SO ONE LANE IS GETTING BY.
IT’S STILL MOVING ALONG.
I’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
>> IT’S 4:02 RIGHT NOW AND THIS
CITY IS IN MORNING.
DAVID DINKINSs HAS PASSED AWAY,
HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD.
WITH MORE ON HIS LIFE AND
LEGACY, HERE’S OUR DAVID
USHEREY.
>> OUR NEW MAYOR, THE HONORABLE
DAVID M. DINKINS.
>> Reporter: HE WAS NEW YORK
CITY’S FIRST AND ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR.
>> I SEE NEW YORK --
>> Reporter: ON JANUARY 1, 1990
AFTER THE TENSION OF THE ED KOCH
ERA.
DAVID M. DINKINS TOOK THE OATH.
HE PLEDGED HE WOULD NOT BE JUST
A HISTORY MAKING FIGURE BUT A UNIFYING ONE.
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL
NEVER LEAD BY DIVIDING BY
SETTING SOME OF US AGAINST THE
REST OF US OR BY FAVORING ONE
GROUP OVER OTHERS.
>> Reporter: BUT LONG AFTER HE
LEFT OFFICE HE KNEW HE LEGACY
WOULD BE DEBATED, CRITIQUED.
>> GIVEN TIME TO REFLECT AND
MAKE JUDGMENTS I’M SURE THERE
ARE MANY THINGS I WOULD HAVE
DONE DIFFERENTLY.
>> Reporter: DEFENDERS SAY HE
NEVER GOT ENOUGH CREDIT FOR
THINGS HIS ADMINISTRATION SET IN MOTION.
THE TURN AROUND IN TIMES SQUARE,
GETTING MORE COP OSTHES ON THE S
AND AVOIDING A TAKE OVER FOR THE
CITY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS.
AND HIS MOST FAMOUS GETTING
NELSON MANDELA.
BUT THEY SAY HIS ADMINISTRATION
WAS IN DISARRAY AND HE WAS
UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CITY.
A 7-YEAR-OLD WAS HIT AND KILLED
BY A CAR, THAT PRECIPITATED A
TURN OF EVENTS IN WHICH AN HOUR
LATER A STUDENT WAS STABBED AND
DIED.
UGLY RIOTING ENSUED FOR THREE
DAYS, DINKINS PAID A COST FOR
THAT.
AFTER ONE TERM HE LOST TO RUDY
GIULIANI.
HE WAS BORN IN TRENTON AND SPENT
PART OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN HARLEM.
SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A MARINE,
EARNED A LAW DEGREE BEFORE
ENTERING POLITICS.
HE WAS PART OF THE HARLEM
DEMOCRATIC CLUBHOUSE.
HE ADORED HIS BRIDE, AS HE
ALWAYS CALLED HER, JOYCE.
THEY WERE MARRIED NEARLY 70
YEARS, SHE PASSED AWAY IN
OCTOBER.
HE WAS A TENNIS FAN WHO EXPANDED
THE TENNIS CENTER IN QUEENS.
IN LATER YEARS HE TAUGHT AT
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND KEPT UP
PUBLIC APPEARANCES INTO HIS 90s.
AND ANY VISIT TO HIS OFFICE IS A
WHO’S WHO IN PICTURES.
DAVID USHEREY NEWS 4 NEW YORK.
>> THE NEWS OF HIS PASSING
YESTERDAY PASSED ACROSS NEW YORK
CITY’S POLITICAL WORLD.
TRACIE STRAHAN IS OUTSIDE WITH
MORE.
>> Reporter: TRIBUTES ARE COMING
IN FROM PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH
DAVID DINKINS AND THOSE WHO SAY
HE INSPIRED THEM TO GO INTO POLITICS.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL LAITYETICIA JAM
SAYING MAYOR DINKIN’S EXAMPLE
WAS AN INS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
TO ME FROM MY FIRST RUN FOR CITY
COUNCIL TO MY CAMPAIGNS FOR
PUBLIC ADVOCATE AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM HIS
SUCCESSOR, FORMER MAYOR, RUDY
GIULIANI, HE SAID IN PART ON
TWITTER, QUOTE, HE GAVE A GREAT
DEAL OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICE TO
OUR CITY, THAT SERVICE IS
RESPECTED AND HONORED BY ALL.
THE NAACP, THE NATIONAL OFFICE
POSTED A PHOTO OF THE FORMER
MAYOR ON THEIR TWITTER PAGE SAYING SIMPLY, REST IN POWER.
WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM MAYOR
de BLASIO, KEEP IN MIND MAYOR de
BLASIO WAS ONCE AN AID FOR THE
FORMER MAYOR.
THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN
MANHATTAN WAS NAMED AFTER DAVID
DINKINS FIVE YEARS AGO.
TRACIE
TRACIE STRAHAN, "TODAY IN NEW
YORK."
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