John Eugene Zuccotti was an Italian-American businessman active in real estate and development in New York City.
Background
John Zuccotti was born in 1937 to Angelo and Gemma Zuccotti. His father was an Italian immigrant to the United States who had become well-known in New York"s high society as the longtime maitre d" of El Morocco, a nightclub frequented by the rich and famous.
Education
Zuccotti graduated in 1959 from Princeton University with a bachelor"s degree.
Career
He is best known as the namesake of Zuccotti Park. He had one brother, Andrew. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 1963.
He served as assistant to the secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as chairman of the Real Estate Board of New New York
As a businessman, Zuccotti was active in the development of New York City, as a partner in a number of real estate firms including Olympia & York, and law firms such as Brown & Wood, Tufo & Zuccotti, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and as the United States. chairman of Brookfield Properties. Politically, Zuccotti was active in both Democratic and Republican politics on both the local and national level, serving at various times on the National Republican Congressional Committee and Joe Biden"s presidential campaign.
Zuccotti was married to Susan Sessions Zuccotti, the author of a number of books relating to the Holocaust. He died of a heart attack on November 19, 2015. aged 78.
Membership
In mid-November 1975 Zuccotti was named first deputy mayor of the city by Mayor Abraham Doctorate. Beame He served in a number of governmental and civic positions including member of the New York City Planning Commission starting in 1971, of which he became chairman in 1973. He was also a member of the boards of groups as diverse as World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Visiting Nurse Service of New New York