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2 days ago · Fiorello Henry La Guardia (/ f iː ə ˈ r ɛ l oʊ l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə /; born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia, Italian pronunciation: [fjoˈrɛllo raf.faˈɛ.le enˈriːko la ˈɡwardja]; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 ...
5 days ago · Costello’s vast slot machine business in New York City was abruptly cut short by the election of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1933 who ran on an anti-corruption platform. Costello’s ...
5 days ago · LaGuardia Airport in Queens, named after New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, is one of the busiest in the country as a top hub for Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.By the early 2000s ...
3 days ago · The Puerto Rican youth whose arrest precipitated the riot had been released the previous evening when the merchant chose not to press charges. Shocked by the uprising, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia established an interracial committee headed by E. Franklin Frazier, a professor of sociology at Howard University, to investigate the riot.
2 days ago · He expressed support for Mr. Stringer’s “technocratic” approach, comparing him to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, but he asked to remain anonymous over fears of alienating Mr. Adams.
5 days ago · During the Great Depression, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia changed their names once and for all to Patience and Fortitude. Patience lounges on the south side of the steps. Fortitude to the north.
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7 hours ago · In October 1939, he accepted Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's appointment to a 10-year term as a New York City parole commissioner (Gehrig had moved from New Rochelle to Riverdale to satisfy a residency requirement for the job) and was sworn into office on January 2, 1940.
