Mary Perot Nichols

Mary Perot Nichols (October 11, 1926 — May 21, 1996) was an American journalist who lived in and covered New York City. She was a columnist and city editor of The Village Voice, where her work contributed to averting a plan by Robert Moses to put a highway through Greenwich Village. Nichols was first appointed to head the Municipal Broadcasting System (WNYC) in 1978, by Mayor Ed Koch, and went on to serve three tenures leading the media organization, including a stint after the system's name was changed to WNYC in 1989.

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