Abrams, Bob, 166
Abyssinian Baptist Church, 147
Abzug, Bella, 89
African National Congress (ANC), 289, 291, 302, 309
AIDS epidemic, 87–88, 103, 107–108, 256–258
Ailes, Roger, 156
Aivars, Elizabeth, 242
Alexander, Cliff, 37
Alexander, Fritz, 39, 40, 50, 57
as deputy mayor for public safety, 176
as president of the Carver Democratic Club, 42
Allied Federal Savings & Loan Association, 40
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 100, 128–129, 290
Amsterdam News, 76, 89, 113, 313
and campaign for mayor (1989), 154
Ancient Order of Hibernians, 299–300
Arafat, Yasser, 159
Archer, Lee, 19
Association of Tennis Professionals, 276
Bacon, Nora (grandmother), 2
and campaign for mayor (1977),
89–90
and campaign for mayor (1985),
96–97, 126, 129
Baer Jr., Harold, 248
Baird, Zoe, 79
Baker, Bertram “Bert,” 61
Balamaci, Nick, 112
Baraka, Amiri, 70
Barbaro, Frank, 128
Barnet, Thomas, 340
Barrett, Wayne, 347
Barry, Marion, 170
Baucus, Max, 79
Baum, Joe, 265
Beame, Abraham “Abe,” 153, 158, 170
creates deputy mayor for planning, 76–77
and fiscal difficulties, 89, 173, 178
Beatty, Vander L., 92
and Mandela, Nelson, 297
and South Africa, 290
Bell, Jim, 163
Bellamy, Carol, 106
Bellevue Avenue Colored School (New Lincoln School), 6
Benoit, Mark, 112
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 48
Black Americans to Support Israel Committee (BASIC), 312
Blackburne, Laura, 228
Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (BLACA), 108
Block, Herbert “Herbie,” 113–114
and Crown Heights riots, 325
See also Youth Advisory Board
Bloomberg, Michael, 75, 206, 215, 286
and homelessness, 190
Bogues, Leon, 97
Bond, Julian, 70
Boriken Neighborhood Health Center, 108
Bradley, Tom, 354
Bratton, Bill, 200, 202, 206, 220–221, 223, 348
as police commissioner, 254
Bridge Street Church, 165
Broadway on Broadway, 265
Brown, Calvin, 8
Brown, Ken, 62
Brown, Lee Patrick, 169, 207, 210, 222, 341
and Crown Heights riots, 320, 326, 328, 329–331, 333–334, 349
Brown, Michael, 256
Brown, Roscoe, 19
Brown v. Board of Education, 26, 44, 57, 70, 82
Browne, Paul, 238
Bruce, Lenny, 40
Burrows, Daniel L. (father-in-law), 34–35, 52
Burrows, Elaine (mother-in-law), 34
Bush, George H. W. (and administration of), 156, 159
and Mandela, Nelson, 290
Bush, George W. (and administration of), 256
Callahan v. Carey, 118
Carnegie, Andrew, 262
and campaign for mayor (1989),
157, 158–159
and Family Red Apple, 225, 227,
230
Carter, Jimmy (and administration of),
5, 191, 276
Carter, Joan “Joanie,” 37
Caruso, Ken, 159
Caruso, Phil, 343
Carver Democratic Club, 41, 44, 58, 66, 85, 91, 168
as job provider, 42
location of, 43
Carver, George Washington, 48
Cato, Angela, 319–320, 324, 328, 334
Cato, Gavin, 319–320, 323, 324, 328, 334, 335–337
Cavanagh, James, 76, 79–80, 81–82
Central Trenton High School, 6
Chabad-Lubavitch. See Lubavitchers
Children’s Health Fund, 115–116
and National Black Political Convention, 72, 73
Churchill, Winston, 138
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, 120
civil rights movement, 64, 69, 76
See also Brown v. Board of Education
Clark, Kildare, 324
Clarke, Una, 342
Cleaver, Eldridge, 65
Clinton, Bill (and administration of), 79, 138, 176, 189, 230, 235, 255, 308, 354
Coalition for a Just New York, 96
Coalition for the Homeless, 118, 119, 185
Coffey, Diane, 155
Committee on Character and Fitness of the Appellate Division of the First Department for Manhattan and the Bronx, 38–39
Communications Workers of America (CWA), 129, 135
community boards, 109–112, 186, 280, 281, 284
Community Patrol Officer Program (CPOP), 211
Community Preservation Corporation, 121
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 64, 72
Congressional Black Caucus, 72
Connors, Jimmy, 98
Cornfield, Leslie, 249
Council of Black Elected Democrats, 61, 91
Crain’s, 271
Crown Heights, 117
and campaign for mayor (1993),
347–348
and Public School 167, 323, 326, 328
riots in, 243, 316–317, 320–328
Crown Heights Youth Collective, 321,
328
Cuite, Tom, 84
Cuomo, Andrew, 149
Cuomo, Mario, 170, 171, 178–179, 191, 215, 239, 246, 291
and campaign for mayor (1977), 89, 92, 126, 153, 351
and campaign for mayor (1993),
349–351, 353
and Crown Heights riots, 348–349
and Safe Streets, Safe City, 215–216, 219
Cushman & Wakefield, 271
Daily News, 153, 167, 172, 199
Daniels, George, 176
Daughtry, Herbert, 225, 226, 227, 298
Davis, Benjamin O., 19
de Clerk, F. W., 302
Dee, Ruby, 75
DeLeon, Dennis, 107
as chair of Human Rights Commission, 175, 227
Dellums, Ron, 70
Delsener, Ron, 297
Democratic National Committee, 41, 80, 141
Democratic National Convention (1992), 261, 264–266, 308
Democratic Party (New York), 41, 66
and Burrows, Daniel L., 35, 42
See also Carver Democratic Club
Department of Parks and Recreation, 198, 261, 277, 281
DeSapio, Carmine, 126
Dickens, Inez, 44
Dickens, Lloyd, 45
Dickstein, Paul, 258
Diggs, Charles, 70
Dinkins Jr., David “Davey” (son), 37–38, 157, 169, 294, 360
as athlete, 67
birth of, 36
Dinkins, David N.
and abandoned vehicles, 200–201
and AIDS epidemic, 87–88, 107–108, 256–258
and Alpha Phi Alpha (APA), 29
and anti-apartheid sanctions,
290–292, 297, 302–303, 305–308
birth of, 1
and Brooklyn Law School, 35–36
and budget deficit, 177
and campaign for Manhattan borough president (1977), 90–92
and campaign for Manhattan borough president (1981), 96
and campaign for Manhattan borough president (1985), 96–98, 114
and campaign for state assembly,
56–58
and California primary (1968), 64–65
and Civilian Complaint Review Board, 338–339, 341
as district leader, 74
as election district captain, 45
on the English language, 23–25, 138–139
as father, 52–54, 67–69, 93–95, 360–361
and gorgeous mosaic, 161–162, 170, 242
and homelessness, 117–124, 180–190, 258
at Howard University, 21–23, 28–29
and Jewish community, 76, 159,
164–166, 312
management style of, 171
as mathematician, 25–26, 29–30
and National Black Political Convention, 70–73
nomination as deputy mayor, 76–82
and personal income tax, 78–79, 158
as president of Board of Elections, 66
on running for office, 98
and Rutgers University, 29
and St. Patrick’s Day parade, 299–301
as State Assemblyman, 58–63, 78
on tennis, 98, 153, 174, 208, 272–288, 360–361
and Trenton Country Club, 10–13
vision of government, 87
on voting and voter registration,
139–140, 161
and young people, 112–114, 120,
142–143
Dinkins, Donna (daughter), 169, 294
birth of, 50
education of, 53, 68–69, 92–93, 361
Dinkins, Joyce (sister), 2
and Alpha Kappa Alpha, 29
at Howard University, 29
Dinkins, Joyce Burrows (wife), 50, 169, 287, 291, 294, 355
as bookkeeper, 54
and campaign for mayor (1989), 127
and Delta Sigma Theta, 29
at Howard University, 28–29, 32, 34
Dinkins, Joyce Burrows (wife) (cont.)
as mother, 37–38, 51–54, 93, 361
Dinkins, Sarah “Sally” Lucy (mother), 1–2
Dinkins, Jr., William “Bill” Harvey (father), 1
and Tuxedo Club of Trenton, 140
Doak, David, 149
Doherty, Joe, 163
Donohue, Beverly, 188
Dorsey, Sam, 27
Dowd, Michael, 246
Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union
Dubinsky, Dave, 63
Dukakis, Michael, 156
Dukes, Hazel, 354
Dunham, Lee, 299
Dyett Alexander & Dinkins, 40, 45
Dyett, Alexander, and Phipps, 39
Dyett, Thomas Benjamin “Mr. D,” 38–40
Ellington, Duke, 42
Emergency Assistance Units (EAUs), 186
Emery, Richard, 119
Esposito, Meade, 149
Ethical Culture and Fieldston Schools, 53, 68–69
Evans, Herbert “Herb,” 43–44, 248
Farmer, James, 72
Farrakhan, Louis, 70, 164–165, 313–316, 335
Farrell Jr., Herman D. “Denny,” 96–97
Fashion Week, 264
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 282–284
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 255–256
Feldman, Sandra, 129
Ferer, Freddy, 297
Fernandez, Joseph, 259
Fields, Virginia, 44
Fife, Barbara, 86–87, 116–117, 169–170
and campaign for mayor (1989), 131, 153, 155, 160
and campaign for mayor (1993), 347
as deputy mayor for planning and development, 174, 175
and transition team, 171
Final Call, 313
First Chicago Corporation, 269–270
Fishlow, David, 159
Florio, Jim, 291
Ford, Gerald (and administration of), 248
42nd Street Development Project, 266
Fox, Jim, 252
Freedman, Helen E., 187
Fuchs, Ester, 347
“Gang of Four,” 97
Gantt, Harvey, 128
Garaufis, Nick, 282
Garth, David, 157
Gaspard, Patrick
and campaign for mayor (1989), 137, 140–141, 167–168
and Jackson, Jesse, 136
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, 107
Geithner, Timothy, 79
George Washington Carver Democratic Club. See Carver Democratic Club
Gerulaitis, Vitas, 98
Gibbs, Linda, 215
Gibson Jr., Paul, 82
Girgenti Report, 348–349, 351, 352
Girl Scouts of America, 272
Giuliani, Rudolph “Rudy”, 215, 254, 286, 302
and campaign for mayor (1989), 130, 144, 147–148, 156–160, 162–167
and campaign for mayor (1993), 247, 343, 346–348, 353, 355
and homelessness, 190
Golden, Howard, 105
Goldin, Harrison “Jay,” 104
and campaign for mayor (1989), 129, 132, 133, 149, 151, 155
Goldman Sachs, 135
Gotbaum, Victor, 135
Graves, Earl, 65
Green, Richard (schools chancellor),
258–259
Green, Richard (community organizer), 321–322, 328–329, 332–333
Greenberg, Jack, 82
and Black Enterprise, 64
Gregory, Dick, 313
Griffith, Maxine, 100–101, 105
Guinier, Lani, 79
Haitian Centers Council, 107
Haitian Economic Development Association, 225
Halperin, Richard, 358
Hamburg, Margaret A. “Peggy,” 196, 299
Happy Land Social Club, 231–233
Hargett, Lottie Lee “Sis” (stepmother), 6, 21
Harlem Lawyer’s Association, 48, 66
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU), 57
Harnett, Joel, 89
Harrington, Donald, 63
Hart, Laura, 112
Hasidic Jews. See Lubavitchers
Hatcher, Richard, 70
Hawkins, Yusef, 150–152, 155, 159, 228
Haygood, John, 342
Hayling, Hartley “Bill,” 5, 26, 36, 50, 273
Hayling, Leslie “Les,” 5, 6, 8–9, 10, 13, 26, 27, 273
Healy, Timothy, 271
Held, Gerald, 226
Herbert, Bob, 245
Hernandez-Pinero, Sally, 102, 107, 169
as deputy mayor for finance and economic development, 174
Hester, W. E. “Slew,” 276
Higginbotham Jr., Aloysius Leon, 5, 10
Hill, P. J., 6
Hirsch, Michael, 108
Hispanic Gay Forum, 107
Hogan, Frank, 248
Hoge, James, 153
Hoggard, Jamal (grandson), 361–362
Hoggard, Jay (son-in-law), 361
Hoggard, Kalila (granddaughter), 361–362
Holmes, Larry, 9
Holtzman, Elizabeth, 204
homelessness, 117–124, 180–190, 258
and “A Shelter Is Not a Home,” 122
and NIMBY, 186
Horton, Willie, 159
House of the Lord Pentecostal Church, 225
Houston, Alice Jackson, 23–24, 139
Howard University, 21–23, 28–29
Huntington High School, 1
Increase the Peace Volunteer Corps (IPVC), 242–245
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, 228
Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO), 300
Jack, Hulan, 40
Jackson, Jesse, 70, 130, 138, 159, 164–166, 169, 297
and campaign for mayor (1993), 346, 353, 354
as presidential candidate, 125–127
Jack’s Rathskeller, 27
James, Richard, 108
James, Sharpe, 170
Jensen Jr., Hilmar Ludwig “Junky Joe,” 5, 7, 9–10, 16
at Howard University, 22
Joel, Billy, 297
Johnson, Bill, 127
Johnson, Bumpy, 35
Johnson, Lyndon (and administration of), 43
Johnson, Peter, 240, 347, 354, 358
Johnson, Robert Walter, 274
Jones, J. Raymond “the Fox” or “Ray,” 42, 43, 60, 74
Jordan, Barbara, 70
Jordan, Hamilton, 276
Jordan, Vernon, 358
JP Morgan, 269
Judge, Mychal, 241
Jujamcyn Theaters, 268
Kelling, George, 200
Kelly, Jack, 167
Kelly, Ray, 202, 206, 207, 210, 341, 344
and Crown Heights riots, 331–332, 334–335
and Garcia, Jose “Kiko,” 338–339
and Golden Venture, 241
and World Trade Center bombing (1993), 237–238
Kennedy International Airport, 291
Kennedy, John F., 248
Kennedy, Robert “Bobby,” 63–65
Kennedy, Ted, 125
Kerick, Bernard, 40
and USTA Tennis Center, 288
King Jr., Martin Luther, 29, 133, 136, 244, 322
King, Rodney, 245
King, Sharon, 105
Knobler, Peter, 220
Koch, Ed, 173, 215, 230, 246, 319, 335, 344
and AIDS epidemic, 107, 108, 258
and Board of Estimate, 104
and campaign for mayor (1977), 89, 92, 153
and campaign for mayor (1985), 97
and campaign for mayor (1989),
126–127, 129–133, 135–136, 141, 143, 144–145, 148–150, 154, 155
and healthcare, 193
and homelessness, 118–124, 181, 184, 189
and Office of Gay and Lesbian Health Concerns, 107
and racial tensions, 151, 315–316
Kovner, Victor, 169
Ku Klux Klan, 26
LaGuardia Airport, 281
LaGuardia, Fiorello, 75, 126, 155
Lankler, Roderick, 248
Lapp, Katie, 211, 215, 249–250
Lappin, Michael, 121
Lazard Freres, 174
Lechner, Melvin, 77
Leventhal, Nat, 171
Lifsh, Yosef, 319–320, 327, 335–336
Linares, Guillermo, 339
Lincoln, Abraham “Abe,” 171
Lindsay, John V., 63, 75, 82, 155, 170
LoCicero, John, 155
LoJack Corporation, 235
Louis Armstrong Stadium 276, 279, 281
Lower Free Bridge “Trenton Makes Bridge,” 1
early presence in Crown Heights,
317–318
as Hasidic Jews, 318
Lucy, Bill, 290
Lynch, Jr., Bill, 124, 182, 300, 357
and campaign for mayor (1989),
125–135, 140, 141, 146–147, 149,
154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 163, 164, 167
and campaign for mayor (1993),
346–347, 352–353, 354, 356
as chief of staff, 100, 102, 103, 106
and Crown Heights riots, 324–327, 329, 333
as deputy mayor for intergovernmental relations, 174, 191–192, 246
and Family Red Apple, 227, 228
and homelessness, 187
and Mandela, Nelson, 290, 292–294, 297
and South Africa, 298, 302, 306,
307–309
MacArthur, Douglas, 138
Macmillan Handbook of English, The,
23–24
Madison Square Garden, 164, 220, 274, 279, 313
Maher, Patricia, 107
Maloney, Andy, 252
Maloney, Carolyn, 106
Mandela, Nelson, 261, 289–298, 306,
307–311, 362
and anti-apartheid sanctions, 307–308
on apartheid, 293
and South African Communist Party, 295
ticker-tape parade for, 292
See also African National Congress
Mandela, Winnie, 291
Marshall, Helen, 71
Marshall, Thurgood, 29, 42, 48, 82
Martin, Jules, 232, 240, 299, 329–330
Maslin, Paul, 167
Mays, Willie, 29
Mazur, Jay, 129
Mbeki, Thabo, 308
McCabe, Jewell Jackson, 91
McCarthy, Eugene, 65
McGillion, Alice T., 150
Medicaid, 190–191, 193–194, 197, 345
Meili, Trisha, 151
Merrill Lynch, 269
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 31, 34
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 129
Miller, Carroll, 21
Miller, George, 48
Miller, Henry, 264
Miller, Mel, 350
Mills, Julius, 15
Minority Task Force on AIDS, 107, 108
Molinari, Guy, 349
Mollen, Milt, 284
and Crown Heights riots, 326, 330
as deputy mayor for public safety, 176, 208–211, 246, 320
and New York Police Department, 246–251
and Safe Streets, Safe City, 214–219
Montford Point Marines, 16, 20
Morgenthau, Robert M., 248, 251
Morris, Regina, 211
Motley, Constance Baker “Connie,” 44, 58, 128
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 270
Muhammad, Abdul Wali, 313
Mulheren, Brian, 240
Munce, Bernice, 6
Municipal Assistance Corporation, 89
Municipal Building, 77, 86, 101–102, 114
Murphy, Richard, 211–212, 261, 323, 332–333
Nadler, Jerrold “Jerry,” 97, 98
See also Farrakhan, Louis
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 27–28, 58, 66, 82
and National Black Political Convention, 73
and Percy Sutton, 48
National Black Political Convention,
70–73, 225
and Gary Declaration, 72
National Council on Churches, 107
National Review, 234
Nederlander Organization, 268
Nelson Jr., Lemrick, 336
New Amsterdam Theater, 268
New Era Democratic Club, 45
Newfield, Jack, 97
New Jersey Civil Rights Bureau, 27
New York Bar Association, 38–39, 66
New York Board of Regents, 44
New York Children’s Health Project,
115–116
New York City Board of Education, 258–259
New York City Board of Elections, 49–50, 116
New York City Board of Estimate, 88–89, 103–105, 112, 173
New York City Commission on the Homeless, 188, 189
New York City Commission on the Status of Women, 244
New York City Council, 45–46, 83, 89, 104, 342
and homelessness, 186
and Safe Streets, Safe City, 213–214
New York City Department of Homeless Services, 188–189
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), 181, 183
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 211–212
New York City Economic Development Corporation, 264, 277
New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA), 118
and homelessness, 123, 181, 183, 186, 189, 258
New York City Partnership, 121
New York Civil Liberties Union, 119
New York Commission on Human Rights, 175, 227, 229
New York Community Trust, 121,
123–124
New York Court of Appeals, 43
New York Fire Department (NYFD), 198, 199, 218, 231, 241
and World Trade Center bombing (2003), 237
New York Knicks, 273
New York Legal Aid Society, 118, 184, 185, 187
New York Observer, 167
New York Police Department (NYPD) 202, 234–235, 241, 245
and Civilian Complaint Review Board, 338–339, 341
corruption of, 246–247, 252–253
and Crown Heights riots, 321–323, 333–334
and Garcia, Jose “Kiko,” 339–341
and Safe Streets, Safe City, 205–223, 328
and World Trade Center bombing (1993), 237–238
See also Bratton, Bill; Brown, Lee; Kelly, Ray; Mollen, Milt; Mollen Commission
New York Port Authority, 239
New York Post, 153, 167, 205, 226, 231, 233–234, 246, 334
New York Public Housing Authority, 182, 183
New York Public Library, 261–263, 271
New York Rangers, 273
New York State Black & Puerto Rican Caucus, 62, 96
New York State Constitutional Convention (1967), 63
New York State Department of Social Services, 183, 191
New York State Financial Control Board, 173, 177–178, 201, 221–222
New York State Legislature, 35, 281, 350
and Safe Streets, Safe City, 213–215
New York State Social Services, 184
New York Sun, 265
New York Supreme Court, 43
New York Times, 35, 81–82, 151, 167, 227, 238, 245, 293, 301, 312, 341, 342
and campaign for mayor (1989), 153, 157
and Crown Heights riots, 325, 334–335
on homelessness, 119, 120, 181, 182, 184
New York World-Telegram and Sun, 209
and Yankee Stadium, 279, 296–297
Nixon, Richard (and administration of), 65, 69, 156, 347
Noriega, Manuel, 163
Norman, Clarence, 321
Obama, Barack (and administration of), 79, 138, 196, 206
and Affordable Care Act, 198
O’Cleireacain, Carol, 307
O’Connor, John J., 246, 270, 300–301, 319, 340
Office of the City Clerk and Municipal Corporation of the City of New York. See City Clerk
Owens, Jesse, 29
Owens, Major, 129
Owles, Jim, 108
Pasarell, Charlie, 274
Pataki, George, 351
Paterson, Basil, 48, 58, 85, 92, 97, 99, 169, 176
and campaign for mayor (1989),
129–130, 134
as deputy mayor, 92
and Dinkins’s nomination as deputy mayor, 80–81
and National Black Political Convention, 70–72
Paterson, Michael, Dinkins and Jones, 78
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Society, 340, 343
Peace and Freedom Party, 65
People With AIDS (PWA) Coalition, 108
Perales, Cesar A., 184, 191–192, 195–196, 261
and Medicaid Managed Care, 193–197
Perelman, Ron, 358
Phipps, Kenneth McArthur “Ken,” 39, 40
Pierce, Jan, 129
Pinkett, Mary, 342
Pone, Jesse, 26
Ports, Suki Terada, 108
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 42, 47, 147
Primary Care Development Corporation, 198
Procaccino, Mario, 82
Progressive Life Insurance Company,
31–32
Prudential Securities, 270
Pucci, Debra, 300
Purdy, James Roderick, 25
Rangel, Charles “Charlie,” 45, 63, 91, 97, 138, 169, 295–296, 314
and campaign for mayor (1989), 127, 129–130
elected district leader, 47, 50
and NAACP, 48
Ravitch, Richard “Dick”
and campaign for mayor (1989), 129, 132, 133, 149, 153, 155
Raymond, Charles “Chip,” 188–189
Reagan, Ronald (and administration of), 119, 183, 187, 312, 356
Republican Party (New York), 41, 56
in State Assembly, 59
Restaurant Week, 265
Richardson, Jake, 9
Richardson, Percy, 9
Riden, Bob, 252
Riley, Joe, 287
Rivera, Dennis, 133, 134, 154, 353
Rivera, Geraldo, 188
Riverton apartments, 34, 35, 36–37
Robeson, Paul, 48
Robeson, Jr., Paul, 154
Robins, Harvey, 195–196, 199, 200, 202
background of, 256
and Board of Education, 258–259
and homelessness, 258
and Office of Operations, 259–260
Robinson, Jackie, 48
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 9
Robison, Cleveland, 290
Rockefeller, Nelson, 59–60, 239
Roe v. Wade, 163
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 15, 138
Rose, Alex, 63
Rosenbaum, Yankel, 320–322, 324, 325, 328, 336–337
Rosenthal, A. M., 335
Roundtree, Richard, 70
Rubenstein, Howard, 79
Rutgers University, 29
Ryan, William Fitts, 57
Sadowy, Donald, 238
Schenck, Frederick “Fred,” 5, 7, 16
Schmoke, Kurt, 128
Schneersohn, Yosef Yitzchak, 317
Schneerson, Manachem Mendel (Grand Rebbe), 317
as political force, 319
Schoenfeld, Gerald, 268
Schonfeld, Fabian, 166
School of International Public Affairs,
358
Schumer, Chuck, 330
Seale, Bobby, 70
Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK), 60–61
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 135
Shabazz, Betty, 298
Shaft, 70
Sharpton, Al
and campaign for mayor (1993),
352–355
and Crown Heights riots, 323,
325–326, 336–337
Shea Stadium (Citi Field), 279, 280
Sherman, Robert, 243
Sherwood, Peter, 307
Shillingford, Neva, 134
Shrum, Bob, 149
Shubert Organization, 268
Shulman, Claire, 166, 263, 282, 286
Simon, Paul, 115
Smith, Marcia, 105
and transition team, 171
South Africa, 298
and anti-apartheid movement,
291–292, 303–305
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of, 311
Spencer, F. Gilman, 153
Spinks, Michael, 9
Stein, Andrew “Andy,” 91–92, 96, 101
and Board of Estimate, 104
Steinbrenner, George, 280, 296, 298
Steingut, Stanley, 59
and Crown Heights riots, 326
as first deputy mayor, 174–177, 179, 192, 202, 207, 211, 218, 259, 277, 284, 351
and Golden Venture, 241
and homelessness, 182–183, 187–189
Steisel, Norman (cont.)
as sanitation commissioner, 173–174
and World Trade Center bombing (1993), 237–239
Stern, Henry, 85
Stern, Robert A. M., 267
Stewart, Waldaba, 71
Stokes, Carl, 70
Stokes, Louis, 70
Stop the Violence Fund, 235
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 64
Sullivan, Barry, 269, 301, 307
Sunshine, Ken, 133, 163, 295, 297, 353
Sutton, Oliver, 47
Sutton, Percy, 19, 45, 83, 84, 95, 97, 113, 169, 307, 312, 357, 359
and campaign for mayor (1977), 88–92
and campaign for mayor (1989),
129–130, 157, 164
elected to assembly, 47
as Manhattan Borough President, 44, 75–76, 88–89, 128
as pioneer, 48
and “reform movement,” 47
Swing, William L., 305
Taft, William Howard, 1
Task Force for Housing for Homeless Families, 121–123
Tatum, Elie, 113
Tavern on the Green, 131
Theater for a Greater Peace, 244
Thompson, Phillip, 347
Three Musketeers (friends), 7
Times Square, 120, 167, 180, 245, 264,
265
redevelopment of, 266–269, 271
Towns, Ed, 129
canals of, 5
and Howard University, 21
as manufacturing center, 1
Travia, Anthony J. “Tony,” 59–60
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 232
Truman, Harry, 138
and campaign for mayor (1989), 146, 152, 154
as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, 196
Tyler, Andrew “Andy,” 58
Tyler Jr., Harold, 248
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE), 129
United Federation of Teachers, 129, 154
United Nations, 29, 94, 159, 162, 272
Upper Madison Avenue United Methodist Church, 147
Urban League, 82
US Court of International Trade, 43
US Supreme Court, 44
US Tennis Association (USTA), 272–288
and US Open Tennis Center, 279
and US Open Tennis Championships, 233, 276, 282, 285
Vance, Cyrus “Cy,” 94
vanden Huevel, Bill, 63
Van Horn, Welby, 274
Veldeen, Ed, 4
Velella, Guy, 216
Vietnam War, 69
Viljoen, Gerrit N., 302
Vitaliano, Eric N., 215
and homelessness, 120, 121–122, 180, 181–183, 187, 188
Wagner, Bobby, 85, 91, 92, 258
Wagner, Robert, 40, 85, 170, 209
Wallach, Richard, 184
Wall Street Journal, 152
Ward, Benjamin, 316
Washington, Harold, 128
Washington Post, 126
Watkins, Brian, 233
Watson, James L. “Skiz” or “the Heavy Judge,” 43
Weisbrod, Carl, 270
and US Tennis Association, 277–279, 281, 283–284
and Walt Disney Company, 266,
268–269
Wheeler, Alphonse “Fonz,” 9
White, Mary Jo, 252
Wilkins, Roy, 82
Wilson, James, 200
Williams, Ike, 9
Williams, Lloyd, 91
Willowbrook State School, 188
Women’s Tennis Association, 276
attack on, (2001), 239
Wylde, Kathryn, 121
Yale University, 92
Yippies, 65
Young, Coleman, 73
Zagat, Tim and Nina, 265
Zeckendorf development organization, 110–111