On May 8, 1973, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signed into law what he called “the toughest antidrug program in the nation” and then congratulated himself and the legislators who stood fast “against this ...
When Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller championed the passage of the harsh New York drug statutes bearing his name in May 1973, the liberal Republican sought to burnish his national crime-fighting ...
Responding to a heroin epidemic and rising street crime, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller pushed draconian drug laws through the state Legislature in May 1973. Rockefeller proposed the laws in his 1973 State ...