Yup. I know we’re enjoying attacking Joe Biden on the crime bill, but that shit was necessary back in the mid-90s. If you can believe it, black communities were even worse back then. The Crown Heights riots got Giuliani elected in NYC.
He turned it into a shithole in his first term. The second term has just been the shit icing on the shit cake.
Unfortunately, there’s no Giuliani waiting in the wings to bail the city out this time. It’ll just get worse and worse until it looks like the 1970s again.
Man, I miss the 90's.
I remember back then they used to say that the "under policing" of black neighborhoods was proof that the system was institutionally racist?
Yup. I know we’re enjoying attacking Joe Biden on the crime bill, but that shit was necessary back in the mid-90s. If you can believe it, black communities were even worse back then. The Crown Heights riots got Giuliani elected in NYC.
NYC was a shit hole. Giuliani turned it around. Now Wilhelm is doing his best to turn it back into a shit hole.
He turned it into a shithole in his first term. The second term has just been the shit icing on the shit cake.
Unfortunately, there’s no Giuliani waiting in the wings to bail the city out this time. It’ll just get worse and worse until it looks like the 1970s again.
Well, this shouldn't be surprising to anyone. He worked for Dinkins, who was the mayor who turned it into a shithole in the first place.
crime
increased policing
riots ** you are here **
white flight
property devaluation
real estate speculation / rent increases
gentrification
repeat in a new neighborhood.