Former Lieutenant Governor of New York and past chairman of the MTA Richard Ravitch passed away over the weekend at the age of 89.
According to the New York Times, Ravitch passed on June 23 in the hospital. His death was confirmed by his wife, Kathleen M. Doyle.
A Manhattanite, Ravitch’s tenure in the public space started when he was appointed to the United States Commission on Urban Problems in 1966 by then-President Lyndon Johnson, and was later elected president of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council in 1968. In 1975, New York Governor Hugh Carey appointed Ravitch as the chairman of the New York State Urban Development Corporation, where Ravitch took on organizing the finances of the corporation.
Ravitch was chairman from 1979 to 1983, with the 11-day 1980 New York City transit strike landing in the middle of his run. He retired in 1983, but stayed active in public life as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank of New York in 1985.
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