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Joseph McGoldrick

Joseph D. McGoldrick
Personal details
Born(1901-06-05)June 5, 1901
Brooklyn, New York
DiedApril 5, 1978(1978-04-05) (aged 76)
Savannah, Georgia
Cause of deathCancer
Political partyRepublican
Alma mater
  • Columbia University
  • Fordham University
ProfessionComptroller of New York City, New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, political science professor

Joseph Daniel McGoldrick (June 5, 1901 – April 5, 1978) was an American politician and lawyer. He was Comptroller of New York City for nearly nine years. He subsequently was New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, founded a law firm, and was chairman of the Department of Political Science at Queens College for a decade.

Early life

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McGoldrick was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He had three younger siblings, and his parents were Loretta and Daniel McGoldrick, an accountant.[1]

He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School. McGoldrick then attended Columbia University, graduating in 1922 with an A.B. with honors in History and Greek.[2][1] He was then an instructor in government at Columbia.[1][3] He received a law degree from Fordham University in 1929.[1] He was granted a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1931.[1]

Career

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McGoldrick in 1934 became deputy to Comptroller of New York City W. Arthur Cunningham.[1] Cunningham died, and McGoldrick was appointed by Mayor La Guardia to take his place.[1] McGoldrick later ran in a special election, and lost.[1] But when La Guardia ran for a second term in 1937, McGoldrick joined him in office as Comptroller, and the same happened four years later.[4][1][5][6]

After serving as comptroller, he became the New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner in 1946.[7][1] In 1948, he founded the law firm of McGoldrick, Dannett, Horowitz & Golub.[8][1] In 1958, he joined the Queens College faculty, where he spent a decade as chairman of the Department of Political Science.[1]

McGoldrick was the author of The Law and Practice of Municipal Home Rule 1916‐1930 and Building Regulation in New York City, and co‐author with R. E. and M. P. Keohane of Government in Action.[1][8][9]

He died of cancer on April 5, 1978, in Savannah, Georgia.[1] As of 2019, he was the last Republican to have served as Comptroller of New York City.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Treaster, Joseph B. (April 6, 1978). "Joseph McGoldrick, La Guardia Aide". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Officers of Instruction", Columbia University Bulletin, Columbia University, 1923.
  3. ^ "5 February 1936". Columbia Daily Spectator.
  4. ^ "TAXES: Mr. Tugwell's Idea". Time. November 25, 1940.
  5. ^ MC GOLDRICK, JOSEPH D. (1940). "Tax Problems of a Great City". Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Taxation Under the Auspices of the National Tax Association. 33: 6–12. JSTOR 23403975 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ "RELIEF: Shoddy". Time. September 26, 1938.
  7. ^ New York (State). Temporary State Housing Rent Commission (1950). "Survey of residential rents and rental conditions in the State of New York. Joseph D. McGoldrick, State rent administrator. Prepared and issued pursuant to the New York State emergency housing rent control law, chap. 250, Laws of 1950., by New York (State). Temporary State Housing Rent Commission". library.upenn.edu.
  8. ^ a b "Joseph D. McGoldrick (1901-1980)". New-York Historical Society.
  9. ^ Horack, Frank E. (December 4, 1933). "Law and Practice of Municipal Home Rule, 1916–1930. By Joseph D. McGoldrick. (New York: Columbia University Press. 1933. Pp. xiv, 431.)". American Political Science Review. 27 (6). Cambridge University Press: 988–989. doi:10.2307/1947296. JSTOR 1947296. S2CID 148191787.
  10. ^ Murphy, Jarrett (August 15, 2019). "Republicans Have Hit Rock Bottom in NYC. Time to Rebuild, or Start Drilling?". City Limits.
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