When there are more than two funerals sometimes three a day and a huge city to run,it can be difficult.<BR>Stay in your little town with your little mayor who may or may not manage things, we are doing just fine here in NYC.

RUDY FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!

TOPPER FOR NYER

I am looking forward to my first trip to New York in July so obviously this post has peaked my interest. I must say though that all the New Yorkers on this board are most friendly and so helpful. That in itself will make up for a bit of trash on the streets...Safety and security are another issue altogether...

crime is down, but shootings are up slightly. streets same, i still have the same one singer/beggar in the subway and crazy guy cursing me off on my way to work. no newcomers. trash is always worse as it gets warmer because (1) people are out more and (2) you notice it more cause it gets smellier in the summer.<BR>times sq i do think is changing, but more due to the movie theater, wwf, arcade, etc. becoming hang-outs for groups of the youngings. for the most part, there not drug dealers or hookers, even if they dress like it.

topper for nyer

Come on people! Things like crime and homicide rates have been directly tied to the economy. The NY Times ran series of articles a few years ago on this. Rudy happened to enjoy one of the best economies this city has ever seen. Bloomberg does not have such luck. <BR><BR>In addition, Giuliani was not called "Giulinazi" by some New Yorkers for no reason...he had a severe way of getting what he wanted, and is not the most pleasant person to deal with when he doesn't get his way. And while I, too, enjoy the nicer, cleaner city, I cringe everytime I walk through the branch of Disneyland formerly known as Times Square.<BR><BR>I read this post yesterday before going for a walk. While I was outside, I started thinking about all the things that were said here. I don't live in the best part of town and I have not heard gunshots, seen a prostitute, or a drug deal since Bloombger became mayor.

How can you cringe when you walk in Times Square.<BR>The Disneyland look is certainly better than what was there before.

I would rather cringe from bad taste than the sight of the drag queens and hookers that were there before.<BR>

Right on!!

In Jan. I noticed a large rat strolling down Broadway in Times sq. in daylight. Very scary, and a new one for me. We visit there often. Last week I noticed alot more beggars on the street then usual. No, I'm not a New Yorker, so I don't know what it was like to live under Rudy's rule, but I sure liked visiting Rudy's town!

There have been some interesting comments posted on this board.<BR>But a rat walking down Broadway is<BR>beyond belief!!!!!!

Unfortunately, people don't seem to want anything better. The last election, we had Mark Green, who no one likes and can't win anything other than Public Advocate because we don't know what that is anyway (just give Mark a job) and a billionaire who pays for votes with no history of running anything but a company (would you vote for your boss as mayor?). <BR>Eight million people and all we can get is Mark Green who many people wouldn't vote for PTA President and an obnoxious billionaire who now want to close the libraries one to two days per week (talk about quality of life and of my future kids) and whose plan to date is to get change from meters only on the Upper East Side on Sundays (except for his neighbors on Madison Ave. of course) and to vacation on weekends but refuse to tell anyone where he went!! I hope he didn't spend his weekends reading up on City management in the libraries because they may already be closed.<BR>-people don't ask for better from their political parties anyway.

Why is it that in a city of 8 million people we can only come up with Mark Green and Bloomberg?<BR>That is such a sad commentary.<BR>I agree Mark Green is just there and Bloomberg ain't never there.<BR>What a pity that the City, which now more than ever, needs quality leadership.

didn't quit finish my last statement. I was going to say it is such a pity that the city, now more than ever, doesn't have the quality leadership it needs.

Rudy saddled the cfity with a $5 billion dollar deficit by spending spending spending when times were good instead of setting some money aside for less prosperous times. If you want to blame anyone for the cut in library hous blame Rudy. The sentence on parking meters is confusing. If you are complaining about meters being in effect on Sunday then blame Rudy. That rule came into being during Rudy's tenure.

RE Parking meters:<BR><BR>City space is a precious and limited resource and must be allocated to those demanding use of it in an efficient manner. So why not charge parking fees?<BR><BR>What OTHER piece of privately owned property gets the FREE RIDE that automobiles do? Can I put quarters into the meter and put my patio furniture out there (not enough room for it in my apartment) to enjoy the sun today? Of course not. Those who don't have the private space to store their car shouldn't expect John Q Public to have to furnish, for free, a space to keep it anymore than paying for a place for my patio set.<BR><BR>Cities are for PEOPLE not cars! Hurray for "Metrocard Mike", one of the few who "get it".<BR><BR>

Anyone from Chicago should find that last post (about patio furniture) hilarious. In Chicago, when it snows, people dig out their cars and then put their lawn chairs (or patio chairs, saw horses, etc) in the space to hold it.

TOPPER

topper