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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · Aug 15

THE GODS OF NEW YORK: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990, wasn't that a time? @randomhouse.bsky.social lets Jonathan Maher retell it here: #Booksky
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THE GODS OF NEW YORK: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990, wasn't that a time?

THE GODS OF NEW YORK: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990 JONATHAN MAHLER Random House ( non...

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us-news.bsky.social @us-news.bsky.social · Aug 17

Jonathan Mahler’s The Gods of New York describes how bankers played a role in changing New York City

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Jonathan Mahler’s The Gods of New York describes how bankers played a role in changing New York City - United States

Jonathan Mahler’s new book, The Gods of New York describes a pivotal four years in New York City’s history.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · Aug 22

Listening to The Gods of New York and imagining that a micro history of our current moment would have to have a few pages on the Sour Cream & Onion Incident.

JONATHAN MAHLER
THE GODS OF
NEW YORK
EGOTISTS, IDEALISTS, OPPORTUNISTS, AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN CITY: 1986-1990

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'viktor shtrum' @viktorshtrum.bsky.social · Aug 24

The new Jonathan Mahler book Gods of New York is great. Ed Koch tries to get some guys into a van with him. That's not the whole book, just one part that made me laugh. No I won't provide further context.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · Aug 23

New York, 35 years ago; and a thru line right to nation of today

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Shelley English @shelleyenglish.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just finished The Gods of New York by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social.

BUY IT!!

It’s a must read.
Love NYC?
It’s full of truths about NYC…and about Trump’s grift.

If you worked in gov’t, politics, finance, real estate or social services from 1985-90, you’ll agree: Jonathan Mahler nailed it.

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Jonathan Mahler @jonathanmahler.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Jonathan Mahler coins a useful euphemism, 'crisis opportunists' for the cast of this book...crooks, chancers & grifters, firebrand activists, rap stars, politicians scrambling up the greasy pole and falling back down again, people on the make – and Donald Trump."
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Here is Eighties New York, in all its brash, seedy glory

The city boasted lively characters – from a young Donald Trump to the Rev Al Sharpton – and plenty of grim spectacle

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 14

Part of the pleasure of “The Gods of New York” is that it chronicles a time when several important American political figures first strode onto the public stage

The four years when old New York died and a new one was born

Some of America’s most outlandish politicians also made their debuts in 1986-89

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Jonathan Mahler @jonathanmahler.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hope you enjoy it & thanks for sharing

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · Aug 15

One of the perks of being a writer is occasionally you get sent stuff.

“The Gods of New York” by Jonathan Mahler.

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Pat Carty @patcarty.bsky.social · Aug 16

Robert Redford?!?
Read more here - shorturl.at/kbyMi

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newsbeep.bsky.social @newsbeep.bsky.social · Aug 12

‘Looming over the city like gods’: the men who changed New York for better and worse | Books

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Jonathan Mahler didn’t plan to publish his new book about New York City from 1986 to 1990, tumultuous…

‘Looming over the city like gods’: the men who changed New York for better and worse | Books - News Beep

Jonathan Mahler didn’t plan to publish his new book about New York City from 1986 to 1990, tumultuous years culminating in a historic mayoral election, amid a

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Pat Carty @patcarty.bsky.social · Aug 14

As colourful and fascinating as the city it captures. I reviewed The Gods Of New York: The Tumultuous Eighties, from Donald Trump to the Tompkins Square Riots by Jonathan Mahler for the Irish Independent.

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‘Even his enemies admired his chutzpah’: How Trump became a God of New York in the 1980s

The back cover of this history of New York calls it “a real-life Bonfire of the Vanities”. Tom Wolfe’s bestselling 1987 novel about a bond trader who comes a cropper in a very serious way is also refe...

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 12

A new book by Jonathan Mahler, a writer for New York Times Magazine, argues that “luxury” New York was born in the turbulent years between 1986 and 1989

The four years when old New York died and a new one was born

Some of America’s most outlandish politicians also made their debuts in 1986-89

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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great piece by Jonathan Mahler today on how the forces that produced Mamdani have been building in NYC for decades--a backlash to the finance-driven economy that revived the city after the collapse of the 1970s. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Opinion | Mamdani’s Rise Marks the End of a Chapter in American History

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Nicholas Dawes @nicdawes.bsky.social · Jul 31

Summer reading is in the eye of the beholder, and this, from Jonathan Mahler, promises to be the perfect counterpoint to our current, weird
moment

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · Aug 1

The mayoral race of 1989, argues Jonathan Mahler in his new book, was the one that ushered in modern New York—and in 2025, its outlines are uncannily familiar.

The Mayoral Race of 1989 Looked a Lot Like This Year’s

The mayoral race of 1989, argues Jonathan Mahler in his new book, was the one that ushered in modern New York—and in 2025, its outlines are uncannily familiar.

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Stowe Boyd @stoweboyd.bsky.social · Aug 11

Jonathan Mahler | 'The vacancy rate for [NYC] rental housing is 1.4 percent — as low as it has been since 1968 — and the median asking rent of $3,491 has gone up more than 18 percent in the past five years.'

The system is rigged.

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Opinion | The Mamdani Moment Is About More Than You Realize

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Suze @suzeishreads.bsky.social · May 11

Diving into the muck of NYC is one of my favorite things. It’s gonna be a good week. #TheGodsOfNewYork #NetGalley #kindle #BookSky

Kindle showing the cover of a book titled “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1999.”

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FT Weekend @ftweekend.com · Aug 13

The Gods of New York — four fraught years that transformed the Big Apple on.ft.com/4myPHR2

The Gods of New York — four fraught years that transformed the Big Apple

A compelling portrait of the city argues that the ‘gladiatorial arena’ of egos in the late 1980s fractured its promise of a better life

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All About History @allabouthistory.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Playground of the rich, a hotbed of sex and crime, and a haven for refugees” Review: The Gods of New York - How a decade of turmoil shaped the Big Apple
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“Playground of the rich, a hotbed of sex and crime, and a haven for refugees” Review: The Gods of New York | All About History

New York has been many things throughout its history. As Jonathan Mahler recounts, during the 1980s the city underwent something of an identity crisis.

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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social · Aug 11

'The Gods of New York' examines a pivotal moment in New York City history

Author Jonathan Mahler joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990'.

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Nate Weisberg @nateweisberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Reviewed @jonathanmahler.bsky.social's endlessly entertaining new book about late '80s NYC. What Mahler uncovers is not just the city’s past, but the country’s political future, already well underway:

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The Gods of New York revisits the city’s turbulent late 1980s, charting how crime, race, spectacle, and sheer ambition reshaped the city

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Michael Santoli @michaelsantoli.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to start reading this excavation of '80s New York by my old friend Jon Mahler. For those of us who remember that time here, it's been hard to escape the way the characters and fights and media culture and preoccupations of those days still animate today's reality, for better and worse...

Jonathan Mahler @jonathanmahler.bsky.social · Aug 9

THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.

"The Gods of New York" by Jonathan Mahler - bold yellow text with a red shadow outline over a cityscape of New York City in the late 1980s.

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David Grann @davidgrann.bsky.social · Aug 12

It’s a great day for readers who love richly reported, rollicking history. Congrats to @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on his brilliant new book out today!

Jonathan Mahler @jonathanmahler.bsky.social · Aug 9

THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.

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