The folk music riot foreshadowed the rise of two future mayors

Evidence

The event’s significance may be gauged in that two future mayors were involved. Ed Koch was a lawyer for the protestors; John Lindsay, the liberal Republican congressman, sent a telegram of support. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 301

Categorization

• XREF: The future-mayor thread connects to broader claims about the Village’s political significance in the book’s two-part structure.