NY is a national disaster area, and one that will take years to completely heal. One month will never be enough to effectively transpose a complete leadership administration under such stressful times.
This is NOT what New York is facing, and your analogy is bogus. Rudy serving longer will not save the lives of anymore citizens, or New Yorkers.(save the contiinued reduction of the murder rate). I am sure he will be used as an advisor now. He WOULD have been mayor if they extended his term, not an advisor. It is time for him to move on. I bet he ends up in the homeland security business.
I think instead people of NYC should focus on his endorsement, which right now I would think is golden.