I'm from NY, and I read in the NY Daily News that the number of murders in the city in '07 is on pace to be the lowest ever. Will Rudy now say that Bloomberg is a better crime-fighter than he was?
Anyways, politifact.com, a new fact-checking website which I recommend (warning, it exposes lies and exaggerations from both parties) has compiled a list of exaggerations by Rudy regarding his achievement in the 90's:
• Violent crime in New York began falling three years before Giuliani took office in 1994, U.S. Justice Department records show. Property crime began falling four years before. The decline accelerated during his administration, but the “turnaround” he claims credit for started before him.
• New York was no anomaly, but was part of a trend that saw crime fall sharply nationwide in the 1990s, particularly in big cities. The city with the best record for reducing violent crime during this period? San Francisco.
• Independent studies generally have failed to link the tactics of the Giuliani administration with the large decrease in crime rates.It's a must read:
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2007/sep/01/how-much-credit-giuliani-due-fighting-crime/
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