How was Rudy Guiliani as mayor of NYC? (lemmy.world)

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[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

New York is incapable of hiring a mayor who doesn’t suck ass. That’s just what they do. It’s like asking why Louisiana or New Jersey elects corrupt politicians. It’s just a way of life.

Jokes aside, though, crime was way higher back in the 90’s and he was a prosecutor who was “tough on crime” even though he was friendly with the Russian mob. The police union (which is unusually political in NYC) was behind him. No one knew that one day, he would beclown himself every day for the rest of his natural life

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

he was a prosecutor who was “tough on crime” even though he was friendly with the Russian mob.

Yeah, but he has some great success against the Italian mob. Of course, that just swapped pasta for vodka, but it's something you can publicize.

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