Running a city mirrors running a business in almost every way, and no company has more employees, a bigger budget, more shareholders (citizens), a larger market cap (the total value of its assets) or more challenges than New York City.
In 1975, President Gerald Ford made headlines nationwide with his quote: "Ford to City: Drop Dead." But today, New York is bustling with industry, tourists, new wealth, fresh skyscrapers, better schools, a family-friendly tourist trade, more jobs, and its lowest crime rate in thirty years. New York is an extraordinary comeback story -- and it is because of the leadership of its most famous citizen, Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
