Harry Nilsson

November, 1971

When he first Accepted Mayor Lindsay's appointment as head of New York City's Environmental Protection Agency 22 months ago, a number of political observers questioned Jerome Kretchmer's judgment. A four-term state assemblyman from a Manhattan district who had built a following of young and radical voters, Kretchmer seemed to be risking a bright political future. He would obviously be vulnerable if things didn't get cleaner--just about the last thing anybody in New York expected. But while the c...