Carol Greitzer

Carol Greitzer, a lifelong New Yorker and long-serving member of the City Council who played a critical role in preserving the historic charm of Greenwich Village during the 1960s and ’70s as it faced constant attack from developers, gentrifiers and the demolition-happy urban planner Robert Moses, died on April 3 2026 at her home on West 12th Street, where she had lived since 1959. She was 101. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Hunter College in 1945 and a master’s degree in English from New York University in 1949. In 1973, Ms. Greitzer was a founding member of the First Women’s Bank of New York, which gave women access to financial services that most major institutions did not then provide.