Torre did not plan to ask players to attend a morning rally at City Hall, but he reconsidered after a conversation with his wife, Alice.
The Burgomasters were administrators who rotated three-month terms "to attend at City Hall for the dispatch of public business."
Holtzman attended a press conference at City Hall in August 1990 announcing the initiation of the program.
His critics have sometimes suggested that he seems more eager to watch the tournament than to attend to his duties at City Hall.
Charles A. Bell, the board's president, attended the drawing at City Hall.
More than 50 people attended the public hearing on the proposal at City Hall on Tuesday, and most of the speakers favored the commission plan.
On January 18, 1995, over 100 people attended the study session at City Hall.
"There is no fraud involved," said the lawyer, John Gillespie, who attended a meeting at City Hall today during which officials discussed the transactions.
"I also encouraged them to attend meetings at City Hall."
About 60 leaders of religious organizations attended the closed session at City Hall.