City That Never Sleeps Grows Uneasy Without Rudy

Independent (UK) ^ | 1-18-2003 | David Usborne

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[Leo Carpathian]

Fat police(wo)men job now is to issue expensive parking tickets, they are revenue chasers rather than law and order protectors.
Any similarities to "crazy Eddy" Koch?

[swarthyguy]

At least the threat of indoor smoke has been dealt with.

Priorities, you know.

[what's up]

This is what happens when a Democrat takes office.

And Bloomberg fools no one...he is a Democrat.

[Humidston]

Hey, what's more important - Cracking down on assaults and murders, paying cops, cleaning up trash, or eliminating smoking in public?

Bloombutt, whatta guy!

[Nick Danger]

Bloomberg is a very useful idiot. His role is to remind people, as the 2004 election approaches, of what really changes when the liberals get back in.

They always talk a good game, but the next thing you know, the squeegie guys are back. And you start seeing rats. People you know are getting mugged; that wasn't happening when "fascist" Giuliani was in charge. Our health-conscious liberal officials banned smoking finally, but now your favorite restaurant is closing; business is down 30%. It was supposed to feel good, but the reality sucks.

[ffusco]

Well said: an ex New Yorker in Texas.

[mr.pink]

Our health-conscious liberal officials banned smoking finally, but now your favorite restaurant is closing; business is down 30%.

Two friends of mine who own small restuarants in NYC actualy removed tables to escape the previous smoking restrictions. At this time of year, the regulars who come in after work for a few drinks and a smoke or ten are what gets them through the winter.

After living/working in NY for twenty years, I visit about once a month and each time notice a little more slippage.

[Dutchy]

FYI....please bump to any and all interested parties!!

[Man of the Right]

Bloomberg is the argument against term limits.

Rudy, you brought the Big Apple safely through the biggest crisis any American city has faced in history. You served 8 accomplishment-packed years. You're an urban legend. You're fired. There's something wrong with that tautology.

[evilC]

NYC Ping

[LibertarianLiz]

From a post today on NRO's blog site The Corner:

BURGLARS [Rod Dreher] Derb's mention of burglars prompts me to report a rather minor couple of incidents, but ones that I think are significant, in part because "broken-window" things like this are starting to happen all over New York again, or so it seems from conversations with friends here. I live in a pretty good middle-class neighborhood. We've been seeing a bit more vandalism lately, and hearing stories of women being threatened on our formerly calm streets. There was even a rape outside a hospital half a block away, which is in no way a minor incident. A couple of nights ago, someone troubled himself to unscrew and steal the brass cover of the mail slot of our building, and also the brass handle on the top of a board we use to cover a trash can. It's no big loss, obviously, and we're blessed that nothing worse has happened -- yet. Still, these things are another reminder that New York criminals in the post-Giuliani era are getting bolder. Oh yes: junkies are starting to congregate on the street outside the neighborhood methadone clinic. That never happened when Rudy was in charge. Posted at 02:15 PM

[blam]

Drip, drip, drip.

[cibco]

"At least the threat of indoor smoke has been dealt with."

Isn't that the truth. Don't want to risk health and safety. Before I go down an unfamiliar street, I always stop and look for deadly clouds of cigarette smoke linguering in the air. Wouldn't want to be at risk...

[nutmeg]

Whoa, how did I miss this one? Thanks, evilC... I'll ping the Tri-Staters now.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

[Clemenza]

Blunderberg has been a disaster and yes, many of us miss Rudy.

What people fail to mention in articles such as this, however, is that Rudy got the cops OFF THEIR AS-SES in the coffee shops and OUT ONTO THE STREET. Although there are still great cops on the force, it appears that some members of the NYPD are starting to SLACK OFF under Commissioner Ray Kelly (who was Dickens's commissioner as well).

I myself still feel fairly safe, but that will last just until I get mugged (which will probably be soon, thanks to Blunderberg and New York States lack of a Right-to-Carry law).