Obituaries

David Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor who was embattled by Crown Heights riots, dies at 93

Dinkins was known for — and dogged by — his response to the 1991 riots in the Black and Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights

By Ben Sales November 24, 2020 12:31 pm

The group Sher founded in 1980, JACPAC, became a force on Jewish political advocacy and candidates, mostly Democrats, still solicit its backing.

November 18, 2020 1:30 pm

Horovitz in a New York Times story claimed to have had “a different memory of some of these events” but apologized in a statement to the paper.

November 12, 2020 3:41 pm

By Shira Hanau November 11, 2020 11:41 am

By Ben Harris November 10, 2020 8:00 am

By Ron Kampeas November 10, 2020 8:00 am

By Ben Harris and Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman November 7, 2020 2:39 pm

By Philissa Cramer October 16, 2020 3:49 pm

By Ron Kampeas October 14, 2020 9:45 am

By Marcy Oster October 5, 2020 10:04 am