'Show Me a Hero': How one mayor won (and lost) the ugliest fight in Yonkers

When you tout a TV miniseries with the names David Simon and Paul Haggis alongside such keywords as "public housing," "racial tension," "the late '80s," "Yonkers" and throw in what sounds to be most of Bruce Springsteen's back catalogue, it's understood that half the room will greet it with reverent enthusiasm. The other half might react as if they've just been handed a menu consisting only of kale. Is it really a six-part movie about the struggle to build 200 units of public housing?