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Polybius

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9. During his first term I was just done with school and had no kids, and planned to move shortly

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 01:01 PM

Mar 2023

So all of the things you mentioned didn't effect me at all at the time (not to sound selfish, but we all vote for our intensions to an extent). Loved Koch too, but I was a kid.

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Who was the best NYC Mayor of the last 45 years? [View all] Polybius Mar 2023 OP

Tough choices. I think Dinkins and DeBlasio did the least damage. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #1

I put them on the lower end Polybius Mar 2023 #7

He screwed over the teachers and wrecked the school system. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #8

During his first term I was just done with school and had no kids, and planned to move shortly Polybius Mar 2023 #9

Bloomberg presided over the ridiculous boom in luxury housing development . . . markpkessinger Mar 2023 #10

BK: Before Koch, to take it to 70 years JHB Mar 2023 #2

How about even further back to Fiorello La Guardia (1934 to 1945) Polybius Mar 2023 #3

I remember these two: marybourg Mar 2023 #4

John Lindsay gave Mrs. Brady crabs Kaleva Mar 2023 #6

I always thought it was pretty declasse of Florence Henderson to publicize that story . . . markpkessinger Mar 2023 #11

And they were cheating on their spouses. Kaleva Mar 2023 #12

Wow Polybius Mar 2023 #13

NYC Mayor is a position that is vastly overstated outside the NYC limits. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2023 #5

Looks like Bloomberg is the runaway winner Polybius Mar 2023 #14