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John Vliet Lindsay ( / vliːt /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of Good Morning America.
Dec 21, 2000 · John V Lindsay, two-term mayor of New York during racial unrest, antiwar protests, municipal strikes and other upheavals of 1960's and early 70's, dies at age of 79; his legacy recalled; photos...
Lindsay proposed the Program for Action, a $1.27 billion plan for the MTA in 1968, which would create eight subway routes, including the Second Avenue Subway, and the extension of the Long Island Rail Road to the East Side and John F. Kennedy International Airport over the course of ten years. [73]
Oct 26, 2015 · Fifty years ago, John V. Lindsay was elected Mayor of New York City. He was a liberal Republican, a species not uncommon in the Northeast after the Second World War.
May 13, 2010 · Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York arriving at the groundbreaking for the Flatlands Industrial Park in Brooklyn in 1966, the year after his initial election. Neal Boenzi/The New York Times
Jul 15, 2001 · Gone too is the golden young man of the dream, John Vliet Lindsay, 103rd mayor of New York.
America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York examines the dramatic times and controversial tenure (1966-1973) of New York’s 103rd mayor.
John Vliet Lindsay ( / vliːt /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of Good Morning America.
John Vliet Lindsay was born November 24, 1921, in New York City. Lindsay received a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University in 1944 before joining the Navy at the tail end of World War...
Dec 20, 2000 · As a Member of Congress, and later as mayor, John Lindsay built a remarkable rapport with the people of New York City—people of every race, in every neighborhood, in every walk of life. In times of great change, John Lindsay was a progressive yet pragmatic force for the public interest.
