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  • Note how Brady credits his boss, Mayor John P. Hylan, who had defeated reform Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in 1917.

    Henry J. Stern: A Missing Link Henry J. Stern 2011

  • Note how Brady credits his boss, Mayor John P. Hylan, who had defeated reform Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in 1917.

    Henry J. Stern: A Missing Link Henry J. Stern 2011

  • Police said Mr. Pittsley was traveling north on Hylan Boulevard when he sped through a stop sign at Hillside Terrace.

    Driver Arrested in Fatal Wreck Pervaiz Shallwani 2011

  • NYPD officials say a witness saw Amanda Diane Cummings jump in front of the bus on Hylan Boulevard by Hunter Avenue.

    Amanda Diane Cummings Dies After Being Struck By Bus 2012

  • As returning veterans had trouble finding housing, then-mayor John "Red Mike" Hylan determined that "the law of supply and demand should not apply so far as the renting situation is concerned," as the New York Times reported at tht time.

    Rent-Control Laws Hamper New York's Housing Market 2012

  • Stretches of Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island's main drag, were blocked off Sunday from Midland Beach to South Beach, with knee-high puddles.

    Staten Island, Queens Take Beating Dana Mattioli 2011

  • I will say memory is my favorite is my Dad taking me out of school early in 1983 to go see Jedi on the Rae Twin on Hylan Blvd.

    LEGO® STAR WARS The Visual Dictionary 10.10.09 Launch! Jayf 2009

  • Hylan from Chicago, Illinois: "It doesn't mean a thing."

    CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2008 2008

  • One went bankrupt in the early 1920s before struggling through post-receivership, while the other struggled for 20 years until Mayor LaGuardia completed a plan begun in the 1920s by Mayor Hylan to have the city built its own subway system and then buy out the other two companies, because they knew government could operate a business far more efficently than a money-grubbing private company could (stop laughing out there!).

    Government should not own copyright « BuzzMachine 2005

  • With Doyle lecturing in Pittsburgh, Lady Doyle, back in New York, publicly rebuked Mayor Hylan when he made some unflattering comments about “that man Doyle” and his Spiritualist beliefs.

    The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006

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