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Richard Ravitch (July 7, 1933 – June 25, 2023) was an American politician and businessman who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson.
Jun 26, 2023 · Richard Ravitch, a politically savvy, civic-minded developer and public citizen who helped rescue New York City from the brink of bankruptcy and its decaying subways from...
Jun 26, 2023 · 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.
Jun 26, 2023 · Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader known for his role in steering New York City through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s and stabilizing its mass transit system in the 1980s, died Sunday, June 25, 2023, at a Manhattan hospital his wife, Kathleen Doyle confirme. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) Read More.
Jun 28, 2023 · The evening of Oct. 16, Richard Ravitch, a real-estate developer who emerged as the city’s unofficial crisis manager in the 1970s and who died this week at the age of 89, was at a dinner for...
Jun 26, 2023 · Richard Ravitch, the civic leader and crisis manager who in the 1970s helped save New York City from near bankruptcy and then led its struggling subway system to recovery, has died at age 89, a...
Jul 28, 2023 · Barely two months before his death in June, at 89, Richard Ravitch, the real-estate developer turned public servant, was doing the same thing he had done regularly for more than six decades:...
Jun 28, 2023 · Richard "Dick" Ravitch died peacefully on June 25, 2023, surrounded by his family. A larger-than-life figure, Dick tackled some of the most complex urban challenges facing New...
Jun 26, 2023 · Richard Ravitch, who died Sunday at age 89, is being widely and appropriately praised for his roles in helping save New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s, rescuing a collapsing transit system in the 1980s and insisting on financial prudence by governments for his whole life.
Jun 27, 2023 · RAVITCH--Richard "Dick", died peacefully on June 25, 2023, surrounded by his family. A larger-than-life figure, Dick tackled some of the most complex urban challenges facing New...
