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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j31elir wrote

While I'm not jumping up and down for Adams, can anyone cite real improvements or accomplishments by Bill deB? Painting BLM stripes outside of Trump Tower or revoking the Trump organizations' operating permit for hockey rinks was fun I suppose, but it was cheap theater.

What did DeB actually do for average New Yorkers?

*Note bike lanes don't help those of us in the outer boroughs, the elder, etc. . So...let's hear it. What got better?

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Shame_On_Matt t1_j31khyu wrote

I don’t think you’ll find any deblasio Stans here.

Needless to say, he ended stop and frisk. So that’s cool

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j31t7uz wrote

I wasn't a fan and blamed Bloomberg for stop n frisk but my 85 year old mom never got hassled; my wife didn't; I didn't; my high school kids didn't'; my grade school kids didn't.

The targets were black and brown men between ages 15-45.

60% of the population are black and brown; half of them are male (30%) probably half are over 45 or under 15. (155) So he didn't something beneficial for 15% or so the population. Fine.

I said "Average New Yorkers". Perhaps I should rephrase to "a majority of New Yorkers".

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thatgirlinny t1_j328f3k wrote

Stop N Frisk was Giuliani’s baby—all part of “Broken Windows” policing he advocated.

Bloomberg kept status quo at first, knowing you can’t rescind what was two terms of de facto policy. Then he was forced to deal with it as the lawsuits over overzealous policing began to pile up.

But nice try.

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newestindustry t1_j31zkeo wrote

Universal pre-K

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j37lmr1 wrote

I'm 53 years old. I know no one with kids that young. It didn't help me, my siblings, my neighbors, my relatives, my fiends, my parents.

Perhaps that helped a small group of New Yorkers but not a cross section of economic and demographic categories.

I repeat the question:

What did he do for average New Yorkers?

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newestindustry t1_j37s5e4 wrote

No, you are asking what he did for you personally—the answer to that question is, of course, "no one cares".

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j3922zs wrote

You're right in that he did nothing for me, but for now, let's forget me. Please answer the question- what did he do for average New Yorkers?

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