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    Robert Anderson Van Wyck (/væn ˈwaɪk/ van WYKE; July 20, 1849 – November 14, 1918) was the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the...
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  • District Attorney Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), the first mayor of New York City after consolidation in 1898 Warren Van Wyck (born 1952), American...
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  • the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck. The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965)...
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    Meadows–Corona Park. The highway is known as the Van Wyck Expressway (/væn ˈwɪk/ van WIK or /væn ˈwaɪk/ van WYKE) from JFK Airport to Northern Boulevard (New...
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    Robert Ferdinand Wagner II (April 20, 1910 – February 12, 1991) was an American diplomat and politician who served three terms as the mayor of New York...
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    American Civil War. Van Wyck was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was a distant cousin of Robert Anderson Van Wyck and Augustus Van Wyck; their common ancestors...
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    combat hate". The Forward. "Mayor Eric Adams, Rev. Al Sharpton, Robert F. Smith, Robert F. Smith, Rev. Conrad Tillard, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Elisha...
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    of Greater New York, Robert Anderson Van Wyck was elected to a four-year term in office with the support of Tammany Hall. Van Wyck was initially quite...
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    The Briarwood station (formerly the Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard station or Van Wyck Boulevard station) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard...
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    Greater New York was formed in 1898, the administration of mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck formed a plan for what became the Manhattan Bridge; these plans...
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  • Dutch lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), Mayor of New York Thomas Wijck (1616–1677), Dutch...
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    taxes for four years." Instead, he served as city clerk (characterized by Robert D. McFadden as a "patronage appointee who kept marriage licenses and municipal...
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    In 1866, Strong married Mary Urania Aborn (1843–1921), the daughter of Robert W. Aborn of New Jersey. Together, Mary and William were the parents of two...
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    1989. No mayor had ever won a fourth term, though Fiorello La Guardia and Robert Wagner also served three terms, and Wagner attempted to run for a fourth...
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    arrival in New York City of the best known Anastasia Romanov impostor, Anna Anderson, in 1928 and the eventual public denial of her by the exiled Romanovs and...
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    campaign manager and James Farley his campaign chair. Despite having Senator Robert F. Kennedy's strong support, Beame lost to the Republican nominee, John...
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    January 23, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2018. Carmer, Carl (1948). "From Van Wyck to O'Dwyer". In Nevins, Allan; Krout, John A. (eds.). The Greater City:...
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    nominees for mayor of New York City since the 1898 consolidation Robert Anderson Van Wyck Edward M. Shepard George B. McClellan Jr. William Jay Gaynor Edward...
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    the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Park Commissioner Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations...
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    S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (Republican) Robert Anderson Van Wyck, chief justice of the New York City Court (Democratic) Jackson...
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    Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019. Anderson, L. V. (January 14, 2014). "Stop Mocking Bill De Blasio. It's OK to Eat...
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  • for the team from 1967 to 1977. Van Wyck Expressway (formerly Van Wyck Boulevard) – named after Robert Anderson Van Wyck, the first mayor of New York City...
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  • – Max Liebermann, German painter and academic (d. 1935) 1849 – Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d...
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  • Ussachevsky Gladys Unger Irwin Untermyer Samuel Untermyer Abraham Van Buren Robert Anderson Van Wyck, first Mayor of Greater New York City Virginia Fair Vanderbilt...
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    Convention requested Potter to take action. He did so by writing Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck who, in turn passed the letter on to the President of the Police...
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    nominees for mayor of New York City since the 1898 consolidation Robert Anderson Van Wyck Edward M. Shepard George B. McClellan Jr. William Jay Gaynor Edward...
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    December 1897. Construction was delayed by the objections of mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck, who expressed concerns that the city's finances were unstable...
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    City In office January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903 Preceded by Robert Anderson Van Wyck Succeeded by George B. McClellan Jr. 11th President of Columbia...
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    eventually consented to the city's takeover of his franchise, mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck wanted to build a new bridge in a slightly different location....
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    mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck, two of his appointees, and two of the New York National Guard's appointees, next had to hire an architect. Van Wyck and...
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