Admitted to the New York Bar [1949]
Books written by Koch: [non-fiction]: Mayor (1984); Politics (1985); His Eminence and Hizzoner (1989); All The Best (1990); Citizen Koch (1992); Ed Koch on Everything (1994); Giuliani (1999); I'm Not Done Yet! (2000) [fiction]: Murder at City Hall (1995); Murder on Broadway (1996); Murder on 34th Street (1997); The Senator Must Die (1998)
Mayor of New York City. [1978-1989]
New York University Law School, 1948
Served with the 104th Infantry Division during World War II, receiving two battle stars
The 105th Mayor of the City of New York
The first mayor to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975).
U.S. Representative from New York (17th District 1969-73, 18th District 1973-77)
Was forced to quit City College of New York when he was drafted into the Army; CCNY awarded him his B.A. degree in 1981
With the support of municipal labor unions and the creation of the Municipal Assistance Corporation, Koch is credited with keeping the city from going into bankruptcy during the financial crisis of the mid-1970s.