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Deceased (1927–2020)
David Dinkins/Living or Deceased
The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck. The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).
Edward Irving Koch (/kɒtʃ/ KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.
Rudy Giuliani (full name “Rudolph William Louis Giuliani”) served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 until December 31, 2001….Mayoralty of Rudy Giuliani.
Mayor | Rudy Giuliani |
Party | Republican |
Election | 1993, 1997 |
Michael Bloomberg → | |
Flag of the Mayor |
Mayor of New York City | |
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Succession | New York City Public Advocate, then New York City Comptroller |
Unofficial names | Hizzoner |
Salary | $258,750 |
Website | www.nyc.gov/mayor |
Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and retired police officer who is the Democratic nominee in the 2021 New York City mayoral election. He is the 18th borough president of Brooklyn, New York City.
Rudy Giuliani | |
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Giuliani in 2019 | |
107th Mayor of New York City | |
In office January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001 | |
Preceded by | David Dinkins |
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
In the mid-1990s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani led an effort to clean up the area, an effort that is described by Steve Macek in Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right, and the Moral Panic Over the City: Security was increased, pornographic theatres were closed, and “undesirable” low-rent residents were pressured to relocate …
As Mayor of New York City during the September 11 attacks in 2001, Rudy Giuliani played a role in the response to the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center towers in New York City.
Every mayor was white until the election of David Dinkins (1990–1993), to date the city’s only African American to hold the office. New York has not had a Hispanic or Latino mayor, with the possible exception of John Purroy Mitchel (1914–1917), who was of Spanish descent and whose grandfather was born in Venezuela.
Binder, Frederick and Reimers, David (1995) All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City New York: Columbia University Press. p.243: “In 1963 Abe Beame became the first Jew to be elected mayor of New York City.
Ardolph L. Kline, the unelected President of the Board of Aldermen, succeeded as acting mayor upon Gaynor’s death, but then sought re-election as an alderman (successfully) rather than election as mayor.
Mayor Strong, elected in 1894, served an extra year because no municipal election was held in 1896, in anticipation of the consolidated City’s switch to odd-year elections. David Dinkins was not affected by the term limit enacted in 1993 because he had served only one term by 1993 and failed to win re-election.