Some long-time New Yorkers cocked an ear: David Dinkins? The mayor whose tenure saw the highest homicide rates in the city’s history? The one from the Bad Old Days? Yes, that David Dinkins.

On Monday night, former New York City mayor and staunch tennis supporter David Dinkins died at 93. Besides his significant involvement with the US Open—he helped broker a 99-year lease of land ...

Second, and less visible, is David Dinkins, Jr. — yes, the late Mayor’s son — who will control what you watch on Showtime’s Pay-Per-View telecast from the broadcast truck. This is boxing ...

All of that might not have been possible without David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City. On Monday evening, Dinkins passed away at age 93 at his home in Manhattan's Upper East Side ...