| LC control no. | n 92094044 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Paterson, Basil A. |
| Birth date | 19260427 |
| Death date | 20140416 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | United States--Politics and government Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government New York (State)--Politics and government New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government Labor laws and legislation Arbitration, Industrial |
| Affiliation | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) New York (State). Legislature. Senate New York (State). Department of State Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein |
| Profession or occupation | Political activists Politicians Public officers Labor lawyers |
| Found in | Meet the press. 1972-07-30 [SR] 1972: transcript, t.p. (Basil A. Paterson; vice chairman, Democratic National Committee) Washington post WWW site, Apr. 18, 2014 (Basil A. Paterson; Basil Alexander Paterson was born April 27, 1926, in Harlem; d. Apr. 16 [2014], Manhattan, at 87; perhaps best known as a member of the “Gang of Four,” a cadre of leaders in Harlem politics beginning in the 1970s; in the late 1960s, Mr. Paterson represented Harlem and Northern Manhattan in the state Senate; served under Mayor Edward I. Koch as a deputy mayor for labor and personnel before Gov. Hugh L. Carey named him New York secretary of state in 1978; remained in office until 1982; later was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; served for a period as vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee; one of the most important labor lawyers and negotiators in New York; spent much of his career with the firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein) |
| Associated language | eng |
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