David Dinkins, who died Nov. 23 at 93, made history as New York City's first black Mayor but had some significant achievements overshadowed by his indecisiveness in handling two racially charged crises that limited him to just one term in office.
Some of his biggest accomplishments, from the U.S. Tennis Center in Corona, Queens that Mayor Michael Bloomberg later called "the only good athletic sports stadium deal, not just in New York but in the country," and the redevelopment of Times Square, were either unjustifiably criticized or taken credit for by the man who succeeded him, Rudy Giuliani.
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