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Ed Koch
The New York City that Mayor Ed Koch inherited in 1978 is almost unimaginable today: graffiti-filled subways; miles of abandoned buildings; filthy streets that...
“An Insane, Surreal Day”: Koch Documentary Released on Day of Mayor Koch’s Death
Neil Barsky, the filmmaker behind the documentary with an eerie release date, says audiences will get a private glimpse at the very public figure
Q&A: Ed Koch’s Life and Legacy
How the former New York City mayor, who died early Friday morning, left a lasting imprint
New York City Mayor Ed Koch: From TIME’s Archives
Ed Koch, the colorful, headstrong mayor who led New York out of a nightmarish fiscal crisis in the 1980s, died Friday morning of congestive heart failure. He was...
Hizzoner
It was a time of giants in New York. Mario Cuomo was Governor. Ed Koch was mayor. Neither, I think, will be remembered for giant breakthroughs in governors,...
Ed Koch: Mayor—and Movie Critic
Watch Mayor Koch's last-ever episode of his movie criticism webseries
Koch and Israel
Greg Sargent has an interesting post about Jewish Democratic money sticking with Obama, despite the concerted efforts of Bibi Netanyahu and the Republican party...
Troubled Times for Hizzoner
"How'm I doin'?" he used to shout, cocksure that the crowds would reply on cue with the adulation he felt he deserved. Ed Koch was more than merely the mayor of...
Mayor Koch and Queen Bess
Few people have paraded before the public in quite as many guises as New York City's Bess Myerson. The willowy brunet from the Bronx catapulted to prominence in...
Koch on Koch
As they might say in show biz, Ed Koch is top banana in the Big Apple. Now an enterprising publisher has put together a collection of his yaks and zingers titled...
