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    Abraham Beame

    104th New York City mayor

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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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...

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  4. 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.

  5. Oct 27, 2022 · He was elected the 104th mayor of New York City in 1973. The oath was administerd at his Belle Harbor home on Dec. 31, 1973 and became effective Jan. 1, 1974. He never wanted to achieve higher ...

  6. Feb 11, 2001 · He was 94. Mr. Beame, who lived on Manhattan's Upper East Side and since his retirement from politics had been an investment adviser, died of complications from open heart surgery, said his son,...

  7. Nov 8, 2013 · The other six mayors were of what some of us would consider normal height: taller than five-seven, shorter than five-ten. Bloomberg is five-eight. Nevertheless, one must take one’s...

  8. BEAME, ABRAHAM DAVID (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York (but see *Lewis, Samuel). Beame was born in London, but was brought to New York by his parents before he was a year old. He grew up on the Lower East Side and graduated from the City College of New York in 1928. He practiced accounting during 1928–46, becoming a Certified ...