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#457 FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
On October 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford walked into a press conference at the National Press Club and, using more precise, more eloquent words than legend remembers, but in no uncertain terms, told New York City that the federal government was not going to bail it out. The following day the New York Daily News --…
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