Ed Koch
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Edward Irving Koch was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. A popular figure, Koch rode t
Koch in 1988
Koch served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977.
President Ronald Reagan presenting Ed Koch and other New York leaders, including Governor Mario Cuomo, with a check for Westway Project Funds, September 1981
Koch giving interview to WABC-TV in 1981
Abraham Beame
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Abraham David Beame was an English-born American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who served from 1974 to 1977 as the 105th mayor of New York City. Beame presided over the city du
Ed Koch
…he began by cutting spending and taxes and cutting 7,000 employees from the city payroll. He was the city's second Jewish mayor after his predecessor Abraham Beame. He crossed party lines to endorse Rudy Giuliani for mayor of New York City in 1993, Al D'Amato for Senate in 1998, Michael Bloomberg for mayor of New…
Beame in 1974
Beame tours the South Bronx with President Jimmy Carter and HUD Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris in 1977