David Dinkins

David Dinkins (2007)

David Norman Dinkins (born July 10, 1927 in Trenton , New Jersey ) is a former American politician of the Democratic Party . He was the 106th Mayor of New York City and the first African American in that office.

Dinkins held his first political mandate from 1965 to 1967 as a member of the New York State Assembly . He then held several offices in the New York City Council before he was elected borough president of Manhattan in 1985 to succeed Andrew Stein . He held this post from 1986 to 1989. On November 7, 1989, he prevailed in the election for Mayor of New York as a Democratic candidate against the Republican Rudolph Giuliani ; In 1993 Giuliani was able to beat and replace him. He remained the last democratic mayor of the city until the election of Bill de Blasio in November 2013.

For the first time in the city's history, Dinkins managed to stop the rising crime spiral. He achieved a staff increase in the police service of almost 25 percent.

Individual evidence

↑ Wayne Barrett: Giuliani's Legacy: Taking Credit For Things He Didn't Do. ( Memento of May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: GothamGazette.com . June 25, 2001, accessed November 15, 2007.
^ Patrick A. Langan, Matthew R. Durose: The Remarkable Drop in Crime in New York City. ( Memento of February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) International Conference on Crime, December 2003. Quote: “According to NYPD statistics, crime in New York City took a downturn starting around 1990 that continued for many years, shattering all the city's old records for consecutive-year declines in crime rates. "

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predecessor	Office	successor
Ed Koch	Mayor of New York City 1989–1993	Rudolph Giuliani

personal data
SURNAME	Dinkins, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dinkins, David Norman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician, first African American mayor of New York
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trenton , New Jersey

[1] Wayne Barrett: Giuliani's Legacy: Taking Credit For Things He Didn't Do. ( Memento of May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: GothamGazette.com . June 25, 2001, accessed November 15, 2007.

[2] Patrick A. Langan, Matthew R. Durose: The Remarkable Drop in Crime in New York City. ( Memento of February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) International Conference on Crime, December 2003. Quote: “According to NYPD statistics, crime in New York City took a downturn starting around 1990 that continued for many years, shattering all the city's old records for consecutive-year declines in crime rates. "