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Van Arsdale is also known for integrating minorities into the ranks of the labor movement in New York and for his friendships with powerful politicians, most notably with Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner.
He succeeded his father, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., in the post by defeating the late Victor Gotbaum, who was then the executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.