New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 2, 1990, file photo, David Dinkins delivers his first speech as mayor of New York, in New York. Dinkins, New York Citys first African-American mayor, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. De Blasio, who worked in Dinkinsโ administration, named Manhattanโs Municipal Building after his mentor in October 2015. There were 8,340 New Yorkers killed during the Dinkins administration โ the bloodiest four-year stretch since the New York City Police Department began keeping statistics in 1963. That deal guaranteed that the U.S. Open would remain in New York City for decades.
Barry Farber dies; conservative radio host ran for NYC mayor
FILE - This Nov. 8, 1977 file photo shows Conservative Barry Farber, who was far behind in the New York City Mayoral race, thanks supporters at his headquarters, in New York. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)NEW YORK โ Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977, has died. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. Farber was past his peak of influence by the time conservative talk radio became an industry that made national stars of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.