Richard Ravitch
| Richard Ravitch | |
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| Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
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In office July 8, 2009 – December 31, 2010 |
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| Governor | David Paterson |
| Preceded by | Pedro Espada (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. Duffy |
| Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
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In office 1979–1983 |
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| Appointed by | Hugh Carey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 7, 1933 Brooklyn, New York City, New York United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Diane Ravitch (1960-1986; divorced; 2 children) Betsy F. Perry (1994-?; divorced) Kathleen M. Doyle (m. 2005) |
| Residence | New York City, New York |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University Yale Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer, Real Estate Developer, Government Official |
Richard Ravitch (born July 7, 1933) is an American politician and businessman who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson. A native of New York City, he earned a law degree from Yale Law School and has worked in his family's real estate development business, a number of government and government-appointed positions, including with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and in private industry, including tenures as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank and as the chief owner representative in labor negotiations for Major League Baseball.
Richard Ravitch (no middle name) was born July 7, 1933 to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Saul (d. 1952) and Sylvia (née Lerner, d. 1974) Ravitch. His father was a co-founder of HRH Construction Corporation, which eventually grew to have offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. The firm had begun building in Manhattan in the late nineteenth century, and by 1965 had built more than $1 billion worth of projects, including Columbia University Law School and New York University Hospital. Ravitch is a member of the third generation of the family to run the company.
Ravitch was educated at Columbia College, earning an undergraduate degree in American History with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1955, and Yale Law School, earning a JD in 1958. He served in the army for a short time after graduation from Yale and his 1960 marriage to Diane Silvers.
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