Paul Hosefros/The New York Times On the brink of power: Ed Koch on primary day in 1977, two months before he was elected to his first term as mayor.With the death on Friday of Edward I. Koch , the “little Jewish kid from the Bronx†who grew up to govern New York City through 12 of its most memorably turbulent years, remembrances of the man, his deeds, his words and his 88 years flowed in from all over the world in every possible form.
Today on City Room we are curating moments from Mr. Koch’s seemingly infinite public life, and the reaction to his passing.
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