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Mayor Lindsay Studies Statehood Proposal and City Commission
New York mayor John V. Lindsay sets up a commission to probe state government efficiency and consider making New York City the 51st state. The Legislature creates a parallel inquiry with a $250,000 appropriation as Albany weighs mass transit welfare courts and narcotics reforms and potential city state governance.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Albany
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assembly
Brydges
State Commission
Seymour Thaler
Queens
New York City
Bronx
Westchester