SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.</s>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York, died yesterday at the age of 88. He was as New York as a salt bagel with an extra schmear. I profiled him when he ran for re-election in 1981.</s>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: And he was fun to travel with, from the Bronx to the Battery. But moments after our profile aired, Mayor Koch called and harangued me for 10 minutes, for including so many of his critics in the story. Then he suddenly stopped. Well, I've had my say, he said. Now, how are you?</s>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: New York politics was his Yankee Stadium, and Ed Koch loved the game.
Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon remembers former New York Mayor Ed Koch. He died on Friday at the age of 88.