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David Dinkins

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Mayor

The Resume

    (July 10, 1927-November 23, 2020)
    Born in Trenton, New Jersey
    106th mayor of New York City (1990-93)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was indecisive.
    He used city funds to pay for the funeral of a drug dealer whose shooting by police sparked the Washington Heights riots (1992).
    He imposed unpopular tax increases and cuts in public services.
    The city’s budget deficit increased from $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion during his term.
    After it was revealed he had failed to file tax returns for five years, he said, ‘I haven’t committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served with the Marines in World War II.
    He was the first black mayor of New York City.
    To protest apartheid, he had the city divest itself of $500 million invested in companies doing business in South Africa.
    Belying his soft-on-crime reputation, he expanded the police department by 25%.
    After three decades of increases, crime rates in NYC started declining during his term.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 115 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 86.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 60 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 74.51% Annoying