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    Mayor Bloomberg benefits from one of the worst periods of our history. I'm not talking about 9/11. I'm talking about Rudy Giuliani as mayor ... Whoever came after him was such a sigh of relief, you really didn’t truly examine the person on their own merits. Full Article at City Limits
    Mayor Bloomberg benefits from one of the worst periods of our history. I'm not talking about 9/11. I'm talking about Rudy Giuliani as mayor ... Whoever came after him was such a sigh of relief, you really didn’t truly examine the person on their own merits.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
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More Than Words? Bloomberg and Race
  1. He goes to the community. It’s one of his constituencies. He's also built up a relationship with people like Al Sharpton and others around school issues.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  2. Even Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez conducted a plebiscite on his extended stay in power ... New Yorkers were not even given that chance.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  3. As mayor, I failed to protect someone.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  4. He’s reached out to communities across the city, listened and brought people together from all different groups
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  5. And you know exactly what I'm talking about.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  6. Mayor Giuliani had a major problem with stop-and-frisk
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  7. You can either be someone with a match at the tinderbox or you can be someone who at least gives the impression of having respect. He at least recognizes that voters of color are an important constituency.
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  8. Right after 9/11, the impact on our community was great in terms of hate crimes and discrimination. Bloomberg hired the first South Asian immigration commissioner
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  9. In communities like mine, [the term limits extension] resonated in a way that creates a lot of cynicism and apathy, and that to me is the most damaging thing he's done
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago
  10. A civil way of disrespecting somebody is equally as offensive—perhaps more so—than the more overt way
    SOURCE: City Limits 1 month ago

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