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Sid Davidoff, New York government affairs icon, dies at 86

By Barbara Russo-Lennon Posted on November 17, 2025

Sid Davidoff, an iconic figure in NYC’s political scene for six decades with a start in former Mayor John Lindsay’s administration, died on Sunday. He was 86.

Davidoff died at a hospital in the Dominican Republic, where he owned a home in the town of Punta Cana and was battling an infection while recovering from shoulder surgery, according to an article in City&State. 

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