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This video is part six 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.

This session explores the decentralization of management and services. Lewis Feldstein, who served for 7 years in senior staff positions to Mayor Lindsay, explains the Command Decentralization Program and organizational reforms of the Lindsay years. Craig Hammerman discusses the challenges faced by Brooklyn Community Board 6 (which emerged as part of Lindsay's decentralization efforts) where he has been District Manager since 1993. Joseph Viteritti, the Blanche D. Blank Professor of Public Policy and Chair of the Department of Urban Affairs & Planning at Hunter College, gives a political context to the Lindsay Years, analyzes management reforms, and ponders where we are today. The program ends with an audience question and answer period which includes comments from Lindsay's Sanitation Commissioner Herbert Elish.

This program was digitized, captioned, and made accessible in 2021 as part of "Uncovering CUNY's Audiovisual Heritage," a preservation project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

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