The Mayor Comes Over for Cannoli

This chapter looks at the de Blasio administration's active opposition to Daniel Garodnick's plan of homeownership for Stuyvesant Town. It emphasizes Garodnick's effort to persuade the mayor and his team that his plan of ownership made the most sense for the city. It also recounts how Mayor Bloomberg stayed on the sidelines back in 2006, signaling to MetLife and prospective bidders that it was simply a private transaction with no role for the city to play. The chapter details Garodnick's conversation with Emma Wolfe, one of the mayor's senior advisers, where he explained why it was important for the new mayor to do something in support of the tenants of Stuy Town in a more public way. It mentions Garodnick's hope that the new mayor connects his initiative with the plight of Stuy Town and the fight to save the largest middle-class rental property in America.