David Dinkins delivers his first speech as mayor of New York, in 1990.

Dinkins, New York City's first African-American mayor, died Monday at 93.

David Dinkins delivers his first speech as mayor of New York, in 1990.

Dinkins, New York City's first African-American mayor, died Monday at 93.

David Dinkins, New York City's only African-American mayor, died Monday night at 93.

Dinkins led New York in the early 1990s as its mayor, a position he called "the greatest job there is.".