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Municipal Building named for former Mayor David Dinkins
The Municipal Building was renamed the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building at a ceremony on Oct. 15, 2015. (AP File Photo/Frank Franklin II)
CITY HALL -- The Municipal Building was named in honor of former Mayor David Dinkins during a ceremony in Manhattan on Thursday.
"We're celebrating a truly good man," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "We're celebrating someone who's always reminded us of how to live and how to serve others."
The Municipal Building, home to dozens of agencies and officials at 1 Centre St. near City Hall, was established to help centralize government after the unification of the five boroughs. It is now the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building.
"Every day, thousands of people come into this building to work for the common good, to uplift, to help elevate those who need government," Dinkins said at the ceremony.
Last week de Blasio defended the city's decision to name the building after Dinkins. He was responding to criticism from Staten Island Republican Party Chairman John Antoniello, who said that the building should instead be renamed for former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Antoniello cited a nonexistent rise in violent crime under de Blasio and said that "it's a slap in the face to name the heart of City government after his equally incompetent mentor David Dinkins."
De Blasio met his wife, first lady Chirlane McCray, when they both worked for the Dinkins administration.
"History still doesn't accurately identify what this mayor did for this city," de Blasio said at the renaming ceremony.
"We're celebrating a truly good man," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "We're celebrating someone who's always reminded us of how to live and how to serve others."
The Municipal Building, home to dozens of agencies and officials at 1 Centre St. near City Hall, was established to help centralize government after the unification of the five boroughs. It is now the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building.
"Every day, thousands of people come into this building to work for the common good, to uplift, to help elevate those who need government," Dinkins said at the ceremony.
Last week de Blasio defended the city's decision to name the building after Dinkins. He was responding to criticism from Staten Island Republican Party Chairman John Antoniello, who said that the building should instead be renamed for former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Antoniello cited a nonexistent rise in violent crime under de Blasio and said that "it's a slap in the face to name the heart of City government after his equally incompetent mentor David Dinkins."
De Blasio met his wife, first lady Chirlane McCray, when they both worked for the Dinkins administration.
"History still doesn't accurately identify what this mayor did for this city," de Blasio said at the renaming ceremony.
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