David Dinkins, the first and only black mayor of New York, passes away

New York, Nov 24 (EFE) .- David Dinkins, who was the first and only mayor to date of African-American origin that New York City has had, has died at the age of 93, according to local US media reported on Tuesday. .
The NBC network, which cites sources from the New York Police Department, assures that Dinkins’ health aide found him unconscious in his apartment in Lenox Hill, New York, on Monday night, so his death could be due to causes natural.
The former mayor of the Democratic party, whose term lasted from 1990 to 1993, died just over a month after his wife, Joyce Dinkins, died, the network said.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins briefly practiced law in New York City before beginning his career in politics as a district leader and was elected an Assemblyman from the state of Harlem in 1966.
He became president of the Board of Elections before winning the election as president of the borough of Manhattan in 1985.
According to local media, Dinkins, who served in the Marines in the Korean War, ran for mayor in 1989 and defeated Mayor Edward I. Koch and Republican Rudy Giuliani by the narrowest electoral margin in the history of the city of New York: 47,000 votes, according to sources. He took office in January 1990.
Giulani himself, current lawyer for President Donald Trump, has published a message of condolences to the family of his former political opponent on his Twitter account.
“I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Mayor David Dinkins, and to the many New Yorkers who loved and supported him. He gave much of his life in service to our great City. That service is respected and honored by all,” Giulani wrote.
US media recall some of Dinkins’ messages when he became mayor, in which he proposed to be a first mayor for all New Yorkers, and defended the principles of equality and freedom.
He returned to contest the elections in 1993, but on that occasion he was defeated by the Republican Giulani. EFE
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