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William Lafayette Strong, a reformist banker, easily defeated former mayor Hugh J. Grant to succeed Gilroy. This was the final mayoral election held prior to the consolidation of Greater New York (including Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island) by a public referendum in December 1894. As a result of that referendum, Strong's term as mayor was ...
Gilroy was born in Sligo, Ireland, and immigrated with his parents to New York City at age seven. His father died soon afterwards, and he left school at age 16 to begin working in the publishing business, where he eventually became a proofreader. He later served as a court clerk, and Deputy County Clerk and Undersheriff for New York County.
Pages in category "Politicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 718 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prosecutors and investigators zeroed in on Miguel Solorio after an 82-year-old woman was shot and killed in 1998, but attorneys argued detectives ignored evidence that pointed to another man.
Four New York metropolitan area Hells Angels members and one prospect were convicted of ambushing and wounding two southern Virginia-based Pagans members at a motel near Greenville on September 10, 2018. The attack happened as the rival gangs happened to be staying at the same motel while passing through the area, and led to one Pagan being ...
Giovanni Hernandez and Miguel Solorio were both convicted of murders they said they had nothing to do with as teenagers. Their efforts to be exonerated finally came to fruition on Wednesday.
In 2021, when Mr Solorio was around the age of 42 and spending over two decades in prison, his attorney, Ellen Eggers, submitted an innocence claim to the CIU and the Northern California Innocence ...
Gerardo Cortes Jr. (born 1959), a Chilean modern pentathlete, and son of Gerardo Cortes Sr. This page was last edited on 10 October 2017, at 06:13 (UTC). Text is ...