public Affairs and Director of American Humanics at Baruch College.