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...Nonsense Tightwad. Oddly, this figure has assumed the most traditional American role. He is the Jew become Yankee Trader?prudent, frugal, resourceful, strict; in Koch's case, ascetic to boot. On his shoulders lies the mantle of New England Protestantism, the mantle scorned and defiled by bona fide Protestants like former Mayor John Lindsay, and now handed over to the latest pioneers...
...went through an era when middle-class values were dumped on," says Koch. "Honesty, integrity, hard work, patriotism, religiosity, all those were considered terrible things in the minds of some ideologues who are still out there...
...deep down, do most New Yorkers, and that is the center of Koch's strength...
...hike in their income taxes by promising that half of the money would go for capital improvements, including bridge and street repair. New York City now uses about 50% of its capital budget for rehabilitation rather than new construction, compared with just over 20% in 1970. Says Mayor Edward Koch: "Discussion at a city council meeting will not be about what building we're putting up, but whether sewer A will be finished before sewer B. We're not interested in the old political system of show them something on top if what you need is something below...
...Reagan, however, has reaffirmed support for Manhattan's Westway, a six-lane superhighway slated to run for 4.6 miles along the Hudson River. The highway, with an estimated price tag of $1.7 billion, would receive 90% of its funding from the Federal Government. New York City Mayor Edward Koch has blocked the project in an effort to get parallel funds from Albany for mass transit improvements or to get Governor Hugh Carey to ask Washington to trade in highway funds for transit money...