Saving Gotham : a billionaire mayor, activist doctors, and the fight for eight million lives / Tom Farley.
By: Farley, Tom (Tom Alexander) [author.].
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Edition: First edition.Description: viii, 310 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393071245 (hardcover).Subject(s): Public health -- New York (State) -- New York | Medical policy -- New York (State) -- New York | Chronic diseases -- New York (State) -- New York -- Prevention | Health Policy -- New York City -- Personal Narratives | Public Health -- methods -- New York City -- Personal Narratives | Chronic Disease -- prevention & control -- New York City -- Personal Narratives | Environmental Health -- New York City -- Personal Narratives | Preventive Health Services -- New York City -- Personal NarrativesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA448.N5 F37 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009154 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Things are going to get really exciting" -- "I need a one pager on lives saved" -- "I thought, this nutrition stuff is so controversial..." -- "We were failing and we didn't know why, and we had to succeed." -- "Are you sure this will save lives?" -- "I just went on a field trip to Dunkin' Donuts." -- "Now, for the first time ever, she could see for herself." -- "There's no doubt our kids drink way too much soda." -- "In the end, it's just ketchup." -- "All I could think of was, welcome to New York" -- "They can't even be bothered to sue us?" -- "We were outgunned." -- "Would you like us to say, 'That's not our responsibility'?" -- "We are in a coalition with major food companies for one reason only; that is, access to power." -- "They always had two nuclear weapons." -- "I hear that your Mayor wants to ban soda!" -- "The NSRI's success is far from guaranteed" -- "This is an attack on small business." -- "It keeps me up at night." -- "That is, ultimately, government's highest duty.".