Posted on 02/13/2007 8:38:42 PM PST by dervish
When Mayor Giuliani officially declares his bid for the presidency in the coming weeks, his campaign will rest largely on the historic drops in crime levels New York City experienced during his time as mayor.
Those decreases came with the infusion of thousands of new police officers and, more famously, the invention of a management tool called Compstat, which uses data about crime to respond to trends and hold commanders accountable for the conditions of their precincts. Criminologists say the retreating tide of crack cocaine addiction and other social factors also helped...
Mr. Giuliani's political boast couldn't come at a more opportune time, observers said. Not only has a Compstat-like system spread to nearly every agency of the municipal government in New York and other cities such as Baltimore, but there are also movements in Albany and Washington, D.C., to run more of government by its standards of accountability.
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A former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, is also a proponent of the system. In an interview this week, he said the rest of the country could learn valuable lessons from New York City's successes over the last decade.
"I talk about it virtually everywhere I go," he said. "If crime is a significant concern, and it should be, then New York is the most successful experiment in saving people's lives and stopping crime in modern times."
Mr. Gingrich said that since 2005 he has been advocating inside the Department of Defense, State Department, and the White House for Compstat to be used to "manage projects like Iraq and Afghanistan."
According to a 2004 study by the Police Foundation, 32.6% of 445 police departments with 100 or more sworn officers in the United States have Compstat-like systems. Another 25.6% said they were planning to bring in such a system.
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Newt Gingrich calls it like it is.
I'm confused. I thought he did officially declare his bid for presidency?
Yes, Giuliani did officially declare. I think they mean the success of his bid.
Do you mean the primaries?
Or is it a bid for endorsement?
Rudy's law and order image will take a ding once details come out about his fight against the feds to maintain NY as a 'sanctuary city' for illegal aliens.
The number one crime in NYC is illegal entry into the United States. There are hundreds of thousands of illegal foreign nationals residing there. Same with Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.
Problem is, liberals like Giuliani have no interest in tracking this particular crime - one which is so central to our nation's security.
As most folks who pay attention already know, Giuliani thumbed his nose at the immigration laws and Congress as Mayor, and made his city a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.
Why is there never a word about the billions of tax dollars that has gone to new york from the rest of the country to bail it out. How much is handed out to the city ever year.
Are you kidding me? New York gets a smaller percentage of its tax money back from the federal government in the form of federal spending than any other municipality in the nation. New York subsidizes the nation.
Common misconception you have. The fact is NY gets back just 80 cents for every dollar it sends to Washington.
Here's the list of the most screwed states
1) New Jersey: 57 cents
2) New Hampshire: 64 cents
3) Connecticut: 65 cents
4) Minnesota: 70 cents
5) Nevada: 70 cents
6) Illinois: 73 cents
7) California: 78 cents
8) Massachusetts: 78 cents
9) New York: 80 cents
10) Colorado: 80 cents
In fact, in NYC, the disparity is even greater because the income levels are much higher. NY is the only state that pays 50 percent of its medicaid costs. It should be penalized because of the way it wastes our money. So the next time you want to complain about NY getting all the money see how much your state is getting.
Or as someone once said, "Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption."
"Yes, Giuliani did officially declare. I think they mean the success of his bid."
Sorry guys, Rudy has not officially declared his candidacy yet.
I'm sure he will soon.
Oh! I am so relieved that Rudy has not announced his bid for POTUS yet. I was beginning to believe that I had taken a long nap, and he was already President Rudy!
Cities like New York are economic engines for the entire country.
There is no doubt that the states which contribute most to and get less from the federal treasury are the Blue states listed. No one can dispute it with facts.
There is no doubt that the states which contribute most to and get less from the federal treasury are the Blue states listed. No one can dispute it with facts.
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