New York City Comptrollers - Abraham Beame, Alan Hevesi, Elizabeth Holtzman, Bill Thompson, Lazarus Joseph, Mario Procaccino (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Abraham Beame, Alan Hevesi, Elizabeth Holtzman, Bill Thompson, Lazarus Joseph, Mario Procaccino, New York City Comptroller, Herman A. Metz, Harrison J. Goldin, Azariah Cutting Flagg, Ashbel P. Fitch, Joseph Johnson, Jr., Bird Sim Coler, Lawrence E. Gerosa. Excerpt: Abe Beame Abraham David "Abe" Beame (March 20, 1906 February 10, 2001) was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As such, he presided over the city during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, during which the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy . Early life and career Beame was the first mayor of New York City who practiced Judaism . (Earlier Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia was of Jewish ancestry on his mother's side, but was Episcopalian ). He was born in London, and grew up on New York's Lower East Side. While still a student at Baruch College, he co-founded an accounting firm, Beame