Mayor Ed Koch Passes

After battling numerous illnesses for some time now, iconic New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch succumbed to congestive heart failure while at New York Presbyterian-Columbia Hospital. He was 88. He is perhaps one of New York’s best known and perhaps beloved Mayors. Having spent three terms in office, he was known by his standard question, “How’m I doing?” When he lost his bid for a fourth term, he turned to radio and other interests to stay active. He maintained a terrific sense of humor and an honesty that we lack with most of todays politicians. Callers to his radio program would often ask when was he going to run for mayor again? His answer was always the same, “The people threw me out and now they must suffer!” We are all suffering a bit today with the loss of “our” Mayor Ed Koch.