Well known Brooklyn, NY Attorney Sanford Rubenstein attended the funeral of Mayor Ed Koch on February 4th, 2013 at Temple Emanuel in Manhattan.
Rubenstein fondly remembered Mayor Koch and the time they marched together in the Puerto Rican Day parade holding up an enlarged mug shot of Reverend Al Sharpton who at the time was confined in a federal prison for an act of civil disobedience protesting the navy bombing of at the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
“Koch clearly loved the cheers of the crowd as we marched during the parade route holding that photo.” – Sanford Rubenstein