Bill Clinton to speak at Ed Koch's funeral

Bill Clinton to speak at Ed Koch's funeral

Mayor Turned Movie Critic. By SAM DOLNICK. Published: February 2, 2013. Ed Koch was never one to keep quiet. “I say exactly what I think,” he told reporters on his first day as mayor. Multimedia. This Week's Movies | 'Koch'. This Week's Movies | 'Koch'

Mayor Turned Movie Critic. By SAM DOLNICK. Published: February 2, 2013. Ed Koch was never one to keep quiet. “I say exactly what I think,” he told reporters on his first day as mayor. Multimedia. This Week's Movies | 'Koch'. This Week's Movies | 'Koch'

From all around, remembrances of the man, his deeds and his words.

I WAS a late arrival to the Ed Koch fan club. I grew up in a liberal, Jewish, Bella Abzug-loving household, and my parents spoke of him with a level of contempt they usually reserved for Republicans. Centrist Democrats are a dime a dozen these days

About five years ago, I was eating in a diner on Ninth Ave. near the Port Authority in Manhattan and Ed Koch had just finished eating at another table with some friends. As he was leaving he nodded to me and I said, “How'm I doing, Ed?” Koch laughed