[KeithCu]

So Rudy now should get credit for the nationwide reduction in crime, too?

Giuliani: In fact, during a debate between President Clinton and Bob Dole, President Clinton talked about the crime decline in in America, and Senator Dole made the point that were it not for the decline in New York, the statistics in America would not have led to a decline in crime.

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Giuliani: In fact, during a debate between President Clinton and Bob Dole, President Clinton talked about the crime decline in in America, and Senator Dole made the point that were it not for the decline in New York, the statistics in America would not have led to a decline in crime.

According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, annual violent crimes in the US fell by a total of 419,000 per year from 1994-2001 while Giuliani was mayor.

342,000 - 82% - of that reduction took place outside New York state.

[calcowgirl]

Senator Dole made the point that were it not for the decline in New York, the statistics in America would not have led to a decline in crime.

That makes no sense. So, if crime goes up in NY, it will automatically go up nationwide?

Do you have an actual quote, a source, anything? I think you're missing something in that summarization.