Sidney Davidoff (born July 18, 1939) is an American
lawyer
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who was one of 20 people on
Nixon's Enemies List.
Life and career
Born in
Brooklyn, New York, Davidoff graduated with a bachelor's degree from
City College of New York
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in 1960 and earned his
J.D. from
New York University in 1963. He was admitted to the New York Bar that year.
Davidoff was administrative assistant to
New York Mayor
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John Lindsay for seven years.
Hendrik Hertzberg
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called him "the Mayor's burly troubleshooter".
[Hertzberg, Hendrik (September 26, 1970). Bike to Work. '' The New Yorker'']
He served as President of
The New York Young Republican Club from 1967 to 1968.
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at
Columbia University and held dean
Henry S. Coleman
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captive, Lindsay sent Davidoff as one of the mediators to broker the dean's release.
[Harris, Marvin (June 10, 1968)]
Big Bust on Morningside Heights. ''The Nation
'' He likely caught the attention of Nixon staffers following a street fracas between pro- and anti-war demonstrators, where Davidoff re-lowered the American flag to half-mast in honor of the four demonstrators killed at the Kent State shootings after opponents had raised it in defiance.
[Cook, Fred J. (June 15, 1970). Hard-Hats: The Rampaging Patriots. ''The Nation'']
On Nixon's Enemies List, Nixon's list, Davidoff was described thus: "Lindsay's top personal aide: a first class
S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected
bagman. Positive results would really shake the Lindsay camp and Lindsay's plans to capture youth vote. Davidoff in charge."
Davidoff was a
Chubb Fellow at
Yale University, as well as a lecturer to the
Root-Tilden students at
New York University School of Law. Davidoff is currently a senior partner in the firm
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
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, which he founded in 1975. The firm is recognized as one of the top lobbyists in the state of New York.
[Sims, Calvin (April 3, 1992).]
Adviser to Dinkins Again Tops List of City Lobbyists The New York Times He later went on to form the New York Advocacy Association, a "lobbying group for lobbyists," designed to counter strict and complicated lobbying laws in the State of New York.
[Bragg, Chris (May 11, 2009).]
City Lobbyists Create a Lobby of Their Own City Hall News
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He is a member of the Metropolitan New York Board of Governors for the
United States Olympic Committee.
Davidoff has also had roles in television shows, including the
ABC comedy ''
Spin City'', and ''
The Sopranos''.
References
External links
Profile at Davidoff & Citron Hutcher LLP
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Nixon's Enemies List
1939 births
Living people
People from Brooklyn
New York (state) lawyers