Edward N. Costikyan
| Edward N. Costikyan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 24, 1924 Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 2012 (aged 87) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Nationality | Armenian-American |
| Occupation | politician, writer, lawyer |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Parent(s) | Mihran N. Costikyan Berthe M. Costikyan |
Edward N. Costikyan (September 24, 1924 – June 22, 2012) was a Democratic Party politician who was notable for reforming the Democratic party in New York City. He was also the author of many books and articles on varied topics of public policy and political science. He was of Armenian descent.
Costikyan was born in Weehawken, New Jersey on September 24, 1924. By 1940, he and his family (father, Mihran N. Costikyan; mother, Berthe M. Costikyan; and older brother Andrew M. Costikyan) had moved to West 122nd Street in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
He graduated from Horace Mann School, where his mother taught, and served in World War II.
He graduated from Columbia University in 1947, and Columbia Law School in 1949. He clerked for a year for Judge Harold R. Medina at the U.S. District Court.
In 1951 he joined the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in his first position as an associate lawyer. He became a partner of that firm in 1960.
Costikyan was elected chairman of the New York County Democratic Committee in 1962, defeating Carmine DeSapio, and served two years. He was credited for removing Tammany Hall influence, thus reforming the Democratic Party and bringing it into the 20th Century.
He was Abraham Beame's campaign manager in the 1965 Mayoral campaign. He served on commissions investigating the new York City government for Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mario M. Cuomo.
He dropped out of his campaign for Mayor in 1977, but instead joined the campaign of Edward I. Koch, formerly a political adversary.
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