This part of the book was mainly about the New Deal and how both La Guardia and Roosevelt contributed to saving society from the crisis at the time. What mainly caught my attention was how each of them had a specific goal and viewpoint when coming into office. Automatically, La Guardia focused on restoring credit since he believed ” a city simply cannot do the things it would like to do unless financially able.” I agree with this statement, the city needs money in order to prosper and produce more capital. Roosevelt’s main focus was “putting people to work.” He even desired to move workers out of the city and into the countryside. This once again shows his childhood preceding in his later life. Together, the two, along with other figures such as Robert Moses, built up infrastructure in addition to  political stability and economy. In doing so, they linked the five boroughs together to form a greater state. Overall, I can’t help but wonder, would the city be able to overcome the Great Depression if someone else was in office at that time. Even though this situation is viewed as negative, the book gives off a positive view since the end result, due to the efforts of these figures, made the city so prosperous.