Ed Koch, Mayor Who Became a Symbol of NYC, Dies

	Ed Koch, Mayor Who Became a Symbol of NYC, Dies Ed Koch, Mayor Who Became a Symbol of NYC, Dies To follow this story and other latest reports you should visit the website mentioned in the above video. Ed Koch, New York's colorful longtime former mayor, dies Ed Koch, the voluble three-term mayor who helped bring New York back from the brink of fiscal ruin in the 1970s and came to embody the city with his wry, outspoken style, died on Friday at the age of 88. As mayor from 1978 to 1989, the forceful, quick-witted Koch, with his trademark phrase "How'm I Doin?," was a natural showman and tireless promoter of both himself and the city. He could also be a deeply polarizing figure. Koch died of congestive heart failure at about 2 am (0700 GMT) at New York-Presbyterian hospital following a year of repeated hospitalizations, George Arzt, his spokesman, said. Koch was credited with lifting New York from crushing economic crises to a level of prosperity that was the envy of other US cities. Under his leadership, the city regained its financial footing and underwent a building renaissance. But his three terms in office were also marked by racial tensions, corruption among many of his political allies, the rise in AIDS and HIV, homelessness and a high crime rate. In 1989, he lost the Democratic nomination for what would have been a record fourth term as mayor. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Koch a quintessential New Yorker and one of the city's great mayors. To follow this story and other latest reports you should visit the <b>...</b>	From: 2013onlinetvnews Views: 0 0 ratings
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