Word: mayor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Monday's City Council meeting, Alfred E. Vellucci announced that he would be a candidate for mayor. "I've served on this council for 14 years... and each time my vote is climbing," he said. The East Cambridge councillor noted that he had served for several terms as the City's vice-mayor, and commented, "I've always been the bridesmaid, but never the bride...
What policy would the Mayor of New York follow if he were only concerned with maximizing the value of taxable property? One staff member in the Mayor's office explained: "The Mayor would probably find that he would have to abolish rent control to encourage new private investment in the housing market. This investment would be primarily in luxury apartments in Manhattan for affluent singles, eventually displacing many poor and moderate income families, mainly from Harlem. We are now effectively paying $50,000 an apartment in development subsidies and foregone taxes to provide public housing in parts of Manhattan...
...Mayor can't increase property tax rates knowing that the burden falls on the poor, and he can't significantly increase the property tax base knowing that it means dislocation and increased segregation. A pluralistic city is not necessarily an economically efficient one, but many will agree with John Lindsay that the price of this efficiency is worth paying...
...Yorkers were worried because they were not in a mood to pay higher taxes to help close the "gaps" of their Mayor and Governor. And the Mayor and the Governor were worried about raising taxes because they were planning to run for re-election...
...last time there were more CCA than "independent" city councillors was during the 1952-53 term. The School Committee majority is the CCA's first since 1964-65, when a CCA mayor, in his capacity as chairman of the committee, gave the "good government" association the balance of power there...