Stories about New York City | 60 Minutes Marathon
NYC Through the Decades: Infrastructure Resilience, Corruption Uncovered, and Cultural Shifts
Discover how New York navigated crises—from failing bridges and subway systems to rooting out deep union corruption—while simultaneously evolving its cultural identity in art, comedy, and social welfare.
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- Confront multi-billion dollar infrastructure decay across bridges, water lines, and subways, forcing large-scale emergency modernization projects.
- Uncover a massive corruption scheme within District Council 37 union, driven by a low-ranking parks department worker.
- Examine cultural transformations, including the shift toward high-art accessibility (The Met Opera) and changes in civil discourse (SNL).
- Witness the implementation of "Supportive Housing"—a cost-effective model for integrating formerly homeless citizens into city life.
This compilation of reports documents critical turning points for New York City across several decades. Readers gain insight into the daunting engineering challenges faced by the city, the civic battles against corruption and disorder, and the constant evolution of its unique, often contradictory, character.
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Top Comments (10)
Watched every story! This was so good and extremely informative. Would love to see updates on some of these stories.
0:11 Andy Rooney on the first Christmas in New York after 9/11 (2001) 3:12 The Big Apple (1997) 16:29 Historian David McCullough on the Brooklyn Bridge (2012) 19:09 New York is Falling Apart (1989) 32:43 Tunnel Number Three (2005) 45:31 The State of the Union: District Council 37 (1999) 57:39 Andy Rooney goes to the New York Boat Show (1984) 59:43 Sex and Mrs. Roseman (1988) 1:12:25 Andy Rooney on can collections (1991) 1:16:04 Grand Central (1990) 1:27:39 The New York City Subway (2018) 1:41:17 Harry Reasoner delivers a message from Andy Rooney about snow in the city (1969) 1:43:40 The Wrong Stuff with Tom Wolfe (1981) 1:54:54 Saturday Night Live (2004) 2:08:18 The New York Metropolitan Opera (2013) 2:21:54 Law and Disorder with Judge Judy (1993) 2:35:50 Miracle on 43rd Street (1997)
Now everyone is staring into their phones as they walk….hella annoying
NYC is always changing and that's called being alive❤
That 1997 report is so telling of the country we are today
This was many years ago!
God forbid crime is low.
I hate corporations and Disney I miss Gotham 😂❤
God I miss those classy old New Yorkers...
This year nobody at Xmas eve , nobody at new years eve but invoices and back pain!
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Top Comments (10)
Watched every story! This was so good and extremely informative. Would love to see updates on some of these stories.
0:11 Andy Rooney on the first Christmas in New York after 9/11 (2001) 3:12 The Big Apple (1997) 16:29 Historian David McCullough on the Brooklyn Bridge (2012) 19:09 New York is Falling Apart (1989) 32:43 Tunnel Number Three (2005) 45:31 The State of the Union: District Council 37 (1999) 57:39 Andy Rooney goes to the New York Boat Show (1984) 59:43 Sex and Mrs. Roseman (1988) 1:12:25 Andy Rooney on can collections (1991) 1:16:04 Grand Central (1990) 1:27:39 The New York City Subway (2018) 1:41:17 Harry Reasoner delivers a message from Andy Rooney about snow in the city (1969) 1:43:40 The Wrong Stuff with Tom Wolfe (1981) 1:54:54 Saturday Night Live (2004) 2:08:18 The New York Metropolitan Opera (2013) 2:21:54 Law and Disorder with Judge Judy (1993) 2:35:50 Miracle on 43rd Street (1997)
Now everyone is staring into their phones as they walk….hella annoying
NYC is always changing and that's called being alive❤
That 1997 report is so telling of the country we are today
This was many years ago!
God forbid crime is low.
I hate corporations and Disney I miss Gotham 😂❤
God I miss those classy old New Yorkers...
This year nobody at Xmas eve , nobody at new years eve but invoices and back pain!