Requiem For An Old-School Pol; James J. Tayoun, 1930-2017
By Ralph Cipriano
for BigTrial.net
He was, at various stages of his long life, a Daily News sports writer, a restauranteur, a state representative, a City Councilman, a felon, a newspaper editor, a raconteur, always a true character, and above all else, an old-school politician.
Jimmy Tayoun died yesterday at 87, after collapsing in front of his home, and …