In 1987, when Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office, Yonkers was in the middle of its worst crisis. Federal courts had ordered public housing to be built on the white, middle-class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter fight fueled by fear, racism, murder, and politics.
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In 1987, when Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office, Yonkers was in the middle of its worst crisis. Federal courts had ordered public housing to be built on the white, middle-class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter fight fueled by fear, racism, murder, and politics.
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