Christine Quinn Joan Hamburg Remember Ed Koch
New York City Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn joined Joan Hamburg on Friday to share her memories of late three-term NYC Mayor Ed Koch.
"His real belief was that we as a people and we as a city had the power to save ourselves from financial ruin [in the 70's], or, on any given day, come together to solve our problems," she reflected.
Chris Quinn was also fortunate enough to spend time with Koch in the months before his passing, and even recieve advice for her upcoming race to become Mayor.
"I had lunch with him over the summer, and he was emphatic that in the Mayor's race I was to have fun - that there was no point in doing this, or anything else, if people did not have fun!" Quinn laughed. "And he had had fun! He had fun every day he was mayor, on the good days and on the bad days. And he reminded people that we needed to be optimistic even when things were really, really bad."
