succeeded predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party preceded birth_date term_start order spouse image article_title term_end birth_name
harrison j. goldin mario procaccino john v. lindsay edward i. koch 10 february 2001 london , united kingdom new york city , united states jewish democratic mario procaccino lawrence e. gerosa 20 march 1906 january 1 , 1974 1970 1962 104th new york city comptroller mayor of new york city 36th and 38th mary ingerman abraham d. beame.jpg abraham beame
 december 31 , 1977 1973 1965 abraham david birnbaum
abraham beame

abraham david `` abe '' beame -lrb- march 20 , 1906 -- february 10 , 2001 -rrb- was mayor of new york city from 1974 to 1977 as a democrat .
as such , he presided over the city during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s , during which the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy .
