Oral history interview with David Margolis [electronic resource], 1994

Biographical Note

Businessman.

Scope and Contents

Early childhood; College of City of New York, B.A., 1950, M.B.A., 1952; employment with Colt Industries Inc., 1959-; Edward I. Koch [Koch]: first meeting, close friendship with; fiscal advisor to Koch's first mayoral administration: Koch's responses to NYC fiscal crisis, Westway project, relationship with Transit Worker's Union [TWA], 1980 TWA strike; African-American leadership of Koch administration with media; assessment of Koch's administration's strengths and weaknesses.

Subjects

• Businessmen--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-
• Margolis, David--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor.
• Oral histories.
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1994.