Background
Ravitch, Richard was born on July 7, 1933 in New York City. Son of Saul and Sylvia Ravitch.
city official Lieutenant Governor of New York
Ravitch, Richard was born on July 7, 1933 in New York City. Son of Saul and Sylvia Ravitch.
Bachelor in American History, Columbia University, New York City, 1955. Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, 1958.
Attorney United States House Government Operations Committee, Washington, 1959—1960. Chairman His Royal Highness Construction Corporation, 1960—1977, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1975—1979. General partner The Blackstone Group, New York City, 1979—1983.
Chairman Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), 1979—1983, Bowery Savings Bank, New York City, 1985—1987. President players relations committee Major League Baseball, 1991—1994. Co-chairman Millennial Housing Commission, 2000—2002.
Chairman Ravitch, Rice & Company, since 2004. Lieutenant governor State of New York, Albany, 2009—2010. President Citizens Housing & Planning Council, 1968.
Candidate New York City mayoral race Democratic primary, 1989. Member of Council Foreign Relations, Century Club.
Married Diane Silvers, 1960 (divorced 1986). Children: Joseph, Michael. Married Betsy F. Perry, May 7, 1994 (divorced).
Married Kathleen M. Doyle, August 27, 2005.
