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Bill Schleicher, a true social justice warrior from Riverdale, dies at 80

Longtime resident was retired editor of District 37 union's Public Employee Press

By MICHAEL HINMAN

Posted 8/31/23

It was a little after 4 p.m. on July 1, 1971, when Bill Schleicher walked into the 43rd Street office of The New York Times, carrying a camera and extra rolls of film.

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Celebrating the life of Robert Kenneth Kramer: Poet, critic, and esteemed professor dies at 90

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