>> A LOT OF MEMORIES.
>> Reporter: DAVID USHERY, NEWS
4 NEW YORK.
>>> TRACIE STRAHAN IS AT CITY
HALL RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S WHERE LEADERS AND
RESIDENTS ARE REFLECTING AS WELL
ON THE LEGACY OF MAYOR DINKINS.
TRACIE?
>> Reporter: ADAM, FLAGS HERE AT
CITY HALL AND ACROSS THE CITY
HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO FLY AT
HALF-STAFF TO MARK THE PASSING
OF THE FORMER MAYOR.
THE CURRENT MAYOR ACTUALLY
DIRECTED THAT, SAYING THAT DAVID DINKINS WAS MAN WHO CHANGED THE
PATH OF THIS CITY.
LET’S SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO NOW.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER AT ONE
CENTER STREET, THE MUNICIPAL
BUILDING IN MANHATTAN WAS
RENAMED AFTER DAVID DINKINS IN
2015.
THE HONOR WAS SPEARHEADED BY
MAYOR de BLASIO, WHO WAS AN AIDE
IN THE DINKINS ADMINISTRATION.
EVEN AFTER LEAVING CITY HALL IN 1994, THE LEGACY OF THAT
ONE-TERM MAYOR REVERBERATE ALL
OVER THE CITY.
TODAY, TRIBUTES HAVE POURED IN FROM FORMER ALLEGED VER SAYRE ER
FRIENDS ALIKE, SOME SAYING HE
INSPIRED THEM TO ENTER POLITICS.
>> HE OPENED UP THE RESURGENCE
OF NEW YORK CITY.
AS A BLACK MAYOR WITH A BLACK
AGENDA, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT HE CAME THROUGH AND TRIED
TO IMPLEMENT SOME CHANGES HERE
IN THE CITY.
>> I’M FEELING THAT SOMETHING PAINFUL IN MY HEART RIGHT NOW.
I’M FEELING LIKE A LOSS AND AN
EMPTINESS BECAUSE HE’S GONE. BUT I ALSO REALLY FEEL HIS
GUIDANCE STILL, HIS PRESENCE.
>> Repter: GOVERNOR CUOMO
CALLED DAVID DINKINS A
REMARKABLE CIVIC LEADER, ADDING, "MY FRIEND, YOU WILL BE MISSED."
DINKINS SUCCESSOR, MAYOR RUDY
GIULIANI, SAID IN PART ON
TWITTER, "HE GAVE A GREAT DEAL
OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICE TO OUR
GREAT CITY. THAT SERVICE IS RESPECTED AND
HONORED BY ALL."
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE REVEREND
AL SHARPTON WHO TWEETED, "DAVID
DINKINS TAUGHT NEW YORK CITY HOW
TO BE STRONG AND KIND AT THE
SAME TIME.
HE SHOWED US WHAT A STATESMAN
LOOKED LIKE."
MAYOR de BLASIO USING THE TOP OF
HIS USUAL 10:00 NEWS CONFERENCE
TO PAY TRIBUTE AGAIN TO HIS FORMER BOSS.
LIVE AT CITY HALL THIS MORNING,
TRACIE STRAHAN, NEWS 4 NEW YORK.