The deals that clean up Times Square were in the works since Koch.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DA1F3AF93BA3575BC0A967958260
Flashback:
Gay Candidate for City Council Says He Has AIDS Virus
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Published: August 8, 1991
One of two gay candidates running for a seat on the New York City Council in lower Manhattan said yesterday that he has tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS and would make that part of his campaign.
The announcement by Thomas K. Duane is believed to be the first time a candidate seeking elected office in the state, and perhaps the nation, has openly admitted being infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
I hate Rudy for President but he did clean up the city. When I left in 1992 we never went to Times Square it was for whores and crack heads. Rudy cleaned up NYC.