Oral history interview with Herman Badillo, 1994.

Biographical Note

Former Deputy Mayor of New York City.

Scope and Contents

Education and political career; experience as Commissioner of Housing and Relocation; views on urban renewal; negative impact of President James E. Carter on urban renewal projects; West Side Urban Renewal Project and frustrated efforts in South Bronx; problems with implementation of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty programs; failure of educational system in New York City; Mayor Edward I. Koch's [Koch] decision to close Sydenham and Metropolitan Hospitals and political repurcussions in Puerto Rican and black communities; evaluation of Koch's tenure as mayor.

Subjects

• Badillo, Herman, 1929-2014--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
• Metzger, John, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Politicians--Interviews.

Access Conditions

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