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About
this candidate - Extract of the official campaign site : In
1993, Rudy became the first Republican elected Mayor of the City of New
York in a generation. Campaigning on the slogan "One City, One Standard,"
he focused on reducing crime, reforming welfare and improving the quality
of life. In 1997, he was re-elected with 57% in a city in which Democrats
outnumbered Republicans five to one. Under Mayor Giuliani's leadership,
overall crime was cut by 56%, murder was cut by 66%, and New York City -
once considered the crime capital of the country - became the safest large
city in America according to the FBI. New York City's law enforcement
strategy has become a model for other cities around the world,
particularly the CompStat program, which won the 1996 Innovations in
Government Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University. When Mayor Giuliani took office, one of every seven New
Yorkers was on welfare. Mayor Giuliani implemented the largest and most
successful welfare-to-work initiative in the country, turning welfare
offices into Job Centers, leading to the reduction of welfare rolls by
640,000, or nearly 60%, to the lowest level since 1966... More on official
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