- Mayor of New York City from 1974-77.
- First Jewish mayor of New York City.
- Uncle of Marty Ingels.
- Was New York City's shortest mayor.
- Graduated from CUNY-City College with a degree in accounting in 1928.
- Had two sons, Edmund and Bernard.
- Parents were Russian immigrants, Philip and Esther Birnbaum.
- Raised his family first on Carroll Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn before moving to Belle Harbor in the Rockaways.
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