John Zuccotti dies; former New York City deputy mayor was 78
John Zuccotti at the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan on Oct. 4, 1991. Credit: New York Times / John Sotomayor
John Zuccotti, a former New York City deputy mayor and chairman of global operations for Brookfield Asset Management Inc. who oversaw landmark Manhattan properties including the World Financial Center, has died. He was 78.
He died Thursday, according to Ashley Baldev, a spokeswoman at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where Zuccotti was of counsel in the New York-based law firm's real-estate department.
In a career spanning more than five decades, Zuccotti held key leadership positions in commercial real estate and New York City government, according to a biography provided by Baldev. He oversaw the World Financial Center development in lower Manhattan from 1990 to 1997 as chief executive officer of the U.S. unit of Toronto-based Olympia & York.
Zuccotti, who lived in Brooklyn, also served as first deputy mayor under Mayor Abraham Beame from 1975 through 1977. After serving on the city planning commission for two years, Mayor John V. Lindsay appointed him chairman in 1973.
A public square owned by Brookfield Property Partners LP, across from the unit's 1 Liberty Plaza tower in lower Manhattan, was named for Zuccotti.
He was born June 23, 1937, in Manhattan to Angelo and Gemma Zuccotti. He graduated from Princeton University in 1959 and received his law degree from Yale University in 1963. He served as an officer in the Army.
Zuccotti and his wife, the former Susan Sessions, had three children and eight grandchildren.
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