Research Tools - Political City
Below you will find tools
available to examine the people and events
that affected New York's political arena.
Mayors
Online archival collections of
recent New York City mayors:
Mayors Post-Consolidation Biographical information for mayors elected after the five-borough consolidation of 1898.
Edward Koch Oral History Interview Columbia University's Oral History Research Office 1975-1976 interview with the then U.S. Representative Edward I. Koch.
Kefauver Committee Report Highlights some of Mayor William O'Dwyer's (1946-1950) dealings with underworld figures.
Gracie Mansion Learn more about the home of New York City mayors.
- Rudolph Giuliani (1994-2001)
- Edward Koch (1978-1989)
- Abraham Beame (1974-1977)
- Robert Wagner (1954-1965)
- Fiorello LaGuardia (1934-1945)
Mayors Post-Consolidation Biographical information for mayors elected after the five-borough consolidation of 1898.
Edward Koch Oral History Interview Columbia University's Oral History Research Office 1975-1976 interview with the then U.S. Representative Edward I. Koch.
Kefauver Committee Report Highlights some of Mayor William O'Dwyer's (1946-1950) dealings with underworld figures.
Gracie Mansion Learn more about the home of New York City mayors.
City Council & Board of Estimate
The Council of the City of New York Collection Searchable archive of documents and photographs from the New York City Council.
Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris (No. 87-1022) Read the 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring one of the major parts of New York City's government unconstitutional.
First City Council Speaker Peter Vallone speaks at CUNY Baruch about his experience in the council. Vallone was narrowly elected the first City Council Speaker largely by the vote of City Council Member Robert Dryfoos (D-Manhattan), an action with which his Manhattan delegation colleagues were not pleased.
The King of Queens Is Dead A brief account from Time and from the Queens Tribune of the Parking Violations Bureau scandal that led to the 1986 suicide of Queens Borough President Donald Manes.
Organizational Chart View the entire New York City government in one massive flowchart.
Political History
The Last Of The Big-Time Bosses: The Life
and Times of Carmine De Sapio and the Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall
Read the full text of the 1971 book by Warren Moscow.
Before the Five-Borough City The New York Genealogical and Biographical society offers maps of local wards, towns, cities, and counties before the consolidation of New York City in 1898.
Video Clip of Shirley Chisholm U.S. Representative (D-Brooklyn), announces her candidacy for President of the United States at a press conference on January 25, 1972.
The Political Battle to Build the World Trade Center Reprinted from the Winter 1990/1991 Portfolio: A Quarterly Review of Trade and Transportation.
Burr-Hamilton Duel Learn more about Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton from the Weehawken Historical Commission.
Robert Moses' Reaction to Robert Caro's The Power Broker Read Moses' 23-page letter reacting to the critical biography.
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Before the Five-Borough City The New York Genealogical and Biographical society offers maps of local wards, towns, cities, and counties before the consolidation of New York City in 1898.
Video Clip of Shirley Chisholm U.S. Representative (D-Brooklyn), announces her candidacy for President of the United States at a press conference on January 25, 1972.
The Political Battle to Build the World Trade Center Reprinted from the Winter 1990/1991 Portfolio: A Quarterly Review of Trade and Transportation.
Burr-Hamilton Duel Learn more about Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton from the Weehawken Historical Commission.
Robert Moses' Reaction to Robert Caro's The Power Broker Read Moses' 23-page letter reacting to the critical biography.
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