New York - Nightmare In The City that Never Sleeps Pt.1

[moneyilltee]

bbc has the best documentaries

[DaisyEnid7]

that happening right now the state is bankrupt and always nyc has to pay

[RDpapichulo]

that fiscal crisis is about to happen again, so everyone better start preparing.

[thegreeninferno]

NY was a real gruesome place in the 70's!

[dionreedsamurai]

well you know its bad when they play the omen music.

[roughcoat09]

Everybody learned about financial waste. Now someone tell teh Obama Administration.

[wiedep]

clip @ 7:31 is the s.f. bay bridge, not nyc...

[sbc2k1]

I DONT THINK SO...notice how all the bulidingss in the background are in new york---If it was SF than the Trans American Pyramid was invisible......

[binoyrakesh]

nope.. it is the brooklyn bridge.. the one in sf is much longer.. it is called the golden gate and it is painted RED in color.

[binoyrakesh]

it is the manhattan bridge, that runs almost parallel to the brookyn bridge, a little inland, on the same river(east river).

[johnnyspatula]

It was the Mafia

[MrMiles716]

thatswhy nyc went bankrupt because of the sanatition unions they were making more money than the teachers and all the immigrents that came over here to the imgridents of the 30swere hard workers the immigrents of thr 80s wanted welfare all thre time some of thr 80s immigrents were hard workers very few

[Felocoventura]

so you're saying you met absolutely every single immigrant in New York city in the 30's, and 80's, and they told you exactly what their intentions were?

[falkon14]

wow.. shocking

[maybesomedaybaby]

So was this just a big insurance scam like 911 was? AIG? Anyone?

[dotsetloops]

Thank you for posting this.

This documentary goes a lot more in depth than a lot of American Documentaries about the subject. PBS or the History Channel should pick this one up.

[TheRebel2007]

I remember all this. I was 11 years old. WCBS Ch.2 news called the looting and clashes with the police "the worst rioting since the '60's!"

Dear old mayor Abraham Beam's answer to the black-out was to blame the people of NYC!

[gopconservative78]

New York sucks and always will

[cartonhead]

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[kennyd241]

Many thanks for posting this documentary!

[bigdeneen]

i remember i was 7......

[Classic63]

Man I'll never forget that night ! It was hot

and humid. I couldn't sleep because of the humidity and the police sirens because of the looting.

[thegirl44]

@Classic63

"Man I'll never forget that night !"

I don't think that I will, either, but I often wonder what reminds me of it on normal nights like this?

I was a young college student who had come across country from San Bernardino, California. I spent the night in my neighbor's apartment to help her and her husband keep their 3 month old twins cool. All night long changing cool, wet rags and diapers not a breath of air in that building lol.

[2008ljr]

Here we are again Spend Spend Spend, because of Greed Greed Greed.

[danawadd]

Gawd, I was a kid growing up near Crotona Park [in the Bronx] when all this was happening. At the time, I couldn't understand why there were so many burnt-out tenements around me... documentaries like these put a spin on urban historical education.

[barryprima]

omg beware of niggers during blackouts

[syalala]

ok, NewYork is done, now it's the time for UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

YOU DONT WORK!!!!, YOU DONT GET PAY!!!!

too many lazy people in the US, i live in New York,

and i saw so many people don't go to work and just enjoying their advantages from government benefits.

trust me, those people can't live outside the US.

its not because i'm jealous, but i am sick of this...

the only person who can enjoy the government benefits is those disables.

[laurensadriaanse]

new york recovered splendidly from the 70s fiscal crisis

[Nyclassic2006]

I agree but don't be under the assumption that people getting assistance from the government can actually live off of it. On average 1 single person can get less than $117 a month. Who can live off of that? Yes, also food stamps but seriously the system pushes people to work anyhow. So you get about $117 or less and they force you to work doing anything they choose. Who in their right minds can keep that up? They are forced to just get a minimum wage job because that is even more money.

[IvorCrotty1]

For the love of god could they have not chosen different music for the opening - about as cliched as the idea of new York itself. Please no more Carmina Burana

[scottishlowoflow]

actually robert moses caused lots of problems

[alfaceandrice]

Walfare state is the way, BUT you can start or improve it in times of financial crisis.

[samynonthegreen]

Oh my god the things that led to this decay are exactly the same things that Obama wants to implement nationally. When will the Obama riots begin?

[broxboy86]

its not that simple, u gotta take care of your people to a degree, welfare works in europe, it didnt work in 1970s new york. but you gotta help people when they need it. although i have to say people seriously abuse the welfare system in the uk

[hrbear]

There is a documentary about New York City which is really really amazing. I don't remember if published by the BBC, History Channel or Discovery Channel. Search, and you may find it. It covers the city's foundation history, the political movements the park, the bridge, everything. I watched it at TV there are many parts of it.

[SouthSideSoul]

Where are the remaining parts. It would be nice to watch the complete set.

[dermotlondon]

The remaining parts will be up just as soon as I get time! Unfortunately this won't be til after Christmas...

[rjjjohn]

Need Part 2!!

[johnstum]

id love a second part :)

[payless1981]

where's part 2?