Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Ed Koch, 1997.
| Creator: | Koch, Ed, 1924-2013 | Project: | Edward I. Koch Administration Oral History Project.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 375 pages Sound recording 5 audiocassettes | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Scope and ContentsNew York City's bankruptcy 1970s; 1977 New York mayoral election; 1977 mayoral win; Staff during first mayoral term; Political patronage and racial "quotas"; mayoral staff, Political Party machines; appointments of various city commissioners; balancing the city budget; race issues, role of minorities in elections; 1980 transit strike; President Jimmy Carter, Israel, and 1980 presidential campaign; failed 1982 gubernatorial campaign against Mario Cuomo; New York City and New York state relations after 1982; 1985 mayoral win; Democratic party politics; relations with various ethnic groups during mayoral tenure; New York City Board of Education and United Federation of Teachers union; Medical Examiner's Office; Gay rights legislation and activist groups during the 1980s; AIDS, 1980s; Homelessness; Personality; relations with members of the press; feuds and political patronage scandals; Museum of Jewish Heritage- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust; Rudolph Giuliani. John LoCicero, Koch's political deputy, joins the interview for Sessions 4-8
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2004
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