Ed Koch
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone
We are very grateful to be working with Bryan Cave LLP on this scholarship initiative in honor of former Mayor Ed Koch
Temperament is always an issue during a campaign. People look for a mature authority figure to run the city ... Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg did not lose their tempers often during the campaign leading up to their election. Afterwards, they're home free.More quotes »
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Wrong birth date engraved on former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's tombstone
location at any time. Your weather is set to . You can change the location at any time. NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date. NBC 4 New York reported Monday that the 6/19/13 from NJ.com Read more »
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Ed Koch Tombstone off by 20 Years
Jong-Un handed out translations of the Hitler’s manifesto to officials for his birthday, in January. A tombstone engraver made Ed Koch nearly two decades younger after carving the wrong birth year into the New York City mayor’s granite slab. Tommy Flynn of from The Jewish Press Read more »
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Lawmakers Seek End to Madison Square Garden’s $17M Tax Break
The tax exemption started in 1982, with a deal meant to encourage sports teams to play in the heart of New York City. Then-mayor Ed Koch meant for the tax exemption to last 10 years. It has lasted 31 years. Meanwhile, The Madison Square Garden Company has from The Epoch Times Read more »
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Gravestone of late Mayor Koch had birth date wrong
said. "It was a simple human mistake," said Tommy Flynn, owner of Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, which worked with Koch to create his funeral monument. "Did you ever write a phone number down wrong?" Flynn said he was horrified to get the call from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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Error On Ed Koch's Tombstone Corrected
Mayor Ed Koch can now rest in peace. Koch’s granite grave marker in Trinity Church Cemetery in upper Manhattan was corrected Tuesday to reflect his birthday accurately, Koch’s former press secretary George Arzt said. The tombstone had been incorrectly etched from New York Daily News Read more »
