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  1. Show Me a Hero is a 2015 American miniseries based on the 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by former New York Times writer Lisa Belkin about Yonkers mayor (1987–89) Nick Wasicsko. [1] [2] Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development ...

  2. Show Me a Hero: With Oscar Isaac, Natalie Paul, Carla Quevedo, Peter Riegert. Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.

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    • 2015-08-16
    • Drama, History
    • 60
  3. Part 3. Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote. 4. Part 4. A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. 5. Part 5. Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened ...

  4. The Real-Life Heartbreaking Tragedy Behind HBO’s David Simon Series, ‘Show Me A Hero’. David Simon’s latest six-hour miniseries, Show Me a Hero, directed by Paul Haggis, was an important ...

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  6. Overview. Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics. David Simon. Creator. Oscar Isaac.

  7. Scott Fitzgerald. Based on the true story of the development of low-income housing in Yonkers, New York in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” is the TV event of the Summer, a mini-series that plays like a great American novel or a lost Sidney Lumet movie. Over six hours, writer/creator David Simon (“The Wire ...

  8. Show Me a Hero is a 2015 American miniseries based on the 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by former New York Times writer Lisa Belkin about Yonkers mayor Nick Wasicsko. Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers, New York, and how the tension of the situation affected ...

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