The journalist’s The Gods of New York surveys the overlapping crises facing New York City in the last four years of the 1980s. Why did you focus on the final years of the 1980s? During the 2016 ...

Mr. Mahler is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: ...

The never-ending battle for the soul of New York City is a dependable subject for nonfiction writers. In his walloping new book, “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth ...

On the afternoon of May 2, 1975, the heads of three major New York commercial banks sat down with Governor Hugh Carey at his midtown Manhattan office. The meeting was brief and the bankers got quickly ...