So Much to Do: A Full Life of Business, Politics, and Confronting Fiscal Crises Ravitch Richard
So Much to Do: A Full Life of Business, Politics, and Confronting Fiscal Crises Ravitch Richard Every city and every state needs a Richard Ravitch. Trained as a lawyer, he worked briefly for the…
Specifikacia So Much to Do: A Full Life of Business, Politics, and Confronting Fiscal Crises Ravitch Richard
So Much to Do: A Full Life of Business, Politics, and Confronting Fiscal Crises Ravitch Richard
Every city and every state needs a Richard Ravitch. Trained as a lawyer, he worked briefly for the House of Representatives, then began his career in his family's construction business. In sixty years on the job, whether working in business or government, he was the man willing to tackle some of the most complex challenges facing New York.
He dealt with architects, engineers, lawyers, bureaucrats, politicians, union leaders, construction workers, bankers, and tenants--virtually all of the people who make cities and states work.It was no surprise that those endeavors ultimately led to a life of public service. He built high-profile projects like the Whitney Museum and Citicorp Center but his primary energy was devoted to building over 40,000 units of affordable housing including the first racially integrated apartment complex in Washington, D.C. In 1975, Ravitch was