Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Stanley Brezenoff, 1993.
Creator: | Brezenoff, Stanley | Project: | Edward I. Koch Administration Oral History Project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 154 pages Sound recording 7 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteNew York City agency administrator.
Scope and ContentsYouth in Brooklyn, NY; education; early employment; Civil Rights Movement, Congress of Racial Equality [CORE]; Community Development Agency [CDA], 1966-67, John V. Lindsay mayoral administration; Ford Foundation, 1967-78; commissioner of Human Resources Association [HRA], 1978; commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation [HHC], 1979-81, president, 1981-84, chairman, 1984; first deputy mayor, 1985, Edward I. Koch mayoral administration; issues: need for standards in government programs, Summer Youth Employment Program, Project Giant Step, closure of Sydenham hopital, homelessness, foster care, drugs, AIDS, Medicaid, city charter; race relations, Blanche Bernstein; charges of corruption, 1986-87; personal relationship with Koch; reflections about the future of the city.
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