Up for auction the "NYC Mayor " Ed Koch Hand Signed Card. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and
comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. ES - 6841 Edward Irving Koch (/kɒtʃ/ KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1,
2013) was an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic,
and television personality. He served in the United
States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from
1978 to 1989.Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a
"liberal with sanity".The author of an ambitious public housing
renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and
taxes and cutting 7,000 employees from the city payroll. As a congressman and
after his terms as mayor, Koch was a fervent supporter of Israel. He crossed
party lines to endorse Rudy Giuliani for mayor of New York City in
1993, Michael Bloomberg for
mayor of New York City in 2001, and George W. Bush for president in 2004. A popular figure, Koch rode the New York City Subway and
stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I
doin'?" A lifelong bachelor with no children, Koch rebuffed
speculation about his sexuality and refused to publicly discuss his romantic
relationships. After his retirement from politics, he declared that he was
heterosexual. Koch was first elected mayor of New York City in 1977, and he won
reelection in 1981 with 75% of the vote. He was the first New York City mayor
to win endorsement on both the Democratic and Republican party tickets. In 1985,
Koch was elected to a third term with 78% of the vote. His third term was
fraught with scandal regarding political associates (although the scandal never
touched him personally) and with racial tensions, including the murder of Yusuf Hawkins a month before the 1989
mayoral primary. In a close race, Koch lost the 1989 Democratic primary to his
successor, David Dinkins. |