The New York Daily News | May 15, 2022
…a dead man? Probably not?
The theory is that lives were lost because Koch cared more about keeping his secret than responding to a crisis.
That may be true, but that’s for Koch to deal with in the afterlife.
“I think many people believe that whatever decisions he’s made in life, he’s made,” said George Arzt, a public relations consultant who served as Koch’s press secretary in City Hall. “The real feeling is that even in death, you’re not safe. People could pick on you forever.”
Arzt prefers to remember the brash Ed Koch, the feisty former mayor, the spunky senior citizen who personally welcomed…
