[boop]

"Look, I’m a Thompson/Hunter kind of guy, but give credit where credit is due. I saw first hand the turnaround in NYC under Rudy’s watch. I worked and went to school there and the transformation is remarkable."

I totally agree. I went to NYC in 1985 and Times Square was a scary hellhole, even for a group of my friends. I went back after Guiliani was mayor and it was place you could safely take kids.

[MattinNJ]

I just took my wife and 6 year old boy to see the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall. It was pouring after the show and I told them to wait and I would go get the car which was 5 blocks away. Unthinkable before Rudy. When I worked there when Dinkins was mayor I was a 250 lb. construction worker and used to keep my tool belt on in case I needed a hammer and I still didn’t feel safe.