Former New York Mayor Ed Koch is determined to never leave the island of Manhattan:
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.
Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery.
“The idea of leaving Manhattan permanently irritates me,” said Mr. Koch, who represented the East Side in the City Council and in Congress before being elected to the first of three terms as mayor in 1977.
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Being buried in Manhattan, Mr. Koch said, would also make it easier for former constituents to visit.
“I’m extending an open invitation,” he said.
Koch said that his tombstone will be inscribed with a Hebrew prayer, but I was almost expecting him to have his 1970s catchphrase — How’m I doing ? — show up there instead.
