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5 Nat'l Mun. Rev. 24 (1916)
Mayor Mitchel's Administration of the City of New York

handle is hein.journals/natmnr5 and id is 50 raw text is: MAYOR MITCHEL'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY HENRY BRUkRE1 NEW YORK'S PRESENT GOVERNMENT THE PRODUCT OF YEARS OF WORK THE Mitchel administration in New York is not an episode. It is the result of ten years' rebuilding of city government and prolonged education of the New York public in the merits of better government. Mr. Mitchel has not electrified New York with revo- lutionary changes in the organization and character of its government. He has gratified New York by his exceptional success in doing the right thing in the right way both at the outset of his administration and as each successive emergency has arisen. New York's present adminis- tration promises to be the climax of a period of progressive, hard-won transition and the beginning of a period of revolutionary change in the government of the city. HIS GENERAL CONTRIBUTION Mr. Mitchel and his associates have now had nearly two years of opportunity and power. In this time his administration has demon- strated its character and quality, and given assurance of the permanent contribution it will make to the city's welfare. It has given the city a government of a non-partisan character. It has emphasized the pro- fessional character of municipal administration by seeking qualified experts for executive positions. It has brought to the forefront the social welfare aspects of government activity, and given emphatic and con- tinuing emphasis to economy and efficiency. The administration has not had presented to it, nor has it created an opportunity for general popular appeal. It has kept itself in the position of recognizing from week to week and month to month the obligation it assumed on entering office 'to conduct the affairs of the city government with efficiency and to devote the resources of the city exclu- sively to public welfare. New York, accustomed for years to political pharisaism has responded with remarkable enthusiasm to political sincerity. Unanimously, the disinterested press of the city has stood squarely behind the adminis- tration, no scandals having arisen to shake the public faith in the pur- 'Chamberlain of the City of New York, formerly director of the New York Bu- reau of Municipal Research. 24

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