Opinion: David Dinkins, former NYC mayor, a teacher for our times
In the decades before Covid-19, two frightening infectious disease epidemics — HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis — were raging in New York City when David Dinkins became the city’s mayor in 1990. By the time he left office four years later, significant progress had been made on both fronts.
Yet when Dinkins died last month, the reviews of his legacy focused mainly on his historic selection as the city’s first (and still only) Black mayor. But as his health commissioner, I saw a different side of Dinkins that makes him a surprisingly good teacher for our times.
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