Siegel served as the political advisor to several political candidates in New York City, including former Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani. He was the author of several books, including The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life and The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities.
Siegel was the father of writer and editor
Harry Siegel. Fred Siegel died from complications relating to a series of infections in
Brooklyn, New York, on May 7, 2023, at the age of 78.[2]
Selected publications
Siegel, Frederick F. (1984) Troubled journey : from Pearl Harbor to Ronald Reagan. Hill and Wang, New York
ISBN9780809094431
“Is Archie Bunker Fit to Rule? Or: How
Immanuel Kant Became One of the Founding Fathers”.
Telos 69 (Fall 1986). New York:
Telos Press.