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LOCAL · NY · 1978-1989
Ed Koch
Mayor of New York · Democrat · New York
NOTABLE
On the record
"How'm I doin'?" — 12-year icon; later TV judge
Background
Edward Irving Koch (1924–2013) was NYC's 105th Mayor across 3 terms 1978-1989. Famous "How'm I doin'?" rhetorical greeting. Switched from liberal Greenwich Village U.S. Rep (1969-77) to fiscal-conservative Mayor confronting NYC's post-1975 fiscal-crisis recovery. Lost 1989 Dem primary to David Dinkins. Subject of Saturday Night Live impressions throughout his tenure. Authored 2 best-selling memoirs; later TV "Judge Koch" judge 1997-1999. Died Feb 1 2013.
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Others who held this office in New York
- David Dinkins (1990-1993)
- Abraham Beame (1974-1977)
- John Lindsay (1966-1973)
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954-1965)
- Vincent Impellitteri (1950-1953)
- William O'Dwyer (1946-1950)