Fred Siegel is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Civic Innovation, a City Journal contributing editor, and is an expert on market-friendly public-policy solutions for urban governance. He has made his intellectual home at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City for over twenty years. Before joining the faculty of Cooper Union, Mr. Siegel was a visiting professor of Modern American History at the University of Paris. He has also taught at Columbia University, Queens College, and Empire State College.

In the 1990s, Mr. Siegel was a major intellectual force in the revitalization of declining American cities in the 1990s. As a senior advisor to Rudolph Giuliani's 1993 mayoral campaign, he wrote one of Mr. Giuliani's path-breaking speeches on quality of life. He was also one of the original editors of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.

Mr. Siegel is author of The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life (Encounter Books 2005), which received a cover review in The New York Times Book Review. His previous book, The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A. and the Fate of America's Big Cities (Encounter Books 1997), was named by Peter Jennings as one of the 100 most important books about the United States in the 20th century. His articles and commentary frequently appear in publications including The New Republic, The Atlantic, The Public Interest, Commentary, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dissent, The Weekly Standard, and The Washington Post. He is editor of Urban Society, a collection of the best articles on urban issues. Mr. Siegel lives with his wife, Jan Rosenberg, in Brooklyn, New York.

Articles/Op-eds

• The Obama Way National Review, 05-05-08
• Our Next Governor By Fred Siegel and Harry Siegel, The New York Sun, 03-13-08
• Gov. Longshot? New York Post, 03-11-08
• Their Friend, the State Wall Street Journal, 01-04-08
• Street-cleaning in Philly Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 08-01-07
• In '08 campaign, it's the global economy, stupid New York Daily News, 07-08-07
• A French Rudy New York Post, 05-07-07
• Rudy's Chances, A four-part debate featuring Fred Siegel, The New Republic Online, February 26-29, 2007
       Day 1, Michael Tomasky
       Day 2, Fred Siegel

Books:

• The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life (Encounter Books 2005)