Oral history interview with Kenneth Lipper 1993
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- Name
- Lipper, Ken (Interviewee)
- Metzger, John (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Kenneth Lipper 1993
- Abstract
- Childhood and adolescence in South Bronx; introduction to New York City politics; involvement in Edward I. Koch's [Koch] campaign for New York governor; role as Deputy Mayor in Koch administration: efforts to promote manufacturing jobs in New York City and to encourage businesses to stay; Koch administration's tax policy, education initiatives, relationship with the Port Authority of New York and N ew Jersey, relationships with state and federal governments; influence of the press on Koch administration decisions; assessment of Koch as a politician, administrative style, conflict with Donald Manes; Lipper's unsuccessful campaign for president of the New York City Council, 1985; life following tenure as Deputy Mayor.
- Collection Name
- Edward I. Koch administration oral history project
- Subjects
- Investment bankers; Lipper, Ken; Koch, Ed, 1924-2013; New York (N.Y.). Mayor
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1993
- Note (Biographical)
- Investment Banker.
- Note
- Interviewed by John Metzger on February 13, March 20, November 3, and November 23, 1992, and January 11 and February 26, 1993.
- Note (Provenance)
- Ken Lipper, Gift 1994
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13590431
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-5scq-kf66
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.