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...sympathy for Jimmy. Noted former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis: "We all have someone in our family tree who gets a little wild sometimes." Argued Danny Cupit, a top Carter worker in Mississippi: "The acts of the brother should not be imputed to the President." Observed New York Mayor Ed Koch...
...Israelis who have immigrated to the U.S., about 250,000 have settled in New York City. The chief of the urban design group in the administration of Mayor Ed Koch is Raquel Ramati, an Israeli who is also a U.S. citizen. Elias Yeheskel, 30, a dual citizen, is an adviser to the New York State office for motion picture and TV development. At New York University, when an Israeli professor and his ten graduate students, all Israelis, decided to conduct classes in Hebrew, a dean asked, "Is this Tel Aviv University or is it N. Y.U&#quot; When a senior...
Although there was scattered racial violence last week in Tampa, related to the McDuffie verdict, the nation's largest cities remained the prime points of danger. Said New York Mayor Ed Koch: "Any city in this country could experience that incident. I hope it won't happen here." New York police feel that they have worked hard to improve relations with blacks since the Harlem riots of 1964, but as one veteran officer explained, "There's a group out there that nobody reaches. They don't talk to us; we don't talk to them...
Mayor Edward Koch's aides estimated that firms lost about $100 million each day. The walkout cost the city about $3 million a day in lost sales taxes and other revenue, as well as overtime pay for police and firemen. Some of that loss, however, will be offset by the daily savings of $2 million from not operating the transit system and by the Taylor Law penalties...
...Koch denounced the settlement as too costly. "The city won the battle in the streets," he said. "The M.T.A. lost it at the bargaining table." He fears that the municipal unions-firemen, police, sanitation men and teachers-will make even greater demands of the hard-pressed city when they begin contract negotiations in June. By his feisty leadership, Koch rallied the public behind him during the transit strike. He will need that support in the labor battles ahead...