11/25/98

Giuliani Quotes

by Robert Lederman, President of A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics)


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"I take a different view of someone comparing me to Adolf Hitler than when someone calls me a jerk." Mayor Giuliani, N.Y. - Daily News 10/25/98

"Freedom," Giuliani argued, "is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it." Taking Liberties / Courts, critics fault Rudy on free speech, public access. - New York Newsday 4/20/98.

"I don't regard associations of my people that support me as fascists as a light matter ....But it's ultimately the results that matter." - NY TIMES 6/24/98.

"You don't have to be too polite about somebody who's taking advantage and trampling on the rights of other people". 11/5/98. Mayor Giuliani during his call-in show on News Radio 88, Channel 2 News on 11/6/98 also: NY POST 11/7/98.

"We'll say it simply: Just because people don't like Rudy Giuliani doesn't give them license to compare him to Adolf Hitler. The Hitler analogy is something that seems to amuse many people in this city. Cutesy stories have been written and published in the past week about an art installation on Madison Avenue called No York in which the mayor is depicted with a Hitler mustache. This image was first bandied about by an obnoxious twerp who claims to represent a group called A.R.T.I.S.T. - but which really ought to be called M.O.R.O.N. - who is outraged that the mayor attempted to enforce plainly written statutes regarding sidewalk clutter in front of the Metropolitan Museum. For this, the twerp (whose name we shall never again use because he deserves no more public mention) imagines that Rudy Giuliani deserves comparison with the personification of evil in this century...As the New York Times' gleeful seizure of the "bunker" story indicates, you don't have to be a cabbie, a vendor or a M.O.R.O.N. to issue forth such repulsive opinions. - NY Post Editorial 6/16/98.

"In satire and protest, the Mayor of the City of New York is again being likened to some of the vilest figures in history. But this time Rudolph W. Giuliani is learning to accept it.... Deputy Mayor Randy M. Mastro goes so far as to detect a touch of flattery in the Giuliani-as-Dictator analogies." NY TIMES 6/24/98 "Hudson Hitler? Midtown Mussolini? Giuliani Grins and Bears It".

"Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now bracing for a whole other order of urban treachery and cataclysm by building a $15.1 million emergency control center for his administration...bullet-proofed, hardened to withstand bombs and hurricanes, and equipped with food and beds for at least 30 members of his inner circle." -NY Times 6/13/98 Giuliani's $15.1 Million 'Emergency Control Center.

"With only 30 beds, who stays and who goes? Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who one day could face such a decision, said he had not made up his mind. "People admitted would depend on the nature of the emergency," he said. "It has nothing to do with my family." "He has made arrangements for his wife and children to come into this bunker with food and water for days," complained former Mayor Ed Koch. "What are the other people in this town supposed to do?"- Newsday 6/14/98.

"The city is working to meet any potential terrorist threat of germ warfare", Mayor Giuliani said yesterday. "It's the reason why I established a new agency in the city, quietly, because I didn't want to frighten people or alarm them." -Daily News 11/9/98 Rudy Praises City's Moves Vs. Threat of Germ Warfare.

"...the current mayor thinks he's a dictator and does not have sufficient respect, not only for other branches of government, but also for the citizenry and its opportunities to speak out and be heard" -Eliot Spitzer N.Y. Post 10/15/98.

"Giuliani said Spitzer's remarks should disqualify him from holding office. "I think his remarks are insulting to a lot of Jewish people, for the overstated use of the Hitler and Nazi phraseology, and I'm really surprised that he would engage in that kind of language", the mayor fumed." - N.Y. Post 10/15/98 "Hitler Remark Sparks Pol Feud" .

"Giuliani also lashed out yesterday at a reporter who asked him whether there was a difference between Spitzer's comments and those of Police Commissioner Howard Safir, who called former Nation of Islam spokesman Khallid Muhammad a "black Hitler" after the Million Youth March last month. Giuliani replied, "There's a difference between Khallid Muhammad and me, and if you can't figure it out, you probably shouldn't be in the journalistic profession." - Newsday 10/19/98 .

"Mayor Giuliani vows to have cops with hammers and chisels pry the medallions right off the hood of any cab in the demonstration." - NEWS RADIO 88 5/21/98.

"City officials declared total victory. "We've moved to stop the terrorists from carrying out their act," Police Commissioner Howard Safir said. "I was sending them a message," a feisty Mayor Giuliani crowed. "The message is: You don't get to close down the city of New York. Just don't get to do it". "They know that we broke their strike - destroyed it, really. Nobody showed up today and that didn't happen just because we allowed business to go on as usual. That happened because we had a plan to stop them from doing it." - NY Post 5/22/98 Taxi Protest.

"When a couple of protesting drivers gathered on the corner of Murray Street and Broadway on the edge of City Hall to talk with reporters, police officers whisked them across the street, where, about five minutes later, other officers told them to keep walking -- which they did, shaking their heads. "This is what it has been like all day," muttered Kuljeet Singh, 28, as he headed down Broadway." - NY Times 5/22/98 Taxi protest.

"Addressing the recruits for the first time, Mayor Giuliani said, "Today, you take the first step toward becoming New York City Police Officers - members of the finest, best trained, best equipped, most restrained and most professional police force in the nation...The Department's CPR program will teach you that courtesy, professionalism and respect must be at the root of every interaction you have with the public. And you must also remember that your allegiance to the law must supersede your allegiance to your fellow officers no matter how close those bonds may become...In the oath of office you took today, you swore to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of New York. It means from this day forward you will take on tremendous responsibilities to enable the people of the City to live freely and independently. -7/3/98 Giuliani Press Release #315-98 'Giuliani and Commissioner Safir Welcome 800 NYPD Recruits.

"The Big Apple is plagued with killer cops and abusive prison guards Amnesty International says in a report today. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons, chemical sprays and electro-shock weapons, the report says. Police said they couldn't comment on the report, which outlines numerous cases in New York where it says unarmed civilians have been assaulted and even killed by cops. The overwhelming majority of victims ... are members of racial or ethnic minorities, the report says. - N.Y. Post 10/6/98. "Amnesty International Chews Up Big Apple".

"What brings this tendency into focus this week is an attack on the Mayor by the Rev. Calvin Butts, a prominent Baptist minister from Harlem. Mr. Butts labeled Mr. Giuliani a "racist" and accused him of not liking black people and of instituting policies that have not only devastated minorities but are moving New York "toward a fascist state." - NY TIMES Editorial 5/22/98.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who visited the area after the collapse, said that the city also intended to find out whether homeless people were living under the Boardwalk. "We can't have people coming back and living here illegally, which they don't have a right to do," Giuliani said. - NY TIMES 5/26/98.

"Facing a combative audience at a town hall meeting at Bishop Laughlin High School...Giuliani seemed to draw energy from biting questions about the city university, police conduct towards minorities and workfare. Amid numerous interruptions and catcalls, Giuliani lectured the audience that workfare was one of his greatest accomplishments.....Minutes earlier, when a heckler screamed, "Everybody's angry at you" Giuliani responded unexpectedly; "That's actually truer than you realize. Everybody is angry at me. That's why I'm a good mayor." - NY Post 5/20/98 "Rudy to hecklers: Workfares my gem" .

"The Commissioner of the city's Human Resources Administration apologized yesterday for making an errant remark during a television interview that was construed by some viewers as anti-Semitic. During a televised discussion of the city's welfare-to-work program, the Commissioner, Jason A. Turner, said, "Work makes you free." - NYTIMES 6/27/98.

"As the arts capital of the world. New York City is proud to give our children the opportunity to nurture a future in the arts...New York City, which is blessed with boundless treasures of art and culture, and is filled with millions of the most talented and creative people on the planet, should have the best arts education in the world."- From Giuliani press release: Giuliani Declares May 18-22, 1998 Arts Education Week.

"An exhibition of paintings is not as communicative as speech, literature or live entertainment, and the artists' constitutional interest is thus minimal." - Giuliani appeal brief against street artists having First Amendment protection, Giuliani v Lederman et al and Giuliani v Bery et al, filed with the U.S. Supreme Court 2/24/97.

"Elizabeth Freedman, an attorney speaking on behalf of the N.Y.C. Corporation Counsel's office [Mayor Giuliani's lawyers], explained the City's anti-art position. "Visual art...does not express ideas", Ms. Friedman said, "and as such is not entitled to First Amendment protection." - 2/24/97 radio interview WNYC's syndicated business news show, Marketplace".

"An exhibit of the mayor's photographs opened today at a downtown Manhattan gallery, displaying 23 of his color and black-and-white pictures taken over the last two years. Panning the exhibit altogether were the sidewalk protesters, who are fighting a city requirement that they need permits to sell artwork in parks and in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Since his first day in office, Giuliani has been waging a war on artists and artists' rights," said painter and printmaker Robert Lederman. "He's doing this show purely to change his image, posing as an artist in the arts capital of the world." - 5/9/98 Washington Post.

"Mayor Rudolph W. Guiliani pledged Thursday that the city would contribute $65 million over the next three years to help pay for a major expansion project at the Museum of Modern Art...Facing its huge price tag, trustees from the museum's expansion committee, including David Rockefeller, the real estate developer Jerry Speyer and Donald Marron, the chairman of PaineWebber Inc., approached City Hall. Mr. Rockefeller, whose mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was a founder of the Modern, said the city money was "the financial cornerstone" of the expansion. Of the remaining $585 million the museum must raise, he said that about $200 million had been pledged by "the family and trustees." Then he quickly added a qualifier: "When I say family, I mean the museum family, not my family." - NY TIMES 4/24/98 MOMA to Get $65 Million for Expansion.

"It's wonderful to be here with you to celebrate the greatest legal system in the world and to spread an understanding of and appreciation for our legal heritage to people throughout New York," the Mayor said. "There are thousands of subtle ways that we interact with the law every day. Whether it is better law enforcement that has helped make the City a safer place or civil rights protections or the Bill of Rights, we learn valuable lessons, and help shape the system through our participation. Today, we celebrate the law and celebrate our freedom," the Mayor continued. "As Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1816, 'The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens,' we recognize that law affects everyone and is the foundation of our civil and moral society. It is in this spirit that I proclaim today, "Law Day 1998" and honor the celebration of freedom." - Giuliani Press Release: Mayor Giuliani Proclaims 5/1/98 as Law Day.

"A defense attorney at the federal corruption trial of Assemblyman Dov Hikind yesterday charged that the Brooklyn Democrat's prosecution was "politically motivated" and was instigated by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a top aide...attorney Benjamin Brafman said he had received information that Giuliani and one of his key advisers had prompted the investigation of Hikind and the Council of Jewish Organizations of Borough Park because they felt the two had become "too powerful." - NEWSDAY 6/30/98. Defense Claims Mayor Sought Hikind Charges.

"I don't get offended any longer when people call me crazy," Giuliani said at a news conference, responding to the attack from one doctor. "But I wonder about a doctor running a methadone program who, when a mayor raises the idea that we should end methadone, which is a way of keeping people dependent, describes my idea as crazy." -NY TIMES 7/22/98 .

[A few hours after ordering newspapers confiscated in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mayor Giuliani began a Presidential Campaign trip in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and made the following comments:] "Giuliani said the core of his programs give people "freedom" from such things as welfare dependency and fear of crime. When crime was high, he added, "New Yorkers . . . had the same feeling of oppression that someone would have in a totalitarian government."- N.Y. Daily News 8/26/98.

"A dictator who oppresses people is someone who should be ostracized by the United States," Giuliani told leaders of the Cuban American National Foundation, which calls itself the country's leading anti-Castro group." - Daily News 10/2/98.

"The Mayor's unnecessary and unconscionable war on the weak and the poor and the black and the brown continues. Let the cleansing begin." "Cleansing CUNY" - NY Times 5/28/98.

"Mayor Rudolph Giuliani...proposed cutting the library budget by $15 million -- even while trumpeting a $2 billion budget surplus -- and asked the libraries to make up some of the shortfall through private fund-raising. Librarians say this is the first time the city has asked the system to raise money for basic operating expenses." - NY TIMES 5/20/98 Editorial: Hacking Away at the Libraries.

"One of the things I enjoy most about being Mayor is visiting school children, reading with them and hearing about what they want to be when they grow up," the Mayor said. 10/13/98 Giuliani Press Release #476-98: "Mayor Giuliani Helps announce Debut of the Children's Book "Day In The Life Of A Mayor".

"Die-hard Yankee fan Mayor Giuliani yesterday said he would let his son, Andrew, skip school to attend today's ticker-tape parade and suggested other children should do the same because they could learn something from baseball." - Daily News 10/23/98.

"Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has a propensity to keep arguing even when the law and good sense go against him. This has been particularly true in cases involving the release of information. For nearly two years his administration has refused to hand over relevant police files to the Public Advocate. - Mark Green" 11/10/98 NY Times Editorial.

NY Times 4/7/98 NYC: Once Again, the Mayor Hogs the Ball "Forest City Ratner, a major New York developer...spent more on lobbying the municipal government last year than any other business group, according to a study released Thursday. The company spent $382,385 on lobbying, which included hiring five of the top 10 lobbyists in the city to influence decisions relating to several real estate projects in the five boroughs. The figure accounted for 3.4 percent of all the money spent on lobbying in the city last year, and it far surpassed the $181,842 spent by Merrill Lynch, which ranked second. Among other groups that spent a lot of money lobbying last year was Reuters, the British information services company, which recorded $143,224 in lobbying fees. Last November, Reuters got a $26 million tax break to build a headquarters on a parcel at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Times Square. - NY TIMES 5/15/98 .

"For the second time in two years, The New York Post has received large tax breaks and other subsidies from city and state officials after threatening to move some of its operations out of New York City. Officials have granted the newspaper $24.4 million in incentives to build a new printing plant on 17 acres at a rail yard in the South Bronx."- NY TIMES 7/21/98.

"Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yesterday opened a self-promoting extravaganza known as the New York City Police Department's second annual spring COMPSTAT conference. This year's conference, at the Marriot Marquis hotel, got off to a better start than last year's, when the mayor barred COMPSTAT's founder, ex-police commissioner Bill Bratton. Meanwhile in the ballroom, each visitor found upon his seat a copy of Sunday's Parade magazine, which featured on its cover a picture of the mayor and Police Commissioner Howard Safir standing beneath the Brooklyn Bridge with the caption "They've made big changes that are making the city safer." Somehow in the picture, Giuliani, who stands 5 feet, 9 inches, appears taller than Safir, who is 6-foot-3." - NEWSDAY 5/12/1998.

"With crime rates dropping at record rates, former Police Commissioner William Bratton said it's time to cut as many as 3,300 cops and stop making them chase "after petty obscure offenses...Cops have to be careful," Bratton told this week's edition of New York magazine, "that they don't move from working on things that drive people crazy ... to things in which the benefits are far less tangible and have the risk of alienating people and making them feel like Big Brother is upon us." - NYPOST 7/13/98.

"Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani appointed Robert M. Harding as his budget director yesterday, choosing to fill a critical position with a lawyer with strong political skills but little experience in fiscal matters and who is the son of one of Giuliani's closest political allies...Harding, 40, has little experience with municipal budgets compared with his predecessors, and his selection surprised many fiscal experts, government officials and government watchdog groups. Several critics dismissed the appointment as a payoff to Harding's father, Raymond B. Harding, the leader of the Liberal Party, who has supported and advised Giuliani since 1989." - NY TIMES 7/8/98: Mayor Places An Ally's Son in Budget Post.

"A Queens precinct commander says he will punish cops who don't make enough arrests by denying them days off, even in an emergency, The Post has learned...Although the Police Department denies there are arrest quotas in any of the precincts, the memo proves that cops who don't bring in enough bad guys face repercussions. "The pressure from the department to meet these numbers has surpassed the pressure that the officer encounters while on patrol," said Patrolmen's Benevolent Association official Daniel Tirelli. "Unfortunately, these pressures are not just in the 110th Precinct, they're in all precincts throughout the city." - NY POST 6/11/98.

"Kenneth Starr and Rudolph Giuliani worked together at the Reagan Justice Department. And they also have this in common: both pranced around in drag for variety shows. "Ken's a good friend," says Mr. Giuliani." - NY Times 3/1/98.

"Even though there is generally no expectation of privacy in a public space, most people expect freedom from government monitoring when they eat lunch on a park bench or stroll down a street. The growing use of police video monitors in New York City may threaten the free and anonymous nature of public space." - 1/3/98 NY Times Editorial: Police Cameras in the Park.

"If the mayor says no, then there is a minimum 40% chance the true answer is yes, on any topic. That is the state of the mayor's credibility on matters of importance, a reputation he has earned in three years of saying any blessed thing he wishes were true. Now, a magazine article has said that he destroyed his marriage over a personal relationship with a press aide. "The best thing that can be done with this article as far as I'm concerned is it could be thrown it in the trash," said Mayor Giuliani yesterday...He is 53. She is 32. They spend every moment together, nearly 18 to 20 public hours on some days. He shopped for dresses with her one Sunday afternoon. They turn up at building collapses at 1 in the morning, and at private parties at 10 in the evening. In denying the Vanity Fair magazine story, Giuliani says he didn't have sex with Lategano. But sex would only make this relationship less weird. Lategano - whose resume doesn't get much deeper than sneaker saleswoman and campaign worker - now runs the biggest city in the country with Giuliani. You cannot get a streetlight fixed unless it is good for the mayor's image." - 7/5/97 Daily News.

"The [unions] structure has contributed to corruption, these critics say, by discouraging executive board members from questioning how the union is run and by engendering a management style characterized by skimpy financial oversight little questioning and a lot of looking the other way...District Council 37 is one of the city's biggest, most powerful unions and, under Hill, is known for being close to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and for negotiating contracts that set the pattern for all city workers." "Critics Contend Power Structure Bred Corruption in City Union" - NY Times 11/9/98.

"Marcus Aurelius is one of two great Roman symbols, representing the universality and history of Rome. As emperor, he was noted for his humanitarian philosophy and his sensitivity to the Empire's poor". - 6/3/98 Giuliani Press Release #251: "Giuliani accepts statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from Mayor of Rome".

"Federal officials say New York City's new welfare policies may improperly deprive thousands of poor people of access to food and medical assistance, and they have begun reviewing the public assistance programs to determine whether they violate Federal law...The inquiry focuses on the city's application procedures and marks the first time Federal authorities have questioned Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's new welfare policies, which discourage the needy from applying for public assistance in an effort to push them to rely on themselves, not government. " U.S. Inquiry Asks if City Deprives Poor" - NY. Times 11/8/98.

"There is emerging a new New York that is increasingly authoritarian and repressive,". New York Civil Liberty Union's executive director, Norman Siegel." - NY Times 7/5/98.

"A Federal judge in Manhattan ruled Monday that a city policy banning large groups from holding news conferences or rallies on the steps of City Hall was unconstitutional, saying that the Mayor used it selectively to allow groups like the Young Republicans to gather there, while blocking an AIDS advocacy group that had been critical of him." Judge Says Ban on Big Rallies at City Hall is Unconstitutional" - NY TIMES 7/21/98.

"You pay for it, you've got it" hasn't yet become the city's motto, but we are making steady progress in that direction. Over the last four years, New York has sold off its public radio station, tried to sell its hospitals, ceded to business improvement districts the upkeep of large swaths of Manhattan and handed over Central Park to be run by a group of private citizens. Now, it is introducing Rent-a-Cop. For $27 an hour, plus handling charges, it is possible to put an order in with the city's Police Department for a uniformed officer -- complete with bulletproof vest and the power of arrest -- to keep the peace at your private affair. To sweeten the deal, the city will even pick up liability costs: if your rented officer happens to apply excessive force or wrench his back, taxpayers will pick up the tab." - NY TIMES 6/29/98: Rent-a-Cop Program -- the Best Protection Money Can Buy.

`Increasingly, you see Mayor Giuliani handling dissent in a mean-spirited, bullying, autocratic fashion, and increasingly using the police as a private mayoral army to target those who disagree with him,'' said civil rights lawyer and activist Ron Kuby." - AP 4/30/98 "Giuliani Under Fire in New York" .

"At today's rally, which attracted about 400 vendors, street artists, and a smattering of taxi drivers, the mayor was described as: "Crueliani," "Jailiani," and "Stalag Gholiani". Many of the protesting street artists have had their artwork confiscated this year by police after they displayed it without a permit in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue. Lederman said police have confiscated his paintings of the mayor on more than 30 occasions. He said there is one that particularly attracts the confiscatory enthusiasm of the cops: "It says 'Giuliani Equals Police State." -Washington Post 6/4/98: "Mayor's on a Roll Vendors Aren't Buying".

"For as long as 15 years, New York City police officers from the precinct responsible for eradicating much of the tawdriness from Times Square frequented a neighborhood brothel -- in uniform and while on duty -- for free sex, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police officials acknowledged Friday." "Police Said to Have Made Deal With Prostitutes" - NY Times 7/18/98.

"Employees of some topless clubs have said they hope to stay in business by clothing dancers in bikinis or T-shirts. But Giuliani declared that efforts to "just get around" the law's intent would fail, since nudity was "only one of many criteria" that would be considered." - NY TIMES 7/20/98 .

"They're not only going to have to get around things, they're going to have to reform themselves and change the essential nature of the kind of operation that they are," Giuliani said". - NY Post 7/20/98. "Porn Shops Reach Date of XXXpiration "

Giuliani said yesterday that the crackdown would be even more aggressive. "A club may be violating this new zoning law . . . but it may also be violating health codes, building codes, fire codes and other things," he said. "So this is our opportunity to look at this whole group of laws to make sure that they're in compliance." Penalties for violations could be severe. "In some cases, it's fines," Giuliani said. "In some cases, it's putting them out of business." - Daily News 7/22/98: "City, Rudy Zones In On Sex Shops. "

"The Giuliani administration has granted a record $666.7 million in tax abatements, the lion's share of which went to businesses locating in Times Square." - 8/25/98Village Voice "Porn Free"..

"Thanks to Mayor Giuliani's quality-of-life program, New Yorkers no longer have to step over quite so many vagrants in order to enjoy the greenery of New York's parks or the aesthetic stimulation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unfortunately, thanks to Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Lucy Billings, they might now find themselves navigating their way around hordes of self-described "artists" who think it's appropriate to liken politicians they oppose to Hitler." - NY Post Editorial 8/20/98: "Free Speech or Free Exhibition Space?"

"The rules for food vendors will also affect street artists. Robert Lederman, a leader of the artists who has called for Mr. Giuliani's impeachment, said he was alarmed by all of the solutions being considered by the Council. Each, he asserted, would lead to the replacement of today's vendors with well-financed companies that could afford to buy the newly rationed right to sell on the sidewalk. "For the past 100 years, vendors have been poor immigrants who were struggling to establish themselves", Mr. Lederman said. "Anybody could get their start on the street. Now we're headed toward the privatization of public space". - NY Times June 26, 1998: "Mayor Abandons Plan to Ban Sidewalk Vendors."

``We're sick and tired of Rudy Giuliani's police state,'' said street artist Robert Lederman, addressing the protesters with a bullhorn. ``He's taking away the rights of vendors and giving them to corporations.'' Giuliani said that although booksellers enjoy First Amendment protection, it ``doesn't extend to unlimited protection. If the city deems that a particular street is overcrowded, then that affects all vendors,'' he said." - N.Y. Street Vendors Protest. -Associated Press 6/3/98.

"As he continued to accuse City Council leaders of fiscal waywardness, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yesterday defended his decision to forgive $594,000 in back rent...owed by one of his top campaign contributors...Zachary Fisher, a real estate magnate who is the museum's chairman and chief benefactor. Fisher donated generously to Giuliani's past two bids for mayor." - Newsday 10/8/98: "Mayor Defends Deal on Intrepid ."

"The parades have been rare in recent decades, with only 11 in the city since 1970. But the ticker-tape parade on Monday will be the third in just the last month. The Mayor was jubilant in announcing the event for the astronauts. "This is wonderful," he said. "I think the more ticker-tape parades I can have during the time that I'm Mayor, the more great memories I'm going to have later on." - NY Times 11/13/98: "Glenn Is Set to Repeat Another Journey in Ticker-Tape Parade Up Broadway. "

"The mayor defended rejecting applications for parade permits by other groups, including the activist group Housing Works to mark World AIDS Day. "Obviously, you can't grant everyone's request", he said. "If the city were to grant permits to everyone who wants to have a parade, all the city would do is have parades", Giuliani said. "We wouldn't have gridlock. We'd be totally frozen". - NY Post. 11/13/98.

Motorists who cause gridlock are simply uncivil, Giuliani said. "When you block the intersection, you're basically saying, 'I don't care about anybody else, I just care about myself,' " the mayor said." -"Rudy's Road Rules" - Daily News 11/13/98.

"Nearly 10 percent of the city's 1,100 public schools is now officially designated as failing, more than at any time in the last decade. All but four of the schools on the state list are in New York City." - NY Times 11/14/98: "State Adds to List of Failing City Schools, Making Total of 97" .

"Nearly five years after a crucial deal lured the Walt Disney Company to 42d Street and jump-started the revival of Times Square, a coalition of Broadway interests is struggling to carry the economic gains to the heart of the theater district. The issue's tangled beginnings go back to January 1994, when the city and state offered low-interest loans of almost $30 million to the Walt Disney Company to renovate and take over the decrepit New Amsterdam Theater on 42d Street.". "The Broadway Theater Still Awaits Windfall Build on Thin Air". - NY Times 11/12/98.

"The Coalition for Pro-Democracy in China has been instrumental in raising international awareness of the need to end political oppression there. I commend all the organizations that have joined the Coalition in its fight to give the Chinese people on the mainland the right to speak their conscience." - Giuliani Press Release Proclaiming 2/26/98 Coalition for Pro-Democracy in China Day.


Robert Lederman, President of A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics) (718) 369-2111;

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