The Ghosts of Gracie Mansion Robert Anderson Van Wyck
To put it mildly, the first mayor of consolidated New York, Robert Anderson Van Wyck, was not too big on ethics. Van Wyck was tapped as Tammany Hall’s nominee in 1897 when Democratic bosses were looking for a yes man who would take orders from them. They found their man in Van Wyck, a former … Read more
