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Article: JOHN LINDSAY, MAYOR WITH EYE ON SEVENTH AVENUE, DIES AT 79.(former New York mayor)(Obituary)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- December 21, 2000
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NEW YORK -- In the midst of marathon union negotiations and facing heated criticism from the Jewish community over school decentralization and a host of other issues, former Mayor John V. Lindsay once remarked to a reporter from this publication that no one from Seventh Avenue ever called him to complain about the apparel industry's problems.
The following day, WWD quoted Lindsay, saying, "You sit there telling me Seventh Avenue is being ignored. Tell them to call me up," under the headlines, "Just Give Me a Call," and "Dial `M' for Mayor." Based on the response, Lindsay may have regretted his words that day in December 1970, but they made him a legend on ...