Moniruz Zaman

Prof: Zagaroli

During the late 1900’s, Koch was able to see a lot of issues that were faced by New York City’s officials and the communities in general. It was actually interesting that he was able to keep his position for a third term with 78 percent of votes after two terms that did not go all that well. After Donald Manes was found wounded in 1986 in a car, investigation eventually recealed that there was a vast ocean of bribery and influence that was called by Lankevich, a “municipal marketplace”. Many municipals were caught in these types of illegal acts and they all had some sort of close ties with Koch, which gave Koch something to concern about. But as time went on, Koch gave an apology on behalf of the municipals, which were his friends and he was forced to explain why the people he personally selected were in jail, after he boasted about having a perfect two term run without any scandals.

When crack cocaine became popular in the New York City streets, the effects of it were seen right away. Many city streets became a place of crime and this caused much fear to the people. People of every skin color began leaving the crime filled areas and poverty was now above 25 percent. Even the subject of AIDS began a big problem. What was once a minor issue emerged into a full blown plague. Koch eventually tried to take care of such things through creating budgets for it. For example, the “best budget”, was a $22.7 billion presentation to address such issues. Lankavich basically informed readers about New York’s hardships to introduce its firmness to excel as a city.