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Giuliani’s attempts to overturn 2020 election partly thwarted by wrong number
(www.theguardian.com)
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Any New Yorkers here? I'm interested in your perspective on Giuliani. I only have a cursory knowledge of him. He first came to my attention when he made headlines busting some crime family as a DA way back when. Then he was in the news a lot as the mayor of NYC during 9/11. He seemed pretty respected at the time? I dunno. And next thing you know, he resurfaces as an enforcer for the Trump administration, winding up getting disbarred and generally shunned by society. I guess I'm curious as to whether he was always a scumbag or grew into the role?
Giuliani, Cuomo, Bloomberg, Adams....
Somewhere along the line, I'm sure NYC has had a decent mayor, but the recent history has been pretty fucked up.
I had to look up who was mayor during the pandemic. Bill de Blasio. I just remember seeing an overhead view on CNN and thinking "Is that an honest to god mass grave in NYC?!?" That's a hell of a legacy.
The graves on Hart Island are over a century old. NYC is huge and lots of people die without anyone to handle their body. It's unfortunate framing of the island's use when people suddenly wanted to pay attention. The morgue trucks were real to isolate covid bodies, I will add. But the island didn't exactly do anything differently than be a graveyard like it was since the Civil War
A ok. Thanks for the clarification.