The late Mayor Abe Beame must be rolling in his grave after being the butt of jokes at his successor Ed Koch‘s 85th-birthday party at the St. Regis. James Gill, Koch’s law partner at Bryan Cave, said of Beame, “Despite the fact that he was the first Jewish mayor of NYC, he couldn’t balance the budget!” Riffing on Beame’s 5-foot-2 frame, Gill recalled a visit to the South Bronx by Jimmy Carter. “President Carter spotted him in the audience and shouted out, ‘There’s my old friend Abe Beame. Abe stand up and be recognized.’ Of course, Abe was already standing!”