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Comment by CGMthrowaway | Hacker News Reader

I'm old enough to remember that everyone said the same thing about Giuliani when he was mayor. Now everyone hates him

After 911, all he talked about was 911 and how he was in charge when that happened. Then, when Trump got into office, if you wanted a presidential pardon, you paid Giuliani $2,000,000 for one.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/giuliani-accu...

Then there's the defamation lawsuits that he lost:

$148,000,000 for Georgian election workers:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trial-over-rudy-giulia...

And $1,300,000,000 for Dominion Voting Systems:

https://archive.ph/eRkG5

Did he put up though? Do you have multiple examples of pro-consumer wins he had early in his tenure?

  Doubled the police force and cut crime in half, including murders down 66%, shootings down 72%
  Zero-tolerance policy against public disorder, panhandling and public nuisance crimes (unheard of today!)
  Cleaned up times square transforming from a seedy red light district into a major tourist destination
  Converted a $2.3 billion city budget deficit into a $2.9 billion surplus
  Reduced or eliminated 23 different city taxes, saving taxpayers over $9 billion
  Overhauled the welfare system, helping people get jobs and successfully moved over 600K people off assistance
  Led NYC and USA through the immediate aftermath of 9/11
  Earned the title America's Mayor, Time magazine Person of the Year and an honorary knighthood

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