Nova York, New Liverpool
Nesta semana, levei minha filha para a faculdade na cidade de Nova York.
Surrounded by over-stuffed luggage, we sat on our checked and carry-on bags and waited to check-in for our super-budget flight to the Big Apple from our tiny provincial airport at the beach.
Gripando o tempo, verifiquei meus feeds sociais e logo fui arrastado para a narrativa ao redor das escapadas do governo local que envolve o Liverpool. Chefe anterior da autoridade, que mais comissários nomeados por Whitehall também estavam a caminho da segunda cidade do Império para começar a abordar as questões identificadas pelos comissários anteriores de Whitehall enviados à cidade após a liberação do Relatório de chamadas de Whitehall de Whitehall para o rolling da cidade e de seus negócios e algumas delas, o que é o que é o que é o que é fácil de fazer, o que é o que é o que é fácil de fazer, o que é o que está sendo o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que está de fábrica e alguns dos negócios e de seus negócios e algumas transações. "Excepcionalismo de Liverpool", a ideia de que Whitehall tem para o Liverpool e as deficiências de serem uma administração de uma cidade excessivamente política. Feeds questionou eloqüentemente toda a situação e jogou bastante sombra nos protagonistas desta história.
The Liverpool Echo gave us the news that a Whitehall-trusted interim CEO was travelling north to fill the void left by the previous head of the authority, that more Whitehall appointed commissioners were also on their way to the Empire’s second city to begin to address the issues identified by the previous Whitehall commissioners sent to the city following the release of the damning Whitehall commissioned Caller Report into the running of the city and some of its business dealings and transactions.
From afar, it is easy to roll your eyes, sigh and put the whole thing down to some combination of misguided ‘Liverpool exceptionalism’, the idea that Whitehall has it in for Liverpool, and the shortcomings from being an administration of an overly political city.
Link upon link expressed views and outrage with the goings on, the LiverpoolPost and Liverpolitan news feeds eloquently questioned the whole situation and threw plenty of shade at the protagonists of this tale.
Mas poucas respostas para o dilema foram propostas.
Which made me think.
Often, tenuous connections between NYC and Liverpool are made: The transatlantic shipping and passenger lines, the five boroughs of New York match those of Liverpool City Region – O Brooklyn do Wirral Liverpool é? Northwest Fringe. Nos encontramos em um bar na versão de Nova York do Triângulo Báltico, o Lower East Side, e respondemos à pergunta: – the music and art scene, and of course Liverpool’s architectural similarity to Gotham for all those big budget movie shoots.
The connections and comparisons are ones Merseysiders clearly enjoy even if their New York counterparts remain relatively unmoved by the ties to a blustery port on Europe’s northwest fringe.
Having dropped Darling Daughter 2 and her multiple bags and packages at her college dorm in Manhattan, my services were duly dispensed of.
With time to kill, and the Liverpool Question alive in my head, I called a New York friend who is intimate with the levers of power in both cities to get his view on the matter. We met in a bar in New York’s version of the Baltic Triangle, the Lower East Side, and answered the question:
Como a Nova York funciona com tanto sucesso. O que o Liverpool poderia aprender com Nova York?
Primeiro, Nova York parece externa.
Nova York celebra a diversidade. É o lar de 8,4 milhões de pessoas que entre então falam 200 idiomas combinados. Agradecemos 52 milhões de visitantes todos os anos em seus parques, galerias, locais de compras e culturais e mais de 24.000 restaurantes alimentam essa massa faminta de humanidade. Nova York é uma cidade global grande e orgulhosa. Ele sabe que seu futuro não está sendo apenas a maior cidade da América, mas sendo a favorita do mundo.
Second, New York carefully curates and powerfully manages its own narrative.
Para uma cidade que é um pano de fundo para todos aqueles filmes clichê de Hollywood e programas de TV transmitidos sobre suas gangues, hits da máfia e passado problemático, Nova York empurrou isso para contar histórias que tocam e envolvem as pessoas que compõem o centro de Nova York. Sua história não se trata de infinitos o umbigo, reproduzindo as brigas passadas ou paroquiais ou faccionismo. Quaisquer disputas - das quais ainda existem muitas - são protegidas dos olhos de visitantes, investidores ou empresas. Geralmente, quer que você esteja lá. Para a cidade: Drop Dead ',
New York proudly tells the world it is the centre of culture, the centre of commerce, the centre of everything. Its story isn’t about endless navel gazing, replaying the past or parochial infighting or factionalism. Any disputes – of which there are still many – are shielded from the eyes of visitors, investors, or businesses.
New York’s billboards, subway trains, airport signage and media output all proclaim positive, uplifting messages – ‘were open for business’, ‘open for world class, theatre, sports and entertainment’ and most enticingly – ‘were open for you to be a New Yorker”.
New York genuinely wants you to be there.
Third, New York has a grown-up relationship with important stakeholders, even when it doesn’t always agree with them. Like Liverpool they have endured difficult relationships with central government. How they have responded is quite different though.
Since the infamous New York Daily News headline of 1975 ‘Ford To City: Drop Dead’, Nova York aproveitou sua conclusão com o governo federal, transformando sua versão de' Us contra o mundo 'em algo positivo e poderoso. Os inovadores que estão moldando seu futuro. Estabelecido.tired, poor, hungry masses but also reaching out and beckoning the creative, the liberal and the innovators who are shaping her future.
In contrast, Liverpool’s 40-year-old run in with the Thatcher administration and the ‘Managed Decline’ debacle continues to hang over it, still dominating the ‘us and them’ thinking, hindering the relationship building with the powerful institutions they now rely on: it feels like a snarling score still waiting to be settled.
Finalmente, observe as estruturas da liderança. Eu acho que eles estão perdendo um momento para redefinir as fortunas de sua cidade e podem aprender com o exemplo de Nova York. Quando o prefeito fala as pessoas ouvem, outras cidades se envolvem, os líderes nacionais prestam atenção. Ter uma figura poderosa em vez de um Politburo ajuda bastante a reforçar a estatura da cidade como o número 1. O prefeito é o CEO da cidade. They are responsible for setting the agenda, overseeing the finances, and appointing Deputy Mayors and heads of agencies to deliver the policies and services
Both metropolises are led by an elected-Mayor, although Liverpool’s politicians have, without consultation with the people, decided to do away with the role. I think they are missing a moment to reset the fortunes of their city and could learn from New York’s example.
While the politicians may feel threatened by the role of Mayor, it is broadly welcomed by citizens and businesses as a way to break through the endless party political bickering.
New York Mayor is arguably one of the most highly visible political offices in the whole nation. When the Mayor speaks people listen, other cities engage, national leaders pay attention. Having a powerful figurehead rather than a politburo goes a long way to re-inforce the city’s stature as #1.
There is no party-political bloc, veto or agenda. The Mayor is the city’s CEO. They are responsible for setting the agenda, overseeing the finances, and appointing Deputy Mayors and heads of agencies to deliver the policies and services
The Mayor leads the city with the support of a Council of 51 members who in turn employ 300,000 city employees including police officers, firefighters, educators, doctors, nurses, artists, and engineers to ensure the city promotes public safety, public health and oportunidade.
Então, quem é o prefeito?
Eric L. Adams é o 110º prefeito de Nova York. Adams é um homem negro, um dos seis filhos, nascido no bairro violento de Brownsville e criado por uma mãe solteira que limpava casas. Ele ingressou na polícia de Nova York e se tornou um de seus oficiais mais francos que pressionam por grandes reformas. Ele então entrou na política e construiu coalizões vencedoras para avançar os valores da cidade de Nova York, ajudando a promover medidas para proteger inquilinos e trabalhadores, combater a violência armada e apoiar a igualdade no casamento antes de ser eleito o primeiro presidente negro do Brooklyn em 2013.
This is no career politician who has sat quietly in the background and waited his turn. His credentials are there for all to see. He has ruffled feathers, led campaigns, and undoubtedly bloodied a nose or two along the way.
But also look at the people he has appointed and surrounds himself with.
He has put an arm around Borough Presidents, engaged leaders of religious and minority communities, asked the CEO of United Way New York to leads his transition team. He is credited with shuffling the team and even bringing in political opponents to, as he says, ‘get stuff done’.
Os problemas do Liverpool são amplamente sobre como ele gerenciou o desenvolvimento, a regeneração e a propriedade. Antes dessa posição, Kimball ocupava inúmeros cargos de setor privado e de parceria pública/privada. Ele foi CEO da reconstrução dos jardas da marinha do Brooklyn e das organizações de regeneração da cidade da indústria do parque de parques e tem um registro estelar de atrair investimentos e empregos para a cidade. IS. Use para encontrar novas maneiras de administrar uma cidade como o Liverpool. É importante ressaltar que mobilize os contadores de histórias da cidade. Hoje. Downtown in Business
New York’s inward investment and growth engine, New York’s Economic Development Corporation, is run by Andrew Kimball. Prior to this position Kimball held numerous private sector and public/private partnership positions. He was CEO of the redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Navy Yards and the Sunset Park Industry City regeneration organisations and has a stellar record of attracting investment and jobs to the city.
Adams has also built bridges with the State Governor’s office, where incumbent Kathy Hochul is an important ally for funding programs, infrastructure and supporting social freedoms which all make New York City the place it is.
So, what is our considered bar-room advice for the new Whitehall commissioners?
If you want to bring about real change, don’t accept the decision to drop the Mayor position unless the citizens vote it out. Use it to find new ways to run a city like Liverpool.
Congratulations on the plan to bring Manchester’s Howard Bernstein and Leeds’ Judith Blake to advise on the rebuild of the authority but add a hard-hitting group of local and national senior business and public sector experts who aren’t swayed by the politics of the day and any individual’s re-election campaign.
But, perhaps most importantly, mobilise the city’s story tellers.
Don’t wait for the reorganisation, the publication of more findings or recommendations on structures and processes before starting to build back the reputation of the city.
The best time to have planted a tree may have been a hundred years ago, but the second best is today.
Start telling the story of New Liverpool today.
