MEDIA KIT FOR FIRE, FLOODS, & TAXICABS BY JEFF ROTH
TITLE
Fire, Floods, & Taxicabs: Taking a Bite out of Big Apple Bureaucracy
by Jeff Roth
MEDIA CONTACT
Ashley Marcos ashley@elkordyglobal.com
Table of Contents
PART I: A PROCESS ROADMAP
1. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE......................................... 21
2. DEFINE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO ....................49
3. PLAN THE ROUTE...................................................... 65
4. STAY ON THE PATH................................................... 95
5. TRACK AND SHARE YOUR PROGRESS .............127
6. CLOSE THE LOOP......................................................141
PART II: COMMON CHALLENGES
7. HIGH-IMPACT TEAMS ...............................................161
8. GOVERNMENT STARTUP........................................193
9. KNOCKOUT.................................................................213
10. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...............................235
an Excerpt from the introduction
“Two Firefighters Are Dead in Deutsche Bank Fire,” read the headline following the tragic fire at Ground Zero (Rivera and Santos 2007). Less than ninety days into my position in city government, I was assigned to review the interagency operations of the principal city departments responsible for regulating the teardown of the Deutsche Bank Building, which had been damaged beyond repair in the World Trade Center attacks. Something had gone wrong during the teardown, and a fire had broken out, leading to the death of two firefighters. A city demanded answers.
“This cannot happen again,” said my boss. That was the start of my nearly fifteen years in NYC government, during which I worked on some of the toughest, most complex issues. It was everything I wanted: the chance to have an impact and make real, positive change in my city. I was fresh out of graduate school and excited to apply my skills to public policy, but I soon ran into a formidable foe: bureaucracy.
Change is difficult...
That’s where you are: stepping into the fray for the first time. You are just starting to experience the romance of government—running across the street with printed presentations under your arm for a meeting with city hall decision-makers or to appear before a city council hearing. You are part of an engine that impacts people’s lives. But perhaps you’re also experiencing your first pangs of disillusionment as well.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Jeff Roth
Jeff Roth is an author, speaker, and public leader whose career spans over 15-years in city government where he worked on some of the most complex and challenging policy questions facing big-cities today. From flood mitigation and emergency management, to fire and life safety, to taxi regulation on the streets of New York, Jeff learned every day in the massive laboratory of city government how to get things done. His work was noted in Crain’s New York Business class of 2014 Forty under Forty, it’s annual list of the most talented, driven and dynamic professionals under the age of 40 working in New York City.
Additionally, Jeff has served for over 25-years in the U.S. Army National Guard earning the rank of colonel where he was activated to respond to oversee Joint Task Force Empire Shield, Superstorm Sandy in New York City, and for two deployments overseas. He holds a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, a master’s degree in public policy and urban planning from Harvard Universitym and a bachelor of arts from James Madison College at Michigan State University.
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