Sid Davidoff, Powerful Aide to Mayor Lindsay, Dies at 86

In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a brash lieutenant to a young, ambitious, reform-minded mayor and ended up on President Nixon’s “enemies list.”

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Arline Bronzaft, Who Campaigned for a Quieter City, Dies at 89

She studied the impact of noise on health and classroom learning and helped impose stricter regulations in New York City.

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Rabbi Alvin Kass, N.Y.P.D. Chaplain for Nearly Six Decades, Dies at 89

The youngest and longest-serving chaplain in New York City history, he was also the first Jewish chief chaplain in the modern era.

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Michael McKee, Fervent Advocate for Tenants’ Rights, Dies at 85

A broken window transformed him into a professional organizer and lobbyist to regulate rents and restrain landlords in New York.

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Manuel Trujillo, Who Helped New Yorkers Heal After 9/11, Dies at 80

As Bellevue Hospital’s director of psychiatry, he guided rescue workers and grieving families through trauma when terrorists attacked in 2001.

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Bruce Cutler, Pugnacious Lawyer for the Mob Boss John Gotti, Dies at 77

He became one of the country’s best-known criminal defense lawyers after winning acquittals in three cases that spawned a new nickname for Mr. Gotti: “the Teflon Don.”

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Margaret Markey, Who Championed Victims of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 83

As a New York State assemblywoman, she began a campaign that finally bore fruit in 2019, when the Legislature extended the deadlines for victims to file claims.

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Otto Obermaier, Who Succeeded Giuliani as U.S. Attorney, Dies at 89

His temperate approach was in sharp contrast to his more combative predecessor, but he continued to pursue corrupt unions and financiers.

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Barnett Shepherd, Champion of Staten Island’s Heritage, Dies at 87

A longtime resident, he devoted his career to Historic Richmond Town and Sailors’ Snug Harbor, two of the borough’s most important cultural institutions.

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A Mayor in Disrepute Saved by an Ambassadorship. The Year Was 1950.

Eric Adams would not be the first to leave Gracie Mansion for an embassy. William O’Dwyer did it decades ago.

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