THE GODS OF NEW YORK Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990

The four years thoroughly chronicled by Jonathan Mahler show the growing divisions in a changing New York City in the late 1980s--and suggest parallels to today. In a rich, steady tone, Golden Voice narrator Robert Petkoff conveys the rising rates of crime and poverty, and the widening racial divide, along with the opposing ways the city's leaders reacted to them. The audiobook examines the leading tabloid stories that kept the country riveted at that time. Mahler shifts between prominent leaders and activists such as Ed Koch, Al Sharpton, and Donald Trump, and the backdrop of growth in AIDS, homelessness, and poverty. This audiobook is an engrossing look at New York City during one of its most turbulent times. E.J.F. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2025]