POP/ROCK - March 5, 1990

New York Bids for Grammys: New York Mayor David Dinkins and tourism industry leaders in Fun City have declared an all-out drive to bring the annual Grammy Awards ceremony back to the Big Apple from Los Angeles. “Our campaign to get the Grammys is a major economic development effort that can add some $30 million in commercial revenues to our local economy next year,” Dinkins said as he launched a formal campaign for the 1991 ceremony. Dinkins named Edwin Cooperman, North American president of American Express, as chairman of the N.Y.C. Host Committee-1991 Grammy Awards. Since 1976 Los Angeles has been home to the annual music awards ceremony every year except two, 1981 and 1988, when it was held in New York City.