New York Fed Chairman, With Ties to Goldman, Resigns

May. 7, 2009
Stephen Friedman, the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York, abruptly resigned on Thursday, days after questions arose about his ties to Goldman Sachs.
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