This I aquired courtesy of: http://giulianitime.com/
THE FACTS:
Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor of NYC in 1993, and re-elected in 1997. He served as mayor until December 31, 2001.
ELECTIONS
* Of the 3.3 million registered voters in New York City, Rudolph Giuliani received 930,237 votes in 1993, 28.2% of the total. (Source: NYC Board of Elections)
* In one of the lowest turnouts in New York City history, Giuliani received 22% fewer votes in 1997 than in 1993. (Source: NYC Board of Elections)
CRIME
* While Giuliani often boasted that his strategies drastically reduced crime in New York City, overall the nation’s violent crime was 27% lower in 1998 than it was in 1993 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Violent and Property Crimes at Lowest Level Since Survey Began," July 18, 1999).
* Serious crime fell by 16% from 1990-93, the last three years of the Dinkins administration, the first time it had in 36 years (Source: “RUDY!” by Wayne Barrett, p 341)
* In 1992, police arrest 720 people for misdemeanor marijuana-related offenses. In 2000, under the Giuliani administrations “quality of life” strategy they arrested 59,945, an increase of 4,549%. (Source: The Daily News, December 20, 2000, "Quality Crimefighting NYPD crackdown on minor offenses is paying off, by John Marzulli")
* From 1991 to 1999 misdemeanor arrests rose by 64 % (Source: The New York Times, 12/26/00, "Police Feel Scorn on Beat And Pressure From Above," By Kevin Flynn)
* Over a 10 month period in 1996-1997 DOC strip-searched 50,000 misdemeanor detainees. A $50 million lawsuit is filed and awarded (Source: NYC IBO Office "Inside the Budget" January 30, 2001 Inside the Budget No. 76)
* After analyzing 175,000 reports, Eliot Spitzer’s report on NYPD “stop and frisk” practices found that Latinos were stopped 39% more often than whites, and blacks 23% more often. (Source: Spitzer Report, page 178)
* Complaints of police abuse jumped 56% in the first four years of the Giuliani administration (Source: New York Civil Liberties Union, A Seventh Anniversary Overview of Civilian Complaint Review Board, July 5, 1993 - July 5, 2000)
POVERTY, WELFARE AND THE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (WEP)
* In 2000 one in four New Yorkers lived in poverty and the City’s poverty rate remained as high as it was during the 1989-1992 recession - 21.8%, a rate of nearly twice the national average. (Source: “One in four New Yorkers Live in Poverty” Winter 2000, Vol. 16, No.1 Community Service Society of NY report.)
* In December 2000 the homeless population was at its highest point since 1989. From January 1998 to late 2000 alone, the homeless population grew by 19%. (Source: Coalition for the Homeless “State of the Homeless Address” Feb 8, 2001)
* The Giuliani administration reduced capital spending on affordable housing by 44% since the early 90s and has cut back on the creation of apartments for homeless households by 75%. (Source: Coalition for the Homeless “State of the Homeless Address” Feb 8, 2001)
* In 1970 there was a surplus of 270,000 affordable apartments in NYC. In 1999 there was a shortage of nearly 390,000 affordable apartments for extremely low-income renter households earning less than $16,100 a year. (Source May 2001 “AlterBudget Agenda: Visions for the Future” By City Project.)
* Requests for Emergency Food Assistance grew 24% from January 1997 to Jan 1998, 36% from January 1998 to Jan 1999. In January 1999 alone 74,000 requests for food were denied (Source: “Downside, the Consequences of the Giuliani Administration’s Welfare Caseload Cuts,” November 2000 by Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc.)
* In NYC, one in every three children lives in poverty. (Source: “Hunger Is No Accident,” a report by the NYC Welfare Reform and Human Rights Documentation Project. July 2000)
* The food stamp rolls have dropped 35% in NYC since Welfare Reform was first implemented in 1996. In 1994, 27% of applicants were rejected from welfare. By November 1999 75% of Job Center applicants and 52% of applicants overall were rejected. Of the first 5,300 people to enter the job search program, only 265 people were placed in jobs. (SOURCE: “Hunger Is No Accident,” a report by the NYC Welfare Reform and Human Rights Documentation Project. July 2000)
* Less than 6% of workfare participants have been able to get jobs from workfare and less than 4% of welfare recipients are enrolled in education and training programs. (Source: Welfare Law Center, “City’s Poor Don’t Need More Belt Tightening,” by Marc Cohan. Article appeared in 10/12/01 edition of Newsday).
* In 1995 28,000 students at CUNY (11% of the entire student body) were on welfare. WEP has forced 13,000 students out of college and into workfare assignments. (SOURCE: April, 1998, Welfare Rights Initiative Newsletter)
* Between 1991 and 1999 WEP force grew from 170 to 2,389 in Parks, while Parks Dept. Employees dropped from 4,285 to 2,101. WEP workers for the Parks Department made $1.80 an hour while a Parks employee made $8.65.
* Nearly 60% of welfare applicants were rejected in the first three months of 1995, a 20% increase from the same period in 1994. (SOURCE: NYT April 19, 1995 “New Policy Cuts Numbers On Relief in NYC” by David Firestone)
FIRST AMENDMENT
* As of December 2001, in 34 separate cases the New York Civil Liberties Union went to court to challenge First Amendment violations by the Giuliani administration. The Courts rebuffed the Giuliani administration in all but 4 of the 26 cases. (Source: “Giuliani v. The First Amendment: A Final Assessment,” by Donna Lieberman Dec 2001)
* While the Giuliani administration limited news conferences on the steps of City Hall to 25 participants in Feb 1998 following World Aids Day (and later extended the ban to events of any type) the city invited 5,000 guests to the steps to commemorate the NY Yankees' World Series Victory. (Source: AP, April 6 2000, "Judge strikes down rules keeping large groups away from City Hall," By Larry Neumeister)
* According to estimates from Mark Green's office, the Giuliani administration has spent in excess of $5 million to defend itself against 22 "speech and information" charges. Under Giuliani, spending by the city's law department has increased by 50% from $59.4 million to $89.5 million (Source: Westchester County Weekly, March 30-April 5, 2000, "Rudy's Rap Sheet" by Elissa Lin).
YEARS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL (SOURCE: “Rudy!” by Wayne Barrett, p.173/4)
* Giuliani's office as Attorney General snared an annual average of 830 convictions, while his predecessor, John Martin got 940.
* The 10 other largest Attorney General Offices in the US closed an annual average of 34 cases per assistant, 54% higher than Giuliani's office.
* Although Giuliani's office in the Southern District of NY commanded a staff 80% larger than the Eastern District's, assistants in the Brooklyn -based district handled an annual average of 169 cases, 118% higher than Rudy's assistants. They closed an annual average of 37 cases, a rate 67% higher than Giuliani's office.
* The number of dismissed cases during Giuliani's tenure dropped from an annual average from 5.3% in 1984 to 10.1% in 1988.
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I am in no way dissing the former mayor of New York city, I am simply looking for the truth. I am a republican that wants to cast my vote in the end for the right man. To me; Rudy Giuliani is a man built on 9/11, and that to me is something that qualifies him greatly on leadership questions. Still, I need to know what is he going to offer for substance as my president... and on that front ladies and gentleman I am hard-pressed to find cause for optimism.
Yours Truly, Slugger
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I agree. Giuliani did a pretty good job with 9/11 but he's going to need something more to campaign on if he hopes to have any chance at winning.