b"\x02Edmund Kane NYCHA, Housing Assistant, Manager, Local 237 Executive StaffMember since 1975The following is an edited version of Edmund Kanes oral history interview fromApril 4, 2016.What year did you become a member of Teamsters Local 237?1975, the same year I went to work for the City of New York. I was 28.What jobs did you have prior to working for the City of New York?Well, I graduated from college in 1970 and I had a series of jobs, like doorman, elevator operator, janitor - things ofthat nature. I was a tour guide for a while. I finally took a civil service exam. At the time, most of my friends who were college graduates were pretty much either unemployed or driving cabs. I think it was the first wave, the baby boomerscoming out of college and things were tough in terms of finding a job. I could have got jobs offered jobs as salesmanand stuff like that, but I really didn't think I was cut out for that. I wasn't looking that hard, really. I wasn't married at thetime, so, it didn't bother me for a while. But then I took a civil service exam. I picked up a newspaper, saw different civilservice jobs and I took a number of different tests one of which was a housing assistant. I took the exam, I passed it, I goton the list, then I finally got called and I came to the Housing Authority.What was your first job location? My first job location was Mitchell Houses in the South Bronx. My job title was Housing Assistant.Why did you decide you would work for the City at this point?Well, at that time, I had quit different jobs. I was a doorman. I had gotten married and I thought it was time to startto look for something more important, or a better job, something that required a college degree, which this job did and,to be something a little more commensurate with my education. I didn't really know it at the time, but this had a careerladder where you could move yourself up through series of examsDid you have friends or family who worked for the City?No, not that worked for the City. I come from a big family and my older brother worked for the Port Authority as anaccountant. Another brother worked for the [New York] State tax department. He now works as a controller at the MTA.91 "