About
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Cast
Oscar Isaac
as Nick Wasicsko
Catherine Keener
as Mary Dorman
Alfred Molina
as Henry J. Spallone
Bob Balaban
as Leonard B. Sand
Peter Riegert
as Oscar Newman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Norma O'Neal
Carla Quevedo
as Nay Noe Wasicsko
Jon Bernthal
as Michael H. Sussman
Ilfenesh Hadera
as Carmen Febles
Natalie Paul
as Doreen Henderson
Michael Stahl-David
as Jim Surdoval
Winona Ryder
as Vinni Restiano
Jim Belushi
as Angelo Martinelli
Terry Kinney
as Peter Smith
Dominique Fishback
as Billie Rowan
Jessica Denson
as Gail Wasicko
Jeff Lima
as John Santos, Jr.
McKinley Belcher III
as Dwayne Meeks
Jim Bracchitta
as Nick Longo
Saverio Guerra
as Neil DeLuca
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Part 1
Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over his new administration.
Part 2
All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers watch and wait as the white residents of East Yonkers make clear just how opposed they are.
Part 3
Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political costs to Wasicsko become apparent.
Part 4
A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out of power as construction of the townhomes begins.
Part 5
Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.
Part 6
A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is recruited to serve the incoming residents in a way that even she finds startling. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicko begins the long road back to political viability even as the residents take possession of their new townhomes. But in the end, a second act for the wounded young politician proves elusive.
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