Prior to 1982, Dicker was a state government reporter for the Albany Times Union, a morning daily newspaper owned by the Hearst Corporation. He broke the story in November 1976 of alleged Latvian war criminals hiding in the U.S., naming Vilis Hāzners, an upstate New York resident, based on official Latvian publications and Hazners' mention by name to Gertrude Schneider on her visit to Latvia.[2] The information provided eventually proved to be a KGB hit list, per the author, Pauls Ducmanis, of Daugavas Vanagi, Who Are They, and Imants Lešinskis, the KGB operative and "minister" who made the Hazners allegation to Schneider.[3] Dicker subsequently covered the federal deportation trial precipitated against Hazners for the Times Union.[4]
In October 1987, Dicker was physically shoved out of the offices of the New York State Assembly House Operations Committee by Norman Adler, a senior aide to the then Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, creating quite a public stir.[5] A 2005 New York Observer story on Dicker stated that he is a "political institution in his own right" and his reporting "regularly drives news coverage". Dicker broke the Troopergate scandal in July 2007 and engaged in a heated argument with Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino in October 2010, in which Paladino accused Dicker of authorizing a photographer to take pictures of his daughter.[6]
Dicker retired from the Post in September 2016.[7]
In addition to his newspaper work, Fred Dicker also hosted a talk show from 1997 to 2018 on WGDJ in Albany and WVOX in New Rochelle. He abruptly ended the radio show in November 2018 due to a family illness and his relocation to Florida.[8]
^Freedlander, David (6 December 2010). . New York Observer. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^Seiler, Casey (26 September 2016). "Fred Dicker departs New York Post, radio show continues". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^"Fred Dicker show is off the air". 21 November 2018.
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fredric, dicker, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, t. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Fredric U Dicker news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Fredric Uberall Fred Dicker is a former columnist for the New York Post He served as the state editor for New York since 1982 1 where he covered the administrations of Hugh Carey Mario Cuomo George Pataki Eliot Spitzer David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo Prior to 1982 Dicker was a state government reporter for the Albany Times Union a morning daily newspaper owned by the Hearst Corporation He broke the story in November 1976 of alleged Latvian war criminals hiding in the U S naming Vilis Hazners an upstate New York resident based on official Latvian publications and Hazners mention by name to Gertrude Schneider on her visit to Latvia 2 The information provided eventually proved to be a KGB hit list per the author Pauls Ducmanis of Daugavas Vanagi Who Are They and Imants Lesinskis the KGB operative and minister who made the Hazners allegation to Schneider 3 Dicker subsequently covered the federal deportation trial precipitated against Hazners for the Times Union 4 In October 1987 Dicker was physically shoved out of the offices of the New York State Assembly House Operations Committee by Norman Adler a senior aide to the then Assembly Speaker Mel Miller creating quite a public stir 5 A 2005 New York Observer story on Dicker stated that he is a political institution in his own right and his reporting regularly drives news coverage Dicker broke the Troopergate scandal in July 2007 and engaged in a heated argument with Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino in October 2010 in which Paladino accused Dicker of authorizing a photographer to take pictures of his daughter 6 Dicker retired from the Post in September 2016 7 In addition to his newspaper work Fred Dicker also hosted a talk show from 1997 to 2018 on WGDJ in Albany and WVOX in New Rochelle He abruptly ended the radio show in November 2018 due to a family illness and his relocation to Florida 8 References Edit Undisputed King of Albany Press is Fred U Dicker War Criminal Faces Deportation author Jewish Telegraph Agency The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Retrieved 1 January 2016 Shifting interpretations of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe Prof Emeritus Dr Andrew Ezergailis retrieved 1 January 2015 Spitzer s Nemesis Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on 6 July 2008 Retrieved 4 February 2014 Post Reporter Is Shoved By Top Aide to Speaker Freedlander David 6 December 2010 The 10 Most Memorable Political Moments of 2010 3 Carl Paladino vs Fred Dicker New York Observer Archived from the original on 8 December 2010 Retrieved 4 February 2014 Seiler Casey 26 September 2016 Fred Dicker departs New York Post radio show continues Albany Times Union Retrieved 15 February 2017 Fred Dicker show is off the air 21 November 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fredric U Dicker amp oldid 1069156069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
