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...FIERCEST WAR in New York right now is not being fought over budgets, aid packages and votes, but rather over books. Mayor Edward I Koch has struck the first blow with Mayor, which has rocketed to number one on the New York Times list thanks to free publicity and some heavy leg work that took the shamelessly self-promoting Koch up and down the East Cast and to Europe. Koch's book will soon be joined by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's, who will soon provide the other side of his victory over Koch in the bitterly gubernatorial race...
Still, Mondale owed much to the backing of the state's Democratic leaders-New York City Mayor Ed Koch, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and particularly Governor Mario Cuomo. In exit polling, 20% of New York voters said they were influenced by the endorsements, and 90% of that group voted for Mondale. Virtually taking control of Mondale's campaign, serving as both surrogate and spokesman for the former Vice President, Cuomo established himself as a national figure in his own right...
Reporters promptly cornered the mayor, who proved no fan of the state liquor authority crackdown. "It's archaic, it's arcane, it's stupid," Koch fumed. "It'll raise the price of dinner. You like to get a little bargain now and then. I mean, that's what life is all about." Koch suggested that the SLA suspend its directive...
...advice did not meet with enthusiastic approval at the state agency. Said Anthony Papa of the SLA: "The mayor gets what, $110,000? For him to be brown bagging is ridiculous." Papa then countered with a blatant diversion, urging that Koch suspend the city's crazy-quilt parking regulations. Gibed Papa: "Those aren't too popular, are they...
Seizing the high ground, the mayor said he did not break the law lightly, but in this case, his act was required by "the cause of freedom." In a letter to Anthony V. Gazzara, chairman of the SLA, Koch vowed he would go on breaking the law, adding that "the question then will be whether you shall arrest the restaurateur...