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Ed Koch, NYC mayor and its brash symbol, dies

Source: The Californian, Feb 1 2013, 9:25am CST

NEW YORK (AP) Â Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued New York City from near-financial ruin during an 11-year run in which he embodied the cityÂs chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday. He was 88. Koch died fr ...

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Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   Jun 17 2013, 10:09pm CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The late Ed Koch , who meticulously planned his own funeral, might be rolling in his grave if he saw his own tombstone. NBC 4 New York ( http://bit.ly/11kapIO ) reported Monday that the wrong birth date was mistakenly engraved ...

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How's he doin'? NYC Mayor Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date in embarrassing typo months after his death

Source: Daily Mail - UK  |   Jun 17 2013, 9:36pm CDT

Ed Koch's gravestone lists his birth year as 1942 instead of 1924, making him 18 years youngerThe former New York Mayor planned every detail of his burial, even writing the epithet on the tombstoneDates were carved on Koch's tombstone in the last few ...

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Mistake On Grave Marker Makes Koch Appear Younger Than Bloomberg

Source: CBS New York  |   Jun 17 2013, 9:10pm CDT

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Late Mayor Ed Koch was already a partner in a New York law firm when Mayor Michael Bloomberg was just a year out of college – so few would guess that Koch was actually the younger man. He was not, of course. In fact, Koch was abo ...

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Ed Koch Tombstone Has Wrong Birth Date

Source: NBC New York  |   Jun 17 2013, 5:18pm CDT

Ed Koch was remembered at his funeral as a quintessential New Yorker and colorful mayor with a big brain but a bigger heart who dedicated his life to public service and still found time to be a doting grand ...

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NYC Teachers Union To Pick NYC Mayoral Candidate

Source: The Huffington Post  |   Jun 17 2013, 2:08am CDT

The delegates of the United Federation of Teachers gather Wednesday to endorse a mayoral candidate, and their leader vows to accomplish a feat that has eluded the union for 24 years: picking the winner. "You don't endorse to lose, ...

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Mayor’s Alliance For NYC Animals Pawtography Contest

Source: Alex and Ani: Blog  |   Jun 14 2013, 11:29am CDT

As many of you know, our Charity by Design team partnered with Mayor’s Alliance for NYC Animals to host a Pawtography Contest, which ran throughout the month of May in honor of Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days on ...

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World's oldest Jew dies at the age of 113

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 14 2013, 9:09am CDT

NEW YORK, June 14 (UPI) -- Evelyn Kozak, the world's oldest Jewish person died this week at the age of 113, officials said. Kozak, a New York native who survived two strokes and the Spanish flu, suffered a fatal heart attack Tuesday, the British pub ...

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The Times gets a jump on its mayoral endorsement process

Source: Capital New York  |   Jun 12 2013, 2:45pm CDT

The New York Times is starting its endorsement auditions early, with one Democratic mayoral candidate slated to meet with the editorial board for an endorsement interview next week, according to a Democrati ...

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Benjamin Barber on Rob Ford, Michael Bloomberg and the role of mayors in global society

Source: TED  |   Jun 12 2013, 8:13am CDT

What would the world be like if it were run by city mayors? Benjamin Barber will pose this question as part of Session 8 at TEDGlobal, themed “State of the Nations.” The quirky yet powerful figure of the local may ...

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'Diabetes epidemic' declared as New York City deaths tied to the disease hit all-time high

Source: New York Daily News  |   Jun 11 2013, 7:19am CDT

City health officials Monday declared a “diabetes epidemic,” saying deaths linked to the disease have reached an all-time high in the five boroughs. A record 5,695 people died from diabetes and related causes in 2011, the Health Department said. That amo ...

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