Dinkins died Monday evening at his residence on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department told CNN.The department had received a call from Dinkins's residence regarding an unconscious person having difficulty breathing, according to the NYPD. Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Dinkins's death to The New York Times.CNN has reached out to the mayor's office for a statement on Dinkins's passing.
His political rise took him from president of the Board of Elections to City Clerk and Manhattan Borough President.Dinkins went on to defeat Rudolph Giuliani in 1990 with the narrowest electoral margin in New York City's history.During his inauguration speech, Dinkins"vowed to be 'mayor of all the people of New York,' and declared: 'We are all foot soldiers on the march to freedom,'" according to the bio.
RIP
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Dinkins was a liberal failure but not the worst mayor in NY history thats Deblasio - makes Dinkins incompetence look child like compared to Deblasio failures fraud graft & corruption-where is the billion dollars his wife had to spend where is the accountability - investigate
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Other than his idea to have everyone in the city wear name tags, he was a decent mayor.
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R.I.P
Mr Dinkins will you please be my mayor? You’ll be doing us a really big favour. RIP
RIP.
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I bet it broke his heart to see what his successor had become. RIP dear Sir...
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RIP Mayor David Dinkin
R.i.P we don't go low. he was never get the help from the immigrants generations of Europeans to lift up the poor of the great city of New York . different times America got Rudy Giuliani after all which is a travesty to educate my grandson how great is New York city
Sir, Mayor Dinkins you are another pro humanity warrior Thank You For Your Care. May you rest easy in your new home knowing there are many other pro humanity warriors with you and someday joining you. God Speed God Bless Sir!!!!!!!
RIP!
GOD BLESS him. I hope he's with JESUS 🙏🙏
I don't like how y'all waited this late to honor this man, CNN
May his soul Rest in Peace
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Rest in Peace Mayor Dinkins.
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Rest In Peace
While we're at it, let's take a moment to remember David Dorn.
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Condolences to the family, Yahweh comfort you all.
puunky_xo RIP David Dinkins
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Rudy Giuliani took credit for several actions undertaken by David Dinkins. It was so irritating that people believed Rudy. RIP Mayor Dinkins.
Rip man
I’ll never forget when he was completely and publicly embarrassed because of his trusted advisor Lloyd Braun’s nametag idea.
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He was an awful mayor.
Rest In Peace. My condolences to his loved ones. 🙏
Cnn , so obsessed with race .
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May he rest in peace. X
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COVID death?
Rudy Rudy Rudy. Mmm
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May his soul rest in peace
Rest in power 🤲🏼
David Dinkins will you please be my mayor? RIP
Rip black panther
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