The mayor of New York City,officially Mayor of the City of New York,is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services,public property,police and fire protection,most public agencies,and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.
Edward Irving Koch 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.
David Norman Dinkins was an American politician,lawyer,and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
Lehman College is a public college in New York City. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College,it became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman,a former New York governor,United States senator,philanthropist,and the son of Lehman Brothers co-founder Mayer Lehman. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) and offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specializations.
Richard Ravitch was an American politician and businessman who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson. A native of New York City,he graduated from Yale Law School and he worked in his family's real estate development business,a number of government and government-appointed positions,including with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority,and in private industry,including tenures as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank and as the chief owner representative in labor negotiations for Major League Baseball.
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is the public policy school of New York University in New York City,New York. The school is named after New York City former mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in 1989.
Randy Daniels is an American businessman,politician,and journalist who served as Secretary of State of New York from 2001 to 2005.
Richard Jeffrey Danzig is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton. He served as an advisor of the President Barack Obama during his presidential campaign and was later the chairman of the national security think-tank,the Center for a New American Security.
Keith L. T. Wright is an American politician and a former member of the New York State Assembly. He was first elected to the assembly in 1992 and was re-elected eleven times. In early 2007,he proposed a bill limiting retail sale of violent video games for individuals below 18 years of age. This proposed law stirred up controversy and protest amongst gamer communities. Wright is also the author of the bill to apologize for African slavery in New York,which was second only to South Carolina in the American slave trade,the first Northern State make such an apology. Wright is also credited with coining the term "Super-Duper Tuesday" in response to the shifting of New York's election primary date to the 5th of February. This is now the common terminology for the change of dates nationwide.
Basil Alexander Paterson was an American labor lawyer and politician. He served in the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1971 and as secretary of state of New York under Governor Hugh Carey from 1979 to 1983. In 1970,Paterson was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Arthur Goldberg ticket. Paterson's son David served as governor from 2008 to 2011.
Joyce Elizabeth Dinkins was an American children's rights activist,literacy advocate,civil servant,and wife of former New York City mayor David Dinkins. She was the first lady of New York City from 1990 to 1993,becoming the city's first African American first lady in history. Dinkins was a proponent of child welfare,education,and literacy initiatives during her tenure.
Mark Barnes is an American attorney serving as a partner in the Ropes &Gray health care and life sciences practice based in Boston. He was director of policy for the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute,and associate commissioner for medical and legal policy for the New York City Department of Health under the mayoralty of David Dinkins. He worked on the National Health Care Reform Task Force in the Clinton Administration. He also has served as executive vice president of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and founded and directed the Harvard University HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Africa. His current legal and advocacy work includes a focus on the fields of research compliance,the ethics and regulation of clinical trials,medical privacy,and "big data" research. He is past president of the New York State Bar Association's Health Law Section.
Herman Daniel “Denny”Farrell Jr. was an American politician from New York. He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the Manhattan neighborhoods of West Harlem,Inwood and Washington Heights from 1975 to 2017.
Nicholas Scoppetta was the 31st New York City Fire Commissioner. He was appointed to that position by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on January 1,2002 and was succeeded by Salvatore Cassano on January 1,2010. He had previously served as the Commissioner of the city's Administration for Children's Services.
Edward Richard Dudley was an American lawyer,judge,civil rights activist and the first African-American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States,as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953.
George Benjamin Daniels is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Adele H. Cohen is an American lawyer and former politician. She is a 1964 graduate of Brooklyn College.
The 1993 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2. Incumbent Mayor David Dinkins ran for re-election to a second term,but lost in a rematch with Republican Rudy Giuliani.
The 1989 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 7.
