Actually, Lindsay won reelection. He lost the Republican primary and then won the three way race against Republican John Marchi and conservative democrat (there were those at one time)Mario Procaccino. Procaccino actually coined the term “limousine liberal” in that campaign.
Lindsay at the local level laid the groundwork for today’s national game plan by the socialist left- he won minorities, highly educated, and extremely wealthy while the working classes- paying the taxes-who still had impassable roads a week after the snow in the outer boroughs-split their vote between the Republican and conservative Democrat.
Thanks for the correction. The infamous “Lindsay Snowstorm” struck on my 2nd birthday so everything I know of these events is second-hand. Am I right that Lindsay made a big show of marching his entire administration over to the city clerk’s office to change his political affiliation from Republican to Democrat?