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Billionaire Koch Wins Battle Over Fake Wine Bottles

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2013 | Business

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - A federal jury in New York on Thursday handed a legal victory to U.S. billi...

Making the Case for Anthony Weiner

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

The other Democrats in the race, including front runner and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, are respectable, decent, well-credentialed people. But are they the bright lights of the big city?

The Mighty Quinnberg

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.18.2013 | New York
Alec Baldwin

How do I convey this without offending the gay community, or women who are supportive of more women in politics, or those who believe that Michael Bloomberg was a great mayor for New York? It may be impossible, but here goes. Christine Quinn is not qualified to be mayor of New York.

Beck Lee: The Weird and Wonderful St. Jude of Entertainment Publicists

Myra Chanin | Posted 04.17.2013 | Entertainment
Myra Chanin

He's been described as "something of a marketing genius" by NPR's "On the Media" which means that if you're involved in presenting some quirky production or event that desperately needs publicity, Beck will somehow, someway save the day.

Tribute to Mayor Koch: A Man Who Stood Up

Reshma Saujani | Posted 04.15.2013 | New York
Reshma Saujani

Most people will remember Ed Koch as a crusader for New York, but to me he will always be the person who saw a crisis, stood for his convictions and spoke out on behalf of refugees in a far away country because he knew it was right thing to do.

David Badash and WIN NYC's Rachel Eve Stein on Yetta Kurland LIVE!

Yetta Kurland | Posted 04.14.2013 | Gay Voices
Yetta Kurland

This week on Yetta Kurland LIVE! I spoke with David Badash of The New Civil Rights Movement about marriage equality in the UK and Illinois, gays in the Boy Scouts, Ed Koch and more. Then we talked to Rachel Eve Stein of Women's Information Network NYC about women's empowerment in New York.

Thank You, Mr. Mayor

Dominic Carter | Posted 04.10.2013 | New York
Dominic Carter

Very few people can redefine themselves after leaving office and stay relevant, but Koch did.

Ed Koch's First Chef

Rozanne Gold | Posted 04.10.2013 | Home
Rozanne Gold

When I was 24 years old, I moved into Gracie Mansion to live with Ed Koch. The year was 1977 and my boss-to-be had just become the Mayor of New York City

Ed Koch Lives

Richard Brodsky | Posted 04.09.2013 | New York
Richard Brodsky

Ed Koch exceeded himself, and long after his official policies and decisions fade into irrelevance, he will be seen as the man who was voted out of office only to make himself the embodiment of public virtue and human decency.

Ed Koch in Paris

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 04.08.2013 | New York
Joan Z. Shore

Jacques Chirac was elected mayor of Paris in 1977; Edward Koch was elected mayor of New York in 1978. The two were destined to meet just a few years later when Koch made a week-long visit to Paris -- specifically, to find out how another great metropolis was run.

One More Koch Story

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.07.2013 | New York
Reese Schonfeld

One of Mayor Koch's greatest successes was putting an end to a Tammany Hall patronage system that rewarded its loyal supporters with judgeships whethe...

Should Mayors Rule the World? Ed Koch Thought So and May Be Proved Right

Jim Sleeper | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
Jim Sleeper

Shouting and waving his arms throughout the 1980s, New York Mayor Ed Koch tried to make his city accept a harsh teaching that seemed incontrovertible to savants of municipal finance and governance at the time but may not hold now.

"Do You Miss Me?" Asks Ed Koch as Friends and Foes Weigh His Legacy

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Bill Lichtenstein

I took this photo of a New York City subway stabbing, part of a wave of transit crimes that included Renee Katz, a flutist and student at the New York...

The Most Memorable Lines from Ed Koch's Film Reviews

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.06.2013 | Entertainment
Vanity Fair

by Alex Beggs, Vanity Fair Ed Koch Amid all the obituaries and remembrances of former New York City mayor Ed Koch, let us not forget his post-polit...

Words That Shaped the Week: "Hollywood Issue," "Super Bowl," and "The National Anthem"

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.06.2013 | Media
Vanity Fair

By Juli Weiner, Vanity Fair For your edification, a look back at the phrases, nouns, and neologisms that have, for better or for worse, shaped the ...

Ed Koch: The Death of a Liberal Israel Lover

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Alan Dershowitz

The passing of Ed Koch marks the beginning of the end of an important era in American Jewish life. Koch represented a time when support for Israel was a quintessentially liberal cause.

What If Ed Koch's Father Had Been Turned Back?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.06.2013 | New York
Megan Smolenyak

As we mourn the passing of larger-than-life mayor, Ed Koch, who loved New York City so much that he spent $20,000 to ensure he would be buried there and never have to leave, it's worth remembering his immigrant father, Leib (later Louis) Koch.

The NYPD's Big Lie

Len Levitt | Posted 04.06.2013 | New York
Len Levitt

The NYPD has violated a longstanding court order in its pervasive spying on Muslims and lied about it, according to papers to be filed today in federal court.

Ed Koch: A Inspiration For Black-Jewish Relations

Rabbi Marc Schneier | Posted 04.06.2013 | Religion
Rabbi Marc Schneier

Even as he became a Jewish icon, Koch never forgot that he was mayor of all New Yorkers, striving to expand access to affordable housing and jobs for African-Americans and other minorities.

Mayor Yidl Itzik Koch, May His Memory Be For A Blessing

Arthur Kurzweil | Posted 04.06.2013 | Religion
Arthur Kurzweil

To some, Mayor Koch will be remembered as the signer of our nation's first pooper-scooper law. To others, it will be his extraordinary work creating affordable housing in New York City. To me, it was being asked to help trace his Jewish family history and genealogy.

Edward I. Koch: 'I Don't Do Cinematography'

Tom Allon | Posted 04.06.2013 | New York
Tom Allon

If Martians landed on our planet and demanded I teach them what a New Yorker is, I'd go no further than show them the hours and hours of videotape of Edward I. Koch jousting at press conferences in the 1980s.

Ed Koch And The Corruption Of The Gay Closet

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.06.2013 | Gay Voices
Michelangelo Signorile

At this very moment there are closeted gay politicians in Washington and across the country voting against gay rights in part to cover for themselves, driven by personal ambition. They are dangerous individuals.

Late Mayor's Ties To Bush Explored

Salon | DAVID SIROTA | Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics

The urge toward hagiography when someone dies is understandable. Because the dead cannot speak for themselves, and because the end of a life is a trag...

Clinton To Speak At Late Former Mayor's Funeral

Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker – an admired but tough, colorful former mayor w...

Koch Funeral Set For Monday

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 02.02.2013 | New York

NEW YORK -- In 1977, New York City was deep into its worst fiscal crisis ever. Riots erupted that summer during a blackout. And a fire in one of the m...