Setting the Tone

Abstract

This chapter recounts how the citizens of New York elected Michael Bloomberg to the city's highest office, two months after the 9/11 attack. It talks about why New Yorkers voted for a highly successful businessman and well-known philanthropist during that uncertain time. It also mentions Bloomberg's innovative technology business that he has built for the twenty-first century, which brought to the mayor's office years of management and planning experience. The chapter elaborates how Bloomberg's mayoralty would combine his private world of business with the public world of government. It highlights two things that Bloomberg prioritized in the first one hundred days: Setting the correct tone and picking a good team.