Neil Demause: 2 books
The Brooklyn Wars
The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York's Most Celebrated Borough
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change.
In The Brooklyn Wars, masterful...
Field of Schemes
How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into Private Profit, Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Field of Schemes is a play-by-play account of how the drive for new sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires who own sports franchises have seen the value of their assets soar under this scheme, taxpayers, urban...