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- The new Mayor of the richest and most troubled city in the world, Abraham D. Beame, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and 67 years old.
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Abraham David Beame ( né Birnbaum; March 20, 1906 – February 10, 2001) [2] was an American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who was the 104th mayor of New York City, in office from 1974 to 1977. [3] As mayor, he presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare ...
Nov 18, 1973 · The new Mayor of the richest and most troubled city in the world, Abraham D. Beame, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and 67 years old. Apart from these two handicaps, if that's what they are, the...
Beame was the personal accountant for political leader Irwin Steingut and was a member of the Madison Democratic Club in Crown Heights before serving two terms as city comptroller. He made his first run for mayor in 1965. Abraham was the Democratic party nominee that year, but lost to Republican candidate John V. Lindsay.
Feb 14, 2001 · 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...
Feb 14, 2001 · About 600 people crowded into the Park East Synagogue on East 67th Street for the one-hour-and-15-minute funeral of Abraham D. Beame, who died on Saturday at the age of 94.
Abe Beame. Noteworthy People of Richmond Hill, NY. Abe Beame was born Abraham D. Beame in London, England in 1906 and immigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He began his career in government as a clerk and auditor for the New York City Comptroller's office. He later served as budget director for the city, and in 1965 he was ...
Feb 13, 2001 · New York’s first Jewish mayor dies. By Peter Ephross February 13, 2001 10:00 am. Advertisement. NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (JTA) Abraham Beame, the first Jewish mayor of New York, died Saturday at 94 of...
