Oral history interview with Peter Vallone, 1994.

Biographical Note

City Council Speaker.

Scope and Contents

Working relationship of City Council [Council] with Edward I. Koch [Koch] administration: homeless problem, budget negotiations, increase in Council staff, opposition to Koch's fiscal policy; efforts of Council to reform city government: fiscal policy, campaign finance bill, increased disclosure for city employees; effects of scandals on the Koch administration; evaluation of Koch and his mayoral success.

Subjects

• City council members--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)
• Vallone, Peter F.--Interviews.

Access Conditions

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