But if she is to align herself with the economic successes of those years then she must also claim ownership of less attractive elements of its legacy.
Mr. Bloomberg, who has indicated that he will not step down from the foundation when his term as mayor expires at the end of next year, has come to view the memorial and museum as key elements of his legacy.
On Tuesday, voters will take the first big step toward choosing a successor to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a contest that has increasingly turned on crucial elements of his legacy on public safety and income inequality.
While all of the elements of his legacy, including winning the Cold War, bringing about morning in America and restoring America to its greatness, can, and indeed must, be challenged, it remains true that in death, Reagan is above reproach.
For Mr. Bloomberg, the layoffs risk derailing a key element of his legacy: the progress of New York City schools.
President Obama, who regards tackling climate change as a central element of his legacy, spoke of the deal in a televised address from the White House.
But they say that this element of his legacy, which drew on Italy's traditional gender roles and pushed them to grotesque extremes in the form of "bunga bunga" soirées and barely clad television showgirls, will be difficult to overcome.
The Democratic blockade of the measure intensifies a long-simmering conflict with the president, who has made securing trade deals a key element of his legacy and his final two years in office.
In politics, Victor L. Ehrenberg argues that a basic element of Pericles' legacy is Athenian imperialism, which denies true democracy and freedom to the people of all but the ruling state.
