Oral history interview with Robert McGuire 1992
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- Name
- McGuire, Robert (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Robert McGuire 1992
- Abstract
- Youth in Bronx, NY; family, Irish Catholicism of; education; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fellows in Africa Program, legal advisor to Somalia national police, 1966; director, Community Law Offices, East Harlem, 1963-69; member of firm McGuire & Lawler, 1969-1977; Police Commissioner of New York City, Edward I. Koch administration, 1978-1983; issues: foot patroling, Bonnie Bush murder, eval uation of 911 management, police deaths, police dealings with the mentally ill, task forces, unions, relationship with the press, Koch's relationship with black community, closure of Sydenham Hospital, over-protection for visiting heads of state; Commission on the Year 2000; reflections on the future of the city.
- Collection Name
- Edward I. Koch administration oral history project
- Subjects
- Lawyers; McGuire, Robert; Koch, Ed, 1924-2013; New York (N.Y.). Mayor
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1992
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer.
- Note
- Interviewed by Sharon Zane on May 6, May 19, May 29, and July 6, 1992.
- Note (Provenance)
- Robert McGuire, Gift 1995
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13590467
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-pwtf-5p94
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.