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3 unusual facts about Abraham Beame


Abraham Beame

After defeating State Senator John Marchi in the 1973 mayoral election, Beame faced the worst fiscal crisis in the city's history and spent the bulk of his term attempting to ward off bankruptcy.

Dodgers–Yankees rivalry

New York City itself was going through a financial crisis under Mayor Abraham Beame and experienced the Son of Sam and a major blackout, all chronicled in The Bronx is Burning.

Joan Nathan

She was a co-founder of New York's Ninth Avenue Food Festival under then-Mayor Abraham Beame.



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