Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize
The Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize is awarded annually to an exceptional work of scholarship that utilizes collections from LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, a repository of New York City history based at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens.
Established in 2024, the prize recognizes works from the past and present that have enriched the public’s understanding of New York City history.
LaGuardia Community College announces that the recipient of the Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize is Rutgers University Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert W. Snyder for When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers, published by Cornell University Press in 2025.
March 3, 2026
Previous Winners
2025
LaGuardia Community College announces that the recipient of the Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize is Columbia University historian Kim Phillips-Fein for
Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics, published by Metropolitan Books in 2017.
2024
LaGuardia Community College announces that the first recipient of the Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize is historian and journalist Terry Golway for
I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters, published by Macmillan in 2024.