>>> AND AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE
AFTER A MAN IS PUSHED ON THE
SUBWAY TRACKS IN BROOKLYN.
>>> WE REMEMBER A MAN OF
INTEGRITY AND KINDNESS, MAYOR
DAVID DINKINS.
HE WAS NEW YORK CITY’S FIRST AND
ONLY BLACK MAYOR AND HE PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME ON
THE UPPER EAST SIDE AT AGE 93.
DAVID USHERY TAKES A LOOK BACK
AT HIS LIFE AND HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS.
>> 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 AS A GORGEOUS
MOSAIC.
>> Reporter: ON JANUARY 1st,
1990, AFTER THE TUNNELED
INTENTION 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 LEAVE BY DIVIDING, BY SETTING SOME OF US AGAINST THE
REST OF US, OR BYIY FAVORING ONE
GROUP OVER OTHERS.
>> Reporter: LONG AFTER HE LEFT
OFFICE, HE KNEW HIS LEGACY WOULD
BE DEBATED, CONTESTED,
CRITIQUED. GIVE TRN TIMEN THE TIME TO REFL
WOULD HAVE DONE SOME THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
>> Reporter: SOME SAY HE NEVER
GOT ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE
TURNAROUND IN TIMES SQUARE, GETTING MORE COPS ON THE CITY
STREETS, AND AVOIDING A TAKEOVER
OF THE CITY’S FINANCES.
>> NELSON MANDELA.
>> Reporter: A HIGH POINT FOR HIM, NELSON MANDELA’S VISIT TO
NEW YORK, HIS FIRST U.S. STOP
AFTER BEING RELEASEDROM A
SOUTH AFRICAN PRISON
BUT CRITICS SAY HIS
ADMINISTRATION WAS IN DISARRAY
AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MANAGE A
CRIME-RIDDEN CITY, ESPECIALLY
DURING ONE OF ITS WORST MOMENTS.
IN AUGUST 1991, 7-YEAR-OLD GAVIN CATO WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR
IN A RABBI’S MOTORCADE IN CROWN
HEIGHTS.
THAT PRECIPITATED EVENTS WHERE A
MAN WAS STABBED AND DIED. UGLY RIOTING ENSUED FOR THREE
DAYS.
DINKINS PAID A POLITICAL COST
FOR THAT AND OTHER INCIDENTS
THAT HAD DIVIDED THE CITY.
AFTER ONE TERM, HE LOST TO JEWEL
JOOL
RUDY GIULIANI.
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A
MARINE AND EARNED A LAW DEGREE BEFORE ENTERING POLITICS.
HE SERVED AS ASSEMBLY MAN.
HE ADORED HIS BRIDE AS HE ALWAYS
CALLED HER, JOYCE.
THEY WERE MARRIED NEARLY 70
YEARS.
SHE PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER.
HE WAS AN AVID TENNIS FAN WHO
SECURED THE DEAL TO SECURE THE
TENNIS CENTER IN QUEENS.
HE TAUGHT PUBLIC POLICY AT
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND KEPT UP
A VIGOROUS SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC
APPEARANCES INTO HIS 90s.
USUALLY ANY VISIT TO HIS OFFICE
WOULD INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE