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| I made
number of good friends from my time in politics.
Here are the major ones, except Laura, who has her
own page with Dennis |
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| Lillian was my
"Jewish Grandmother." Which
meant that we loved each other without
reservation, that she made me chicken
soup when I was sick; she only wanted for
me that I be married happily, she always
brought chopped liver to my parties, and
she complained periodically that I didn't
call her often enough. She was one of the
closest people in my life. We had met
at VID, when Lillian was working on one
of Bella Abzug's campaign.
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Lillian,
ca. 1985
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Mary was one of my
most important
"co-conspirators."
We won our most groundbreaking victories
when she was chairing the New York County
Democratic Judiciary Committee. |
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Mary
with Ms. Santa Klaus, 1994
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Jerry taught me
everything I know about Judicial
Politics.
He was the instigator of our first major
victory: the race which Margaret Taylor
won for Civil Court by a 3:1 landslide
against a coalition of four old-line
clubs. |
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Jerry
getting a Christmas present
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| Ira's initial
claim to fame was that he was Margaret
Taylor's "boyfriend" (later
husband), a great story to be told later. He
became a judge, following in his wife's
footsteps, and ended up as one of the
most admired judges in the New York
courts.
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Ira
holding forth during dinner in 1999
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Peter went from
being a volunteer in early campaigns and
"stuffing buildings" to
becoming campaign manager in the
legendary Margaret Taylor campaign.
He later became President of G.S.I.D. |
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Peter
in '99
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