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The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives podcast explores the social and political history of New York City based on oral histories and audio recordings from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives' collections.
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Tuberculosis claimed both Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s wife and daughter in 1921. His devastation over this loss coupled with the grim conditions—poor sanitation and overcrowding—that afflicted most of the city’s impoverished citizens lead the mayor to expand public health efforts and to construct public housing projects.
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