New York City’s First And Only Black Mayor, David Dinkins, Dies At Age 93
David Dinkins, New York City’s first Black mayor has passed away at the age of 93. Dinkins died Monday evening at his residence on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) told multiple news outlets.
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According to the department, they received a call from Dinkins’ residence regarding an unconscious person having difficulty breathing. Mayor Bill de Blasio also confirmed Dinkins’s death to The New York Times.
Dinkins, born in 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey, and graduated from Howard University — served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993, according to his bio on the city’s website. The Democrat ran against Republican Rudy Giuliani in 1989 and defeated him. They were matched against each other again in 1993 – but that time, Giuliani won. He also just released a statement on Dinkins’ passing, saying:
“I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Mayor David Dinkins, and to the many New Yorkers who loved and supported him. He gave a great deal of his life in service to our great City. That service is respected and honored by all.”
The passing of the former mayor comes less than two months after the death of his wife Joyce Dinkins, who died in October.
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