June Jackson Christmas, Pioneering Psychiatrist, Dies at 99
Dr. Christmas overcame race and gender barriers to run New York’s mental health agency under three mayors in the 1970s.
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Dr. Christmas overcame race and gender barriers to run New York’s mental health agency under three mayors in the 1970s.
A documentary about the city’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s, co-directed by the son of one of its saviors, wins the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
Mayor Eric Adams took a 3-day pilgrimage of sorts to two cities in Israel this month to learn about public safety technology.
In 1970, Mr. Buckley, the son of an oil tycoon and the brother of a leading force on the right, became the first third-party candidate elected to the U.S. Senate in 30 years.
Grand Central Terminal. Grand Army Plaza. The Queensboro Bridge. They, and more, were preserved as historic treasures under her fierce watch at the city’s landmarks commission.