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Every American City Needs a Richard Ravitch
28 Jul 2023 09:24 GMT
Mr. Russianoff, a Brooklyn native and Harvard Law graduate, could have gone into corporate law and made millions from leveraged buyouts. Instead, beginning in 1978, for $8,300 a year, he built a small but formidable coalition of regular people who, through …
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New York and New England People: July 2023
14 Jul 2023 20:39 GMT
… Kleinfelder.
Hudson Meridian Construction Group, New York City, says Steven Calicchio, who …
Richard Ravitch, 89, who led HRH Construction, New York City, and co-chaired the New York … . Ravitch also was lieutenant governor of New York in 2009 and was a …
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Dick Ravitch, New York’s fiscal superman
06 Jul 2023 14:34 GMT
… graffiti inside and out when Richard Ravitch, who died on June 25th … and bridges, he told the governor he was crazy to even … bankruptcy. Then he helped keep New York City from insolvency after it … 2009 he was asked by Governor David Paterson to be his …
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Richard Ravitch remembered as mentor, titan of New York civic life at funeral
29 Jun 2023 00:42 GMT
… of Richard Ravitch spoke of him in superlatives.
“He literally transformed New York,” Gov. Kathy … Know
Richard Ravitch, the former lieutenant governor, MTA chairman and a titan of New York … as lieutenant governor when he was appointed by then-Gov. David …
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When Unions Saved New York City From Bankruptcy
29 Jun 2023 00:47 GMT
NEW YORK, NY - Richard Ravitch at The Museum of … 29, 2013. Ravitch helped New ... [+] York City avoid bankruptcy by … FilmMagic
The death of New York’s Richard Ravitch, a legendary civic and … vigorous private sector unions, New York and other cities mostly …
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When Richard Ravitch and the Unions Saved New York
28 Jun 2023 07:05 GMT
… evening of Oct. 16, Richard Ravitch, a real-estate developer who … to a call from the governor, Hugh Carey, who asked … and the governor was essentially asking him to save New York City. Ravitch … and the notion that New York was interchangeable with Greenwich …
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Richard Ravitch, lifelong New Yorker who tackled ’70s fiscal crisis and ’80s subway insolvency, dies at a Manhattan hospital at 89
27 Jun 2023 22:57 GMT
Richard Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader known … with Gov. Mario Cuomo, but remained an influential figure in New York, leading … statement, Gov. Kathy Hochul described Ravitch as “a titan of New York’s …
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The Life and Times of Richard Ravitch
27 Jun 2023 17:59 GMT
… The New York Times, host of CUNY-TV's “The New York Times … the life of New Yorker Richard Ravitch, who died Sunday. He helped … MTA and served as lieutenant governor of the state.
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Primary Day Exit Poll; Climate Change in NJ Schools; Life and Times of Richard Ravitch; Supreme Court Opinion Day
27 Jun 2023 13:01 GMT
… 39;s show:
All 51 New York City Council members are up … urban affairs correspondent at The New York Times where he hosts … New York Times Close Up”, talks about the life of New Yorker Richard Ravitch … MTA and served as lieutenant governor of the state.
Elie …
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Richard Ravitch, Civic ‘Titan’ and Leader Who Rescued NYC in the 1970s, Dies at 89
27 Jun 2023 06:48 GMT
Richard Ravitch, former New York Lieutenant Governor and Metropolitan Transportation Authority … New Yorker writes, then-Gov. Hugh Carey summoned Ravitch … purchase the bonds. The NY Times recalls that Ravitch … according to a 1982 NY Times report, garnering praise …