David Dinkins, who was elected New York City’s first black mayor in 1989 and famously referred to the nation’s largest metropolis as a “gorgeous mosaic,” died Monday night at his home ...

David Dinkins, elected as the mayor of New York City in 1990, served one term. (Kathy Willens / Associated Press ) By Tina Susman. Nov. 23, 2020 10:47 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

David Dinkins, New York City's first and only African-American mayor, died Monday. He was 93. New York City Police Department officers were called to the former mayor's home Monday where it is ...

Weak mayors have floundered under the pressure of civil unrest — and Zohran Mamdani promises a return to the bad old days of ...

New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is set to make history as the first Indian American and first Muslim mayor of New York ...

He remembered that David N. Dinkins had gone through it as the mayor of New York City. And now, he said, it is happening to Mayor Eric Adams, the second Black mayor in the city’s history.