Oral history interview with Peter J. Solomon 1993
- Name
- Solomon, Peter J (Interviewee)
- Metzger, John (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Peter J. Solomon 1993
- Abstract
- Education and family background; meeting Edward I. Koch [Koch], appointment as Deputy Mayor; connections with Wall Street; concern for New York City's economic development: creation of Economic Capital Corporation, emphasis on worker training, vest-pocket industrial parks, tax abatements, Public Development Corporation, competition with New Jersey, encouragement of small businesses, efforts to attr act foreign investment; New York City's relationship with federal government; corruption and real estate interests; working relationship with Koch; experience working within the city bureaucracy; decision to leave administration; evaluation of Koch's mayoral tenure.
- Collection Name
- Edward I. Koch administration oral history project
- Subjects
- Investment bankers; Solomon, Peter J; 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 22 and July 29, 1993.
- Note (Provenance)
- Peter J. Solomon, Gift 1993
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13599039
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-vtbf-h883
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.