Between 1986 and 1990, New York City seemed to be on the rebound from the fiscal collapse of the 1970s. But beneath the surface, the city was coming apart at the seams. Racial conflict, the AIDS epidemic, widening inequality, media sensationalism and political realignment were tearing at its civic fabric. Out of that turbulence, the modern city we know today was born. Join acclaimed author and journalist Jonathan Mahler for a discussion of this pivotal era as chronicled in his latest book, “The Gods of New York.”