UPDATE 1-Former NY City Mayor David Dinkins dies at 93-reports

Nov 24- David Dinkins, who served as New York City’s first and only African American mayor during the 1990 s, died on Monday. He attended Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. In Harlem, Dinkins formed part of a group of Black power brokers, known as the “Gang of Four,” that also included Congressman Charles Rangel, Percy Sutton and Basil Paterson, the father of…

Nov 24 (Reuters) – David Dinkins, who served as New York

City’s first and only African American mayor during the 1990s,

died on Monday. He was 93.

Dinkins’ health aide found him unresponsive in his apartmentMonday night, NBC New York and the New York Post reported,citing sources. His passing was confirmed to Reuters by asource.

Dinkins was born in 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey. He attendedHoward University and Brooklyn Law School.

He eventually came to Harlem, the historically Blackneighborhood in upper Manhattan, where he rose in the ranks oflocal politics.

In Harlem, Dinkins formed part of a group of Black powerbrokers, known as the “Gang of Four,” that also includedCongressman Charles Rangel, Percy Sutton and Basil Paterson, thefather of future New York Governor David Paterson.

In the 1989 mayor’s race, Dinkins defeated the three-termincumbent Democrat Mayor Ed Koch, and Rudy Giuliani, aRepublican prosecutor who would come back to defeat Dinkins fouryears later.

“I extend my deepest condolences to the family of MayorDavid Dinkins, and to the many New Yorkers who loved andsupported him,” Giuliani said on Twitter. “He gave a great dealof his life in service to our great City.”(Reporting by Derek Francis and Radhika Anilkumar inBengaluru;)