• Henry "Meade" Esposito (1907 – September 3, 1993) was an American politician who was a Brooklyn Democratic leader and political boss. Esposito served...
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  • Brennan in the wake of his triumph over the more traditional machine of Meade Esposito in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1980s.[citation needed] Reform Democrats...
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    Ed Koch, Secretary of State Carmine DeSapio, and Brooklyn party boss Meade Esposito. In 1972, he helped Nixon discredit the candidacy of George McGovern's...
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    and the locus of New York patronage politics following the ascent of Meade Esposito, as opposed to the policy-oriented "reform" Democrats who entered New...
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    (1858–1934) Carmine DeSapio (1908–2004) Johnny Dougherty (b. 1960) Meade Esposito (1907–1993) M. Harvey Taylor (1876–1982) James A. Farley (1888–1976)...
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    official Stanley M. Friedman and Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman Meade Esposito, an American Mafia associate long perceived as New York City's preeminent...
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    Shortly thereafter, influential Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman Meade Esposito called for Lindsay to end his campaign: "I think the handwriting is...
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  • young man, he was involved with Brooklyn's Reform Democrats against the Meade Esposito machine. In the 1990s, he ran for office six times in primary election...
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    (1928–1996), actor Melech Epstein (1889–1979), journalist and historian Meade Esposito (1907–1993), Brooklyn Democratic leader Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor...
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    retiring Meade Esposito initially vexed many observers because erstwhile Esposito protégé Anthony J. Genovesi (regarded as a "prodigal son" by Esposito because...
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  • retired Brooklyn Democratic party leader Meade Esposito, which eventually led to corruption charges against Esposito and Congressman Mario Biaggi of the Bronx...
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    have acknowledged. "Today's reformer is tomorrow's hack," party boss Meade Esposito is reputed to have said, and later boss Clarence Norman echoed those...
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    (born 1950), writer/editor for the New York Post [citation needed] Meade Esposito (1907–1993), politician who was a Brooklyn Democratic Party leader and...
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    founding member of New York City alternative metal band Life of Agony Meade Esposito (1907-1993), longtime Chairman of the Kings County Democratic Committee...
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  • politics for three decades beginning in the late 1910s. He influenced Meade Esposito, a Democratic party fixer. Schorenstein immigrated from Austria in the...
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  • left the actor paralyzed. He photographed local politicians including Meade Esposito. Regan worked with Palace Press Inside Editions on a book called Knockout:...
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  • resign, leaving a three-year unexpired term. Leone was selected by Meade Esposito, the long-time Brooklyn Democratic leader, to be Stark's replacement...
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    City and the second in New York State. Holtzman was an opponent of Meade Esposito, the chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party and its political machine...
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    leader Meade Esposito. Prosecutors said it was in exchange for using his influence to help a ship-repair company that was a major client of Esposito's insurance...
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    hands of Steingut's close associate and business partner Meade Esposito. Many assumed Esposito did Steingut's bidding because they would continue to see...
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    Democratic Party chairman and preeminent New York City political leader Meade Esposito's American Mafia-influenced patronage network, ultimately precipitating...
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    primary "clubhouse" political venue for decades until the ascendancy of Meade Esposito's rival, Canarsie-based Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in the 1960s...
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  • the direct intervention of Meade Esposito, the president of the Brooklyn Democratic machine. According to Koch, Esposito claimed there had been no Italian-Americans...
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    000); Esposito, map 99 ("near 28,000"); Clark, p. 150 (20,448, "but probably closer to 28,000"); Woodworth, p. 209 ("at least equal to Meade's and possibly...
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    maternal grandmother's friendship with a Brooklyn political leader, Meade Esposito, in 1981, at the age of 23, Dizozza joined the City Comptroller's Office...
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    supervised the Army of the Potomac and its commander, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade. Grant's campaign objective was not the Confederate capital of Richmond...
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    Rapidan River. Meade had intelligence reports that Lee's army, half the size of Meade's Army of the Potomac (actually 48,000 to Meade's 81,000), was split...
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    Patriots Day (2016). She also received recognition for her role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series Mission: Impossible, making appearances in...
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    the actions of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, and other forces against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern...
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    corps positioned to begin Meade's portion of Grant's plan against Lee's army. Three of the corps, plus cavalry, composed Meade's Army of the Potomac. A fourth...
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