tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post1715707962725777300..comments2024-02-27T07:33:30.829-05:00Comments on Edge of the City: Rest in Peace Mayor KochEdge of the City Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17822675810482605051noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-77545030022171351192013-02-03T20:37:20.152-05:002013-02-03T20:37:20.152-05:00I'm sure Elenor Bumpurs was waiting for Koch a...I'm sure Elenor Bumpurs was waiting for Koch as soon as he passed to the other side and probably wacked him upside the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-65060839208747027162013-02-03T20:35:11.681-05:002013-02-03T20:35:11.681-05:00Do you remember a certain Commissioner Bratton? It...Do you remember a certain Commissioner Bratton? It was Bratton, not Ray Kelly, who presided over the decrease in crime. Seems like you're wrong on your facts and of course opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-79434102705782985522013-02-03T10:19:29.833-05:002013-02-03T10:19:29.833-05:00Since Koch another city housing project has gone u...Since Koch another city housing project has gone up on the tracks by Austin Street. Fortunately it is not accessible by going down the main part of Austin Street and while it is city affordable housing you still need decent income to move in. I don't know what kinds of people it is attracting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-14452772055921801492013-02-03T10:15:13.642-05:002013-02-03T10:15:13.642-05:00The “scatter-site” legislation was passed allowing...The “scatter-site” legislation was passed allowing the project proposed originally, to be built. However, raucous public hearings prompted the developers to compromise by building three towers of 12 stories each (instead of 24), 40% of which were to house seniors.<br /><br />So he didn't actually get the projects removed, just scaled down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-35654066443265679212013-02-03T10:11:41.042-05:002013-02-03T10:11:41.042-05:00Koch did endorse Republican candidates and stopped...Koch did endorse Republican candidates and stopped the housing projects in Forest Hills, but that is as much as I've agreed with him.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-50420430066904475602013-02-02T17:04:08.142-05:002013-02-02T17:04:08.142-05:00Giuliani, like many other politicians at the time,...Giuliani, like many other politicians at the time, was just in the city at the right time. Imagine you are mayor as the economy in the country is booming, and drugs are on the out fueling a drop in crime. Much of what Giuliani took credit for was not his doing. Dinkins, who I was not a fan of mind you, is the one who orchestrated the appeal to the Feds to get ten thousand additional cops on Urban Explorerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726808217477822538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-13363023291389160232013-02-02T08:03:38.535-05:002013-02-02T08:03:38.535-05:00He was an awful egomaniac. He couldn't accept...He was an awful egomaniac. He couldn't accept the fact that Rudy Giuliani cleaned up this town and took credit for it too. God forbid someone was praised other than Koch. He did nothing for race relations and lost to Dinkins because he became so egocentric that he couldn't reach out to minorities and try to reconcile divisions in the city. How about all the times he asked people "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-3376778474808246452013-02-01T19:33:50.499-05:002013-02-01T19:33:50.499-05:00He was a good guy. He had his faults, but he love...He was a good guy. He had his faults, but he loved NYC and its people.RayRaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-90430457193626639522013-02-01T18:55:20.188-05:002013-02-01T18:55:20.188-05:00Best mayor NYC ever had. Larger than life. I met ...Best mayor NYC ever had. Larger than life. I met him once and could not believe how tall he was! Such a giant! It was a sad day when he lost the primary to David Dinkins, who did nothing but play tennis. Then came that idiot Rudy Giuliani whose popularity was at an all-time low when 9/11 suddenly elevated him to sainthood. Now we have Nanny Mike. I don't have much confidence that Mike&#Fern Ellen Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615775005603320729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-75441697075261957462013-02-01T16:10:25.450-05:002013-02-01T16:10:25.450-05:00Koch saved Forest Hills. Back in the 70s, Mayor Li...Koch saved Forest Hills. Back in the 70s, Mayor Lindsay wanted to drop a bunch of housing projects here, but Koch stopped him and the projects became more like co-ops instead. Koch, a Bronx boy, didn't want to see middle class Forest Hills suffer the same fate as the Bronx. All hail Koch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com