William Powers is a New York Republican Party political activist.
[1] Powers was an aide to Senator Al D'Amato.
At the time, the state committee was over $1 million in debt, and Republicans controlled only 19 of New York's 62 counties.
Over the next four years, Powers led a rebirth of the party which saw the election of Rudy Giuliani as mayor of New York City in 1993 and the election of George Pataki as governor in 1994.
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