Dinkins

Why they would mold Obama to be the next Dinkins is beyond me.

Clinton to Campaign for Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

But after Dinkins won the Democratic primary, Giuliani himself called Dinkins a "Jesse Jackson Democrat," and his narrow loss in the face of a monolithic black vote for Dinkins then propelled him to his new strategy of courting Jews and other white ethnics.

Election Central Sunday Roundup 2009

The paper adds that Rudy also began calling Dinkins "a Jesse Jackson Democrat."

The Real Meaning Of Rudy Screaming "Bulls#$t" 2009

On local issues, the page followed the conservative think tank the Manhattan Institute, and opposed what Mr. Breindel called the Dinkins administration's "tendency to see the entire city through the prism of race."

John Podhoretz Leaves Neocon Nest To Play Murdoch's Man in New York 1997

Levine, who called Dinkins 'comment "insulting to the district and electorate," also took issue with its timing.

Libertarian Republican 2010

Joining Mr. Bloomberg on stage at a breakfast hosted by the Association for a Better New York were two men who have had much more time to think about their legacies: former mayors Koch and Dinkins, both octogenarians.

Three Mayors Share Stage to Reminisce Andrew Grossman 2011

Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the project, which was first proposed during the administration of former Mayor David Dinkins , "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to open a major section of the waterfront."

Greenway Plan Gets 'Missing Link' Erica Orden 2011

In 1992, then-Mayor David Dinkins convened the Mollen Commission after a series of high-profile police corruption cases, including accusations that an officer took bribes from drug traffickers and then became a dealer himself.

Ticket-Fixing Charges Are Minor Among NYPD Corruption Scandals Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011

For Mr. Dinkins, it was his decision to keep libraries open in the face of budget pressure and winning approval from the Legislature to extend a tax surcharge that paid for a series of anti-crime measures.

Three Mayors Share Stage to Reminisce Andrew Grossman 2011

But on Tuesday morning, sitting next to former mayors Edward Koch and David Dinkins at a panel discussion and with, presumably, just two years left in office, Mr. Bloomberg indulged in a rare moment of public musing about his time in City Hall.

Three Mayors Share Stage to Reminisce Andrew Grossman 2011