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Feb 10, 2001 · Abraham D. Beame, an accountant and clubhouse Democrat who climbed the gray ranks of municipal bookkeeping and confounded oddsmakers to become mayor of New York in the mid-1970's, only to spend ...
Feb 16, 2001 · NEW YORK — Abraham Beame, the first Jewish mayor of New York, died Saturday at 94 of complications from open-heart surgery. The son of Polish Jewish immigrants who grew up on the Lower East Side and attended City College, Beame was mayor between 1974 and 1977. His tenure was plagued by New York City's worst fiscal crisis.
Jul 25, 2013 · When New York Teetered on the Brink of Bankruptcy. Gov. Hugh L. Carey speaking to reporters in 1975 about New York City's financial crisis as Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, listened. Mr. Carey wanted the city to avoid falling into bankruptcy, a decision that Mr. Beame came close to declaring. One by one, guests on the multi-tiered dais of the ...
Apr 16, 2013 · (Photo by Peter Keegan/Getty Images) On a Tuesday in mid-May of 1975, Abraham Beame and Hugh Carey—New York City’s mayor and governor—arrived at the White House to meet with President Gerald ...
Feb 12, 2001 · Beame, who died Saturday at the age of 94, fought tenaciously to save the city from bankruptcy, cutting back services while striving to preserve New York's traditional approach to social welfare ...
Feb 10, 2001 · NEW YORK (CNN) -- Abraham Beame, New York's first Jewish mayor, died Saturday at age 94. Beame died at 10:52 a.m., a spokeswoman for New York University Medical Center said Saturday.
Feb 10, 2001 · NEW YORK (CNN) -- Abraham Beame, New York's first Jewish mayor, died Saturday at age 94. Beame died at 10:52 a.m., a spokeswoman for New York University Medical Center said Saturday.
