...city tax cuts enacted during his tenure, along with the general improvement in the city’s quality of life, contributed to some of the strongest economic growth New York has experienced over the last 54 years. The culmination of this positive trend came in 1999 and 2000, when New York City outpaced the nation’s private sector job growth rate for two consecutive years - the first time that ever happened in a post-World War II economic expansion.
Tax cuts leading to job growth and economic expansion. This is prima facie evidence of fiscal conservatism.
Had to look that one up [grin]...
Swing and a miss.
...city tax cuts enacted during his tenure, along with the general improvement in the city’s quality of life, contributed to some of the strongest economic growth
Weak spin.
He cut taxes and expenditures when he first entered office, then spent the rest of decade spending like a drunken sailor.
Not anything close to a fiscal conservative.