Oral history interview with Stanley Brezenoff 1993
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- Name
- Brezenoff, Stanley (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Stanley Brezenoff 1993
- Abstract
- Youth in Brooklyn, NY; education; early employment; Civil Rights Movement, Congress of Racial Equality [CORE]; Community Development Agency [CDA], 1966-67, John V. Lindsay mayoral administration; Ford Foundation, 1967-78; commissioner of Human Resources Association [HRA], 1978; commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation [HHC], 1979-81, president, 1981-84, chairman, 1984; first deputy mayor, 1 985, Edward I. Koch mayoral administration; issues: need for standards in government programs, Summer Youth Employment Program, Project Giant Step, closure of Sydenham hopital, homelessness, foster care, drugs, AIDS, Medicaid, city charter; race relations, Blanche Bernstein; charges of corruption, 1986-87; personal relationship with Koch; reflections about the future of the city.
- Collection Name
- Edward I. Koch administration oral history project
- Subjects
- Municipal officials and employees; Brezenoff, Stanley; Koch, Ed, 1924-2013; New York (N.Y.). Mayor
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 154 pages; 7 sound cassettes
- Note (Biographical)
- New York City agency administrator.
- Note
- Interviewed by Sharon Zane on October 23, November 6, and December 8, 1992, and January 25, February 10, and April 26, 1993.
- Note (Provenance)
- Stanley Brezenoff, Gift 1994
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13588943
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-f500-c595
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.