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Feb 1, 2013 · Ed Koch, the colorful three-term mayor who led New York City through its financial crisis in the '70s, has died. George Arzt, a spokesman for the former mayor, tells NPR's Joel Rose that Koch died ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died at 2 a.m. Friday from congestive heart failure, spokesman George Arzt said. He was 88. The funeral will be Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.
Feb 1, 2013 · He was 88. Koch died of congestive heart failure at 2 a.m., spokesman George Arzt said. The funeral will be Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. The larger-than-life Koch, who left City Hall in ...
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Feb 1, 2013 · When Ed Koch was beginning his political career, it was a different era. When he first ran for mayor, for example, the suggestion was that he was having a romantic affair with his friend Bess ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Koch was born in the Bronx on Dec. 12, 1924, the second of three children of Polish immigrants Louis and Joyce Koch. During the Great Depression, the family lived in Newark, New Jersey. The future mayor worked his way through school, checking hats, working behind a delicatessen counter and selling shoes.
The Edward I. Koch Administration Project centers on Ed Koch, the 105th mayor of New York City. From 1978 until 1989, Koch served three terms as one of the city's most popular and outspoken mayors. Born in the Bronx on December 12, 1924, Koch was the second of three children of Polish-Jewish immigrant parents. In 1941, Koch began attending City ...
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 ...
