The woman who posed for the painting was Betty Compton, a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl and the mistress of NYC mayor Jimmy Walker, who served the city from 1926 to 1931 — a wry touch added by ...

Tuesday March 25 th March 25, 1939: Crestwood’s Dr. William Walker announced he and his brother, former NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker, used a specialized instrument to locate what they believed was a three ...

ultimately uncovering a million-dollar slush fund controlled by New York City’s flamboyant, wise-cracking mayor, Jimmy Walker. Again the oligarchy triumphed. It did so by inducing the guilty to ...

“The former owner held an auction at the inn unbeknownst to us.” Jimmy Walker, the mayor of New York City, had given Kessel an elaborate backbar. A polar bear rug was supposedly from Teddy Roosevelt.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in a state of legal and political purgatory.The first-term Democrat is waiting on a judge to rule on a ...

SINGAPORE – Everything seemed to be going well for Jimmy Walker when he won the 2016 PGA Championship. The American had been on an upward trajectory since claiming a breakthrough victory at the ...

There’s no precedent for what Adams is hoping to do: In modern times, no candidate has ever been elected New York City mayor solely on an independent line. On top of that, Adams has sagging poll ...