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    losing re-election in 1993, Dinkins joined the faculty of Columbia University while remaining active in municipal politics. Dinkins was born in Trenton, New...
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  • David Dinkins. She was the first lady of New York City from 1990 to 1993, becoming the city's first African American first lady in history. Dinkins was...
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    The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building (originally the Municipal Building and later known as the Manhattan Municipal Building) is a 40-story, 580-foot...
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    in 1992. Although crime rate had begun to fall during the Dinkins administration, Dinkins suffered badly from a perception that crime and racial tension...
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  • Dinkins is a comparatively rare surname. There are varying accounts as to the origin and early history of the Dinkins family. Leading researchers disagree...
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    appeared on stage with him at an event. Adams also suggested that Mayor David Dinkins meet with Farrakhan and hire the Nation of Islam's security company...
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  • actual abating of crime, Dinkins was hurt by the perception that crime was out of control during his administration. Dinkins also initiated a hiring program...
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    primary to Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, who finished with 547,901 votes to Koch's 456,313. Dinkins was helped in part by large margins in...
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    in the Democratic Party primary by Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins. Dinkins went on to narrowly defeat U.S. Attorney for the Southern District...
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    Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins. In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat once...
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  • African-American communities in the borough, and diminished support for mayor David Dinkins' tenure in the city. During the latter half of the 1990s, as crime and...
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  • the African-American Mayor Dinkins. The nearly 300 uniformed on-duty officers did little to control the riot. Mayor Dinkins, who was not present at City...
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    William Lynch 1990–1992—under David Dinkins Randy Daniels 1992 under David Dinkins Barry F. Sullivan 1992–1994—under David Dinkins Basil Paterson 1978—under...
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    electing Dinkins would represent "more of the same, more of the rotten politics that have been dragging us down". Giuliani pointed out that Dinkins had not...
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  • funds. David Dinkins released a statement apologizing for involving Carson in his campaign. Following one of Carson's "Anti-White" statements, Dinkins released...
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    J. Marchi. The campaign reached its peak during the mayoral term of David Dinkins (1990–1993), after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the New York City...
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    2014, at the Wayback Machine David N. Dinkins with Peter Knobler, PublicAffairs Books, 2013 "Another Look at the Dinkins Administration, and Not by Giuliani"...
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    mayoral race, contributing to the defeat of Mayor David Dinkins, an African American. Opponents of Dinkins said that he failed to contain the riots, with...
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    describe how cultures and ethnicities mix in the United States. Mayor David Dinkins, when referring to New York City, described it as "not a melting pot...
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    Robert F. Wagner Jr. and New York City Clerk David Dinkins in the Democratic primary. Stein defeated Dinkins again in the 1981 Democratic primary for the...
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  • to one two-year term (1904–1906) and one four-year term (1906-1910). David Dinkins was not affected by the term limit enacted in 1993 because he had served...
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  • Kelly as police commissioner (thanks to the efforts of former mayor David Dinkins) and 2) a decrease in the number of unwanted children made possible...
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    overestimated the support for David Dinkins in his first race for New York City mayor against Rudolph Giuliani; Mr. Dinkins was elected, but with a two...
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    African-American Flag (category Works by David Hammons)
    work's creation has been seen in the context of the inauguration of David Dinkins as the first African American mayor of New York City, following his...
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  • Non-Fat Yogurt", Elaine suggests to Lloyd Braun, an advisor to Mayor David Dinkins, that everybody in the city should wear name tags. Lloyd Braun suggests...
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    110th mayor of New York City and the city's second black mayor, after David Dinkins. In 2019, New York City voters passed Ballot Question #1 to amend the...
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    appointed First Deputy Commissioner during the administration of Mayor David Dinkins. Kelly's boss was New York City Police Commissioner Lee Brown, who was...
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  • appearance as himself in a 2016 episode., while former New York City Mayor David Dinkins appeared as himself in a 2018 episode. President Kennedy's grandson...
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    Section 1. p. 928. Articles on "consolidation" (by David C. Hammack) and the "Bronx" (by David C. Hermalyn and Lloyd Ultan) in The Encyclopedia of New...
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    including that of Grand Central Terminal. By 1990, the LPC was cited by David Dinkins as having preserved New York City's municipal identity and enhanced...
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