NEW YORK – David Dinkins, the first and only African-American mayor to date in New York City, has died at the age of 93, according to the report.
Our network NBC, which cites sources from the New York Police Department, assures that Dinkins’ health assistant found him unconscious in his apartment in Lenox Hill, in New York, on Monday night, so his death could be due to causes natural.
The former mayor of the Democratic party, whose term lasted from 1990 to 1993, died just over a month after his wife, Joyce Dinkins, died, the network said.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins briefly practiced law in New York City before beginning his career in politics as a district leader and was elected an Assemblyman from the state of Harlem in 1966.
He became president of the Board of Elections before winning the election as president of the borough of Manhattan in 1985.
According to local media, Dinkins, who served in the Marines in the Korean War, ran for mayor in 1989 and defeated Mayor Edward I. Koch and Republican Rudy Giuliani by the narrowest electoral margin in the history of the city of New York: 47,000 votes, according to sources. He took office in January 1990.
Giulani himself, current lawyer for President Donald Trump, has published a message of condolences to the family of his former political opponent on his Twitter account.
“I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Mayor David Dinkins, and to the many New Yorkers who loved and supported him. He gave much of his life in service to our great City. That service is respected and honored by all,” Giulani wrote.
US media recall some of Dinkins’ messages when he became mayor, in which he proposed to be a first mayor for all New Yorkers, and defended the principles of equality and freedom.
He returned to run for office in 1993, but this time he was defeated by the Republican Giulani.
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