Washington, D.C. - Congressman Samuel S. Stratton is shown here addressing a group of city officials and urban renewal officers from New York State at a breakfast meeting held in Washington last week to push for restoration of administration budget cuts in housing and urban renewal funds. Visible in the picture are (seated, left to right): Albany Mayor Erastus Corning; Amsterdam Mayor John Gomulka; Alderman Joseph Purtell, and Amsterdam Urban Renewal Director Frank Gillis; Undated (standing, left to right): Amsterdam Aldermen Karl Krajewski and Raymond Hall. April 09, 1973 (O'Neil/Times Union Archive)