Giuliani, Once a Foe, Is Among First to Commemorate David Dinkins

Rudolph Giuliani said on Twitter that Mr. Dinkins, his predecessor as New York City’s mayor, had given “a great deal of his life in service to our great City.”Mayor David N. Dinkins and Mayor-elect Rudolph W. Giuliani on the steps of New York’s City Hall in November 1993.Credit…Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesNov. 24, 2020Updated 6:09 a.m. ETRudolph W. Giuliani, who defeated David N. Dinkins in New York City’s 1993 mayoral election, was among the first public figures to commemorate Mr. Dinkins in the hours after his predecessor died late Monday at 93.Mr. Dinkins, a barber’s son, became New York City’s first Black mayor in 1990. He died at his home in Manhattan, less than two months after the death of his wife, Joyce.Mr. Giuliani was once among Mr. Dinkins’s severest critics. But early Tuesday morning, he said on Twitter that his predecessor had given “a great deal of his life in service to our great City.”“That service is respected and honored by all,” Mr. Giuliani added.Mr. Dinkins won office on a pledge of racial healing, and he had plans to build housing, improve health care and respond to the concerns of marginalized groups. After his death, several prominent New…
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