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Feb 1, 2013 · Former Mayor Edward Koch, who presided over New York City during the turbulent late 1970s and '80s and came to personify the city with his wry and outspoken style, died on Friday at the age of 88 ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Edward Irving Koch was born Dec. 12, 1924, in the Bronx, the son of a Jewish immigrant furrier who moved the family to Newark during the Depression. Mr.
May 17, 2018 · Edward I. Koch. Edward I. Koch (born 1924) was one of New York City's most controversial mayors. He led the city from the edge of bankruptcy in 1978 to a substantial budget surplus in 1983. Edward I. Koch was born December 12, 1924, in New York City, the second
For all his flinty wit and occasional impulse to antagonize, Ed Koch was, in the end, almost impossible to dislike. In this, he reflected his city. Ed Koch was a New York icon and an American ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Ed Koch, the Jewish Mayor Who Became a Symbol of New York City, Dies at 88. As NYC mayor from 1978 to 1989, the forceful, quick-witted Koch, with his trademark phrase "How'm I Doing?," was a polarizing figure and the city's constant promoter.
Feb 2, 2013 · Ed Koch was the personification of New York and of the Jewish community of New York. He was proud of being a New Yorker and he was proud of being a Jew. And he expressed his likes and dislikes without any hesitation and with a legendary feistiness. You always knew where Ed Koch stood.
In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth,crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoralrun in 1989 and despite the Wall St...
