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David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines, from 1945 to 1946. [ 1 ]
The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck. The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).
Abraham David Beame (né Birnbaum; March 20, 1906 – February 10, 2001) [2] was an American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who was the 104th mayor of New York City, in office from 1974 to 1977. [3] As mayor, he presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare ...
The New York City mayoral election of 1977 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 1977. U.S. Representative Ed Koch defeated Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in both the Democratic Party primary and the general election, with Cuomo running on the Liberal Party ticket. In the Democratic primary on September 8, incumbent mayor Abraham Beame was ...
October 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Eric Adams should not resign as the Big Apple mayor fights an unprecedented federal indictment. The Brooklyn lawmaker ...
John Vliet Lindsay (/ vliːt /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of Good Morning America.
The raids’ precise purpose remains unclear, but Adams was indicted Thursday on federal wire fraud and bribery charges. He is the first sitting Big Apple mayor to be indicted by a grand jury. In ...
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