NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch’s favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to encourage commuters who were forced to walk to work instead of jumping aboard… Continue reading Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Dead At 88
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Once an Obama Critic, Former New York Mayor Wants Obama Re-Elected
Ed Koch, the mercurial former New York mayor and Jewish community figure who was helpful to George W. Bush in places like Florida in the 2004 presidential race, sees “change” by President Obama, who he was slow to support, on the subject of Israel. “Going to foreign affairs and Israel in particular, where I am… Continue reading Once an Obama Critic, Former New York Mayor Wants Obama Re-Elected