- Sidney Davidoff
Sidney "Sid" Davidoff (born
July 18 1939 ) is an Americanlawyer who was one of 20 people onNixon's Enemies List .Life and career
Born in
Brooklyn, New York , Davidoff graduated with a bachelor's degree fromCity College of New York in 1960 and earned hisJ.D. fromNew York University in 1963. He was admitted to the New York Bar that year.Davidoff was administrative assistant to
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay for seven years.Hendrik Hertzberg called him "the Mayor's burly troubleshooter". Hertzberg, Hendrik (September 26, 1970). Bike to Work. "The New Yorker "]In 1968, when students took over Hamilton Hall at
Columbia University holding the active dean captive there, Lindsay sent Davidoff as one of the mediators to broker the dean's release.Harris, Marvin (June 10, 1968). [http://www.publicanthropology.org/TimesPast/Harris.htm Big Bust on Morningside Heights.] "The Nation "] He likely caught the attention of Nixon staffers following a street fracas between Hard Hats and anti-war demonstrators, where Davidoff re-lowered the American flag to half-mast in honor of the 4 demonstrators killed at theKent State shootings after Hard Hats had raised it in defiance.Cook, Fred J. (June 15, 1970). Hard-Hats: The Rampaging Patriots. "The Nation "]On 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." He has also had some questionable ties to Mafia related persons and entitiesDavidoff was a Chubb Fellow at
Yale University , as well as a lecturer to the special Root-Tilden students atNew York University School of Law . Davidoff is currently a senior partner in the firm Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP, which he founded in 1975. He is a member of the Metropolitan New York Board of Governors for theUnited States Olympic Committee .References
External links
* [http://www.dmlegal.com/attorneys/davidoff.html Profile at Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP]
* [http://www.lawyers.com/New-York/New-York/Sid-Davidoff-506033-a.html Profile at lawyers.com]
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