Fred Siegel

Fred Siegel is a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute (a center-left think tank closely affiliated with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council) who focuses on urban policy and politics. He also serves as a professor of history and the humanities at Cooper Union and is a contributor to numerous publications, including The New York Post (where he has a weekly column), The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Commonwealth and Tikkun.

In the past he has served as the political advisor to several political candidates in New York City, including former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. He is also the author of several books, including The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life and The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities.

He is the father of writer and editor Harry Siegel.

External links

* [http://www.cooper.edu/humanities/bio_siegel.html Cooper Union Faculty Page] Professional Biography
* [http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=87&subsecID=112&contentID=252123 The Progressive Policy Institute] Brief professional biography.
* [http://www.city-journal.org/author_index.php?author=195 City Journal] Archive of Fred Siegel essays.
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/siegel200506220755.asp Q&A on Fred Siegel & Rudy Giuliani on National Review Online] Interview with NRO editors.
* [http://citiesonahill.org CitiesonaHill.org] Blog on Urban Affairs co-written by Fred and Harry Siegel.
* [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/contentions/index.php/author/siegel/ Contentions] Blog Posts by Siegel for Commentary Magazine.
* [http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/siegel.htm Manhattan Institute] Seigel's Collection of writings for the Manhattan Institute
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-siegel Huffington Post Page] Siegel's Collection of Writings for the Huffington Post