{"id":144721,"date":"2020-12-31T03:09:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-spin-doctor-new-york-could-love\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T03:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:09:36","slug":"a-spin-doctor-new-york-could-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-spin-doctor-new-york-could-love\/","title":{"rendered":"#A spin doctor New York could love"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#A spin doctor New York could love<\/strong>”
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For a public-relations agent, Howard J. Rubenstein was so well-known and respected, you\u2019d think he had his own publicist boosting his reputation. Truth is, he didn\u2019t need one: His savvy, charm, integrity and invaluable connections were all it took to make him a New York institution. <\/p>\n

He was a spin doctor you could love.<\/p>\n

A Brooklyn kid, from Bensonhurst, Rubenstein \u2014 who died Tuesday at 88 \u2014 dropped out of Harvard Law School, set up a p.r. shop in his parents\u2019 kitchen and went on to represent some of the biggest names in politics, business and entertainment: Donald Trump, the Duchess of York, Mayor Abe Beame, Gov. Hugh Carey, Columbia University, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, assorted Wall Streeters, even this news<\/a>paper. <\/p>\n

He worked with \u201ceveryone from Presidents to Popes,\u201d notes his Web site. \u201cChances are, if it happ<\/a>ened, Rubenstein was there.\u201d <\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t much of an exaggeration: He was friends with every New York mayor, governor and US senator, regardless of party, over the last half-century. <\/p>\n

He was also the \u201cdean of damage control\u201d for marquee names (Marv Albert, Kathie Lee Gifford), shepherding clients through p.r. storms and managing successful comebacks. And make no mistake: Anyone who had to make Steinbrenner look good on his bad days and defend arrogant hotel mogul Leona Helmsley surely deserved all the hazard pay he got.<\/p>\n

Even more than a publicist, Rubenstein was a deal-maker, arranging shidduchs<\/em> between titans of business and government, to everyone\u2019s benefit \u2014 including the city, which leaned on his skills in forging key alliances to help pull it through its brush with bankruptcy in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

And he did it all with honor: \u201cWhen you have a crisis, you first have to ask, what\u2019s the right thing to do,\u201d he counseled. It was his \u201clife\u2019s passion to elevate\u201d public relations into \u201can ethical and honorable profession,\u201d notes his son, Steven Rubenstein.<\/p>\n

Mostly, he loved the city and worked to improve it and gave generously to charities. He was \u201ca huge contributor to New York\u2019s life and times, particularly in periods of crisis,\u201d recalls Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Post and who was, yes, represented by Rubenstein.<\/p>\n

Soft-spoken, full of grace, Rubenstein defied the classic image of a pushy p.r. flack. We\u2019ll not likely see another like him. RIP.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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