Oral history interview with Peter Zimroth, 1993.

Biographical Note

Lawyer.

Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of the Edward I. Koch [Koch] administration: major legal issues while serving as corporation counsel under Koch, 1986-1989: campaign finance reform law of 1987; charter revision; elimination of the Board of Estimate; dispute over census figures with the Federal government; Koch's diverse judicial appointment; Feerick Commission investigation of patronage of City Hall; affirmative action; free needles; discrimination against women in private clubs, homosexuals by landlords; personal attributes, leadership qualities of Koch; roles, responsibilities and ethics as attorney, corporation counsel.

Subjects

• Green, Howard, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Zimroth, Peter L.--Interviews.

Access Conditions

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