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Richard Ravitch, ‘titan of New York’s civic world,’ dead at 89
Richard Ravitch, the former MTA chairman and lieutenant governor who is widely credited with helping New York emerge from its ’70s debt crisis, died at the age of 89 in Manhattan Sunday.
The New York Times1y
Richard Ravitch, Rescuer of the Subways and New York’s Finances, Dies at 89
He helped New York City avoid bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, ran the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and later served as lieutenant governor. By Sam Roberts Richard Ravitch, a politically ...
Spectrum News NY11y
Richard Ravitch remembered as mentor, titan of New York civic life at funeral
On Wednesday, the civic and political leaders that gathered to mourn the death of Richard Ravitch spoke of him in superlatives. “He literally transformed New York,” Gov. Kathy Hochul told ...
CBS News1y
Richard Ravitch, who shepherded New York City through fiscal crisis & stabilized mass transit, dies at 89
NEW YORK-- Richard Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor of New York and longtime civic leader known for his role in steering New York City through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s and stabilizing ...
The New York Times1y
Richard Ravitch and the Matzo Summit That Saved New York
there was a general sense of mounting inconvenience and the notion that New York was interchangeable with Greenwich or Palm Beach. In the 1970s, the Richard Ravitches of the world saw a city in ...
Politico1y
New York officials remember Richard Ravitch, the state’s top crisis solver for half a century
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top leaders mourned the passing of longtime problem-solver Richard Ravitch, who died Sunday less than two weeks before his 90 th birthday. “He was never elected to ...