Ed Koch, the Jewish mayor who became a symbol of New York City, died at 88 on Friday. 
Famous for greeting constituents with “How’m I doing?,” Koch presided over some of the city’s most difficult years, from 1978 to 1989, and helped spur the recovery that would flourish under one of his successors, Rudy Giuliani.

Ed Koch, the Jewish mayor who became a symbol of New York City, died at 88 on Friday. 

Famous for greeting constituents with “How’m I doing?,” Koch presided over some of the city’s most difficult years, from 1978 to 1989, and helped spur the recovery that would flourish under one of his successors, Rudy Giuliani.