Following his tenure as the Mayor of the City of New York for three terms, from 1978 though 1989, Ed Koch returned to the practice of law by joining Robinson Silverman. His career in government began in 1967 when he was elected to the New York City Council. In 1968 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served on the House Committee on Banking and the Appropriations Committee, and was the Secretary of the New York Congressional Delegation. Koch has written several autobiographical books, including Mayor (1984), Politics (1985), His Eminence and Hizzoner (1989), All the Best: Letters from a Feisty Mayor (1990), Citizen Koch (1992), and Ed Koch on Everything (1994). His more recent books are works of fiction: Murder at City Hall (1995), Murder on Broadway (1996), Murder on 34th Street (1997), and The Senator Must Die (1998). He writes a weekly column on topics of the day for the Daily News, and he is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Arts and Science at New York University. He lectures around the country and overseas, his commentaries can be seen internationally on Bloomberg Television, and his movie reviews appear in seven New York papers. Mr. Koch recently appeared daily on the television series The People's Court.
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