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Edward Irving Koch ( / kɒtʃ / KOTCH; [1] December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.
May 1, 2024 · Ed Koch (born December 12, 1924, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died February 1, 2013, New York City) was an American politician who served as mayor of New York City (1978–89) and was known for his tenacity and brashness. After serving in the army during World War II, Koch graduated from New York University Law School (1948).
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Feb 1, 2013 · The brash former New York mayor died Friday, February 1, of congestive heart failure at 88, his spokesman said. Koch campaigned for a New York State Assembly seat in August 1962. Koch, a three...
Feb 1, 2013 · Former New York City Mayor Edward Irving Koch, a man as colorful as the city he helped save from financial ruin, died Friday of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
Feb 1, 2013 · The web page reports the death of Ed Koch, the three-term mayor of New York City who rescued the city from near-financial ruin and embodied New York chutzpah. It also covers his political career, his personality, his legacy and his quotes.
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May 8, 2022 · It’s really impossible to measure what effect his own identity might have had on the city’s stewardship of the crisis. But some of Koch’s aides explicitly told activists at the time that ...
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Feb 1, 2013 · With the death on Friday of Edward I. Koch , the “little Jewish kid from the Bronx” who grew up to govern New York City through 12 of its most memorably turbulent years, remembrances of the...