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In Folder: Mayor Edward I. Koch records

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Mayor Koch and newly appointed Commissioner of Ports and Terminals Susan Frank on the “Wavetree” at Pier 15

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Mayor Koch proclaims the week of August 1-6 as “Jamaica Independence Week,” a reception celebrating the 21st anniversary of Jamaica’s independence at the Westbury Hotel on Madison Avenue and E. 69th St.

From left to right, Donald White, Margaret Grey McTaggart, Arthur M. Davis, and Ariel Blackman of the Jamaica Progressive League.

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Mayor Koch in RR subway car on his way to Brooklyn to visit three subway stations in Brooklyn which are being cleaned by members of the Summer Youth Employment Program: Dekalb Aveune, Pacific Street, and Atlantic Avenue (IRT)

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Mayor Koch greets US Naval Academy midshipmen on their visit to the city on a summer cruise held regularly by the Naval Academy, traditionally the first time that the “mids” go to sea. Also on hand is Commissioner of Ports and Terminals Susan Frank.

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Mayor Koch holds town hall meeting for residents of Community Board District 11 in the Bronx (Allerton, Eastchester Gardens, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Parkway and Van Nest)

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Mayor Koch with P.A.L. kids in street games

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Mayor Koch greets Ruth Gruber, foreign correspondent and author of Haven, a story of refugees who fled Europe during World War II and came to Camp Oswego in upstate New York

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Mayor Koch attends the farewell reception for Maggie Boepple at “the Peking” at Pier 16, South Street Seaport

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Mayor Koch proclaims August 14, 1983 “India Day,” to commemmorate the 36th anniversary of India’s independence and presents proclamation to members of the American Federation of Indian Associations

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Mayor Koch issues certificate of appreciation to Celia Cruz, the Cuban-born salsa star at a City Hall summer festival. Tito Puente is on the Mayor’s left.

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Tito Puente and his orchestra perform on the steps of City Hall in the City Hall Summer Festival on the occasion of Celia Cruz receiving a certificate of appreciation from Mayor Koch

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Mayor Koch greets conductor of the New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta prior to a concert in Central Park

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Mayor Koch observes crowd in Central Park prior to concert by the New York Philharmonic

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Mayor Koch greets Challenger astronauts at City Hall

From left, Captain Rich Hauck, pilot of STS-7, Norman Thagard, M.D. mission specialist, Col. John Fabian, mission specialist, Capt. Robert Crippen, commander of STS-7, Dr. Sally Ride, mission specialist and the first woman in space.

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Mayor Koch addresses dinner party in honor of visiting astronauts of the space shuttle Challenger

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Mayor Koch greets President Mobutu Sesse Seko of the Republic of Zaire to City Hall

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Mayor Koch holds press conference with Police Commissioner and Con Edison officials to discuss substation fire and blackout in Midtown area

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Mayor Koch drops in at reception honoring Department of Finance employees for their work in helping to produce a budget surplus for the city

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Mayor Koch holds private reception for departing President of the Public Development for New York City, Phil Aarons

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Mayor Koch greets muscular dystrophy poster child Christopher George Rush at City Hall. The Mayor has given Christopher his own original Brooklyn Dodgers cap.

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Mayor Koch on a private walking tour of East Flatbush (Community District 17) in Brooklyn with community leaders including home owner Norma Green

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Mayor Koch holds press conference to announce plan to create more than 350 single-room-occupancy apartments in Manhattan and Brooklyn as section 8 hotels for low-income New Yorkers

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Mayor Koch and Mrs. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, visit AIDS patient Peter Justice at Cabrini Medical Center on East 19th Street to announce her intention to press for more federal spending against AIDS

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Mayor Koch, with from left to right, Representative Bill Green, MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch, City Council President Carol Bellamy and City Councilman from Brooklyn Sam Horwitz greet the first of 325 new R-62 subway cars built for the MTA by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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