Abraham David Beame was an American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who was the 104th mayor of New York City, in office from 1974 to 1977. As mayor, he presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy.
Beame in 1965
Beame tours the South Bronx with President Jimmy Carter and H.U.D. Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris in 1977
Baruch College is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch, the college operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs through the Zicklin School of Business, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.
The Free Academy
The original building on 23rd Street, known as the Lawrence and Eris Field Building, is still in use today.
The Newman Vertical Campus is home to the Zicklin School of Business and Weissman School of Arts and Sciences.
The Lawrence and Eris Field Building