Robert Price is an American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive. He was appointed to New York State's Commission of Investigation in 2001. He founded Price Communications in 1981, a media company owning television and radio stations, a cellular telephone system, and the New York Law Journal

New York Law Journal

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Born in the Bronx, Price is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science

Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science is a specialized New York City public high school often considered the premier science magnet school in the United States. Founded in 1938, it is now located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx...

 and Columbia Law School

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

. He served as Law Clerk

Law clerk

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 to United States District Court

United States district court

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 Archie Dawson, in the Southern District of New York and was an Assistant United States Attorney, in the Criminal Division of the Southern District.

He was campaign manager for John V. Lindsay's successful 1965 mayoral race, and served as Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor

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 of New York City under Lindsay. He also has served as a Trustee of the City University of New York

City University of New York

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, was a member of the Municipal Assistance Corporation

Municipal Assistance Corporation

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 from 1996 to 2001, and is on the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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