José Rivera, “Mayor of Clinton St.,’ dies at age 63

“José Rivera, a Lower East Side activist for more than 50 years who held court as “The Mayor of Clinton St.” in a little wooden shed known as “La Casita” in the community garden on Clinton St. near Stanton St., died March 2 in Beth Israel Hospital at age 63.

He had been ill for a year and a half and went to the hospital only two weeks before he died, according to his daughter, Gloria Webb.”

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