Impellitteri

At the time Robert Moses wielded significant influence; according to Robert Caro (in his Robert Moses biography The Power Broker ), Moses provided Impellitteri regular advice and guidance behind the scenes, and Impellitteri deferred to Moses.

Impellitteri is credited with trying to rein in the budget, raising the bus and subway fare to fifteen cents, establishing parking meters on city streets for enhanced revenue and increasing the sales tax.

Impellitteri retired from the bench in 1965.

Impellitteri was the first mayor since the consolidation of greater New York in 1898 who was elected without a major party’s ballot line, and his election was a populist uprising against the political system.

In 1945, Mayor William O'Dwyer picked Impellitteri to run for President of the City Council on the Tammany Hall slate.

Under the City Charter of the day, when O'Dwyer resigned, City Council President Impellitteri became acting mayor.