David Dinkins, New York City’s first Black mayor, dies at 93

David N. Dinkins, who tenaciously climbed Harlem’s political ladder and in 1990 became New York’s first Black mayor amid hopes that he would stanch racial conflict, only to lose the office four years later as ethnic tensions continued, died Nov. 23 at his home in the city. He was 93.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department confirmed his death. The cause was not immediately available.