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...where were the cops? Quite a few were busy taking bribes. It was no secret that crooked officers shared their illegal profits with an equally corrupt Democratic political club, Tammany Hall. But on May 6, 1895, Republican mayor William Strong appointed to the city's four-man board of police commissioners the Manhattan native and former state legislator Theodore Roosevelt. Selected at once as board president, Roosevelt eagerly embraced the mayor's mandate for reform, calling it "a man's work." Quite simply, the author of The Winning of the West aimed to clean up Dodge, even...
...Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has a habit of treading where other elected officials are loath to go. First, he took on same-sex marriage. Now Newsom is angling again to bestow city residents with rights that Americans living elsewhere don't have. San Franciscans, he announced this week, are poised to become the first recipients of universal health care. This means uninsured city dwellers will gain access to basic medical services they otherwise couldn't afford. While not free, the care will come at sharply reduced costs. Enrollment fees will range from $3 to $201, depending on participants' incomes. Most...
...famous for many things - frigid windy winters, fine architecture, the hapless Cubs, to name a few - but high fashion is not one of them. For most people, what usually comes to mind when thinking of fashion in the City of Big Shoulders is baseball caps and khakis. But Mayor Richard M. Daley thinks he can change all that. Daley recently announced the creation of a Fashion Advisory Council, a city-backed coalition of local designers and industry champions who will promote fashion growth. By nurturing designers, the city hopes to bolster its retail economy, gain tourism dollars and heighten...
...Mayor Ray Nagin, who recently won reelection, said he was drawing "a line in the sand" and asked for state help in patrolling neighborhoods, leaving local police to concentrate on high-crime areas. City officials, meanwhile, said they plan to reinstitute a curfew, banning young people from the streets from 11 p.m. or midnight to dawn. A crime summit is also in the works to discuss other measures to combat the city's gangs. Nagin reportedly asked for 300 guardsmen and 60 state police, but how many will be involved remains to be decided...
...Queen Elizabeth at Wimbledon and what they had said (The Queen: "It was a very enjoyable match, but you must have been very hot on the court." Althea: "I hope it wasn't as hot in the royal box.") During a lunch given her by New York City's Mayor [Robert] Wagner at the Waldorf, Althea managed to make a speech. "God grant that I wear this crown I have won with dignity," she said. "I just can't describe the joy in my heart...