Edward Irving Koch was born in the Bronx on December 12, 1924. He served as the 105th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 1978 to 1989. In 1989, he ran for a fourth term as Mayor and was defeated by David Dinkins in the Democratic primary.

Prior to being Mayor, Mr. Koch served for nine years as a Congressman and two years as a member of the New York City Council.

He attended City College of New York from 1941 to 1943. In his last year of college, he was drafted into the Army where he served with the 104* Infantry Division.  He received two battle stars and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1946. 

In that year, he also attended the New York University School of Law.  He received his L.L.B. degree in 1948, and began to practice law immediately thereafter.

In 1981, CCNY awarded Mr. Koch a B.A. degree.

Mr. Koch is credited with many major achievements as Mayor. First and foremost, he restored fiscal stability to the City of New York, and was responsible for placing the City on a GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) balanced budget basis with ten such balanced budgets during his administration.

Mr. Koch is currently a partner in the law firm of Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP.

In addition to writing political columns, Mr. Koch is a commentator for Bloomberg Television and writes film, book and restaurant reviews. His movie reviews are published weekly in several papers located throughout the New York City metropolitan area. Mr. Koch also writes a weekly column for Newsday which appears every Friday. 

Mr. Koch is also the author of twelve books. His book titles include:

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