Legendary New York mayor Ed Koch's funeral – in pictures

Current New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, former New York City Mayors Rudolph Giuliani, center, and David Dinkins put their hands over their hearts as the casket leaves the synagogue Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

New York police and fire department officers escort a hearse carrying the casket of former New York mayor Ed Koch into Temple Emanu-El for his funeral services in New York Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Koch's sister, Pat Koch Thaler (2nd R), and other family members watch as the is carried away following his funeral in New York Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Mourners walk past a flag flying at half staff as they arrive to attend the funeral services Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

People watch as Koch's casket is brought out by members of the NYPD following funeral services at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Bill Clinton talks with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo following the funeral. Clinton said the world was a better place because Koch had "lived and served" Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

New York police and fire officers carry the casket after the service Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

A convoy of cars follow the hearse as it makes its way to Trinity Cemetery in New York. 'I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone,' Koch told the Associated Press in 2008 after purchasing a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery, at the time the only graveyard in Manhattan that still had space Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg stands with former mayors Rudolph Giuliani and David Dinkins and with other city government officials as they wait to salute the casket following the funeral services Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters