Geraldine Ferraro & Alan Hevesi March In The Salute To Israel Parade In Manhattan In 1998 Editorial Photo

Former US Congresswoman and Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and New York City Comptroller and parade Grand marshal, Alan Hevesi march up 5th Avenue Manhattan with the Salute to Israel Parade on Sunday, May 7, 1998. Ferraro was campaigning for the Democratic Party Senatorial nomination, while Hevesi would go on to become Comptroller of the State of New York. Ferraro was a school teacher, politician, diplomat and journalist. She passed away in 2011 at the age of 75. Hevesi, a former political science and government professor, saw his promising political career end in shambles when he became a convicted felon for corruption and spent 20 months in prison. He died on November 9, 2023 at the age of 83.