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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
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was committed to excising corruption from New York City. He battled Tammany Hall (New York’s Democratic machine) with fierce idealism and relentlessly pursued racketeers and gamblers who often targeted poor immigrants.
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