Product Information of Show Me a Hero Season 1 DVD

Actors: Various
Directors: Various
Format: Color, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region Free
Number of discs: 3
Studio: HBO Studios
DVD Release Date: 2016

Summary of Show Me a Hero Season 1 DVD

New York Secretary of State Gail Shaffer was appointed by then governor Mario Cuomo as the chair of the Yonkers Emergency Financial Control Board, which was in charge of the city's finances in 1988 as the fines reduced all city services and the city became bankrupt.The Housing Education Relocation Enterprise (H.E.R.E.) was a community-based organization that supported the tenants moving into the scattered-site public housing.Wasicsko's wife, Nay Wasicsko-McLaughlin, who worked at City Hall during the time of the conflict, was a consultant on the show.Wasicsko-McLaughlin met with Isaac, which Isaac said was vital to the story.In addition to the Yonkers City Council members and other local politicians, two groups took opposing sides on the issue: Save Yonkers Federation, led by Jack O'Toole, who were anti-desegregation and voted to defy the federal order,Show Me a Hero Season 1 DVD and the Citizens and Neighbors Organized to Protect Yonkers ("Canopy"), who supported the court order.