Ed Koch gave us journalists a lot to work with
Ed Koch on the bus with Bess Myerson on the way to his mayoral inaugration in January 1978.
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Leave your memories
It might have been my first week as a New York reporter.
The Sunday shift on a steamy afternoon in late July, Ed Koch hitting seven crowded swimming pools in Brooklyn and Queens. He wore a tie and shirt sleeves and kept getting splashed. In those days, we followed the mayor everywhere, as he could easily say anything about anything at any given time.
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