David Dinkins, New York's first Black mayor, dies at 93
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Published November 24, 2020 by CNN
David Norman Dinkins, the genteel first and, to date, only Black mayor of New York City who dedicated much of his public life trying to improve race relations in the nation's largest city, has died at age 93.
Dinkins died Monday evening at his residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department told CNN.
The department had received a call from Dinkins' residence about an unconscious person having difficulty breathing, according to the NYPD.
Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Dinkins' death to The New York Times. CNN has reached out to the mayor's office for a statement on Dinkins' passing.
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