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10. Bloomberg presided over the ridiculous boom in luxury housing development . . .

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 02:54 PM

Mar 2023

. . . which WASN'T needed, and which has resulted, today, in a city with massive luxury towers that sit half empty!

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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

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

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