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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. For a list of the Dutch directors-general who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland. The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter ...
As mayor, de Blasio's signature initiative was the implementation of Universal Pre-K, i.e. publicly funded pre-kindergarten for all New York City residents. [163] He sought to fund the program by increasing taxes on New York City residents earning $500,000 or more. [ 164 ]
In his 2005 book Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning, historian Jonathan Mahler argues that the New York City blackout of 1977, with its accompanying rioting, enabled the law-and-order advocate Ed Koch to beat out his more left-wing opponents, including incumbent mayor Abe Beame, in the 1977 election.
The city’s first Black mayor since David Dinkins, Adams is also the first since Rudy Giuliani to be born in New York (Bloomberg and de Blasio are both from Boston) and the first since Ed Koch to ...
David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
The New York City mayoralty has become known as the "second toughest job in America." [20] It has been observed that politicians are rarely elected to any higher office after serving as mayor of New York City; the last mayor who later achieved higher office was John T. Hoffman, who became governor of New York in 1869.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks alongside Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 4, 2024. Tisch was named police commissioner on Nov. 20, 2024.