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Rudy Giuliani




Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani III (born May 28, 1944) served as the
Mayor of New York from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001.

Having been a high-ranking lawyer in the U.S. Department of Justice in 
Washington, D.C., before that, Giuliani first gained national prominence 
as the federal U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In 
that position he prosecuted numerous high-profile cases, including indictments 
of leading Wall Street figures Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken for insider 
trading. Giuliani attracted some criticism for arranging very public arrests 
of people, then dropping charges for lack of evidence instead of going to trial.

Giuliani first ran as the Republican candidate for mayor in 1989 but he lost
the contest to succeed Ed Koch to Democrat David Dinkins. In 1993 he
successfully ran against incumbent Dinkins in an election that divided the
city, primarily on racial lines (especially after the intervention on
Dinkins' behalf of President Bill Clinton).

In his first term as mayor, Giuliani pursued an aggressive and hugely
successful policing policy resulting in declines in virtually every category
of crime. Such policing efforts led to an increase in the distrust of police
by blacks and other minorities. Among the better-known incidents of police
brutality during the Giuliani mayorality are the killing of unarmed Amadou
Diallo in a storm of 41 bullets and the brutalization of Abner Louima while
in custody.

Giuliani pursued similarly aggressive real estate policies. The Times Square
redevelopment project saw Times Square transform from a run-down center for
businesses ranging from tourist attractions to peep shows to a high-price
district filled with stores and theaters oriented towards families,
including the MTV studios and a massive Disney store and theater. Giuliani
throughout his term pursued the construction of new sports stadiums in
Manhattan, a goal at which he did not succeed, though new minor league
baseball stadiums opened in Brooklyn, for the Brooklyn Cyclones, and in
Staten Island, for the Staten Island Yankees.

Giuliani, after being elected, avoided one-on-one interviews with the press,
preferring to only speak to them at press conferences or on the steps of
City Hall. Giuliani made frequent visits to The Late Show with David
Letterman television show, sometimes appearing as a guest and sometimes
participating in comedy segments. In one highly publicized appearance that
took place shortly after his election, Guiliani filled a pothole in the
street outside the Ed Sullivan theater.

He ran an aborted campaign for U.S. Senate in 2000 against Hillary Rodham
Clinton, withdrawing because of prostate cancer and the fallout from his
relationship with Judith Nathan. (He was married at the time to Donna
Hanover, but they later divorced, and in late 2002 he became engaged to
marry Nathan. He and Hanover have one son and one daughter.) He married
Judith Stish Nathan in May 2003.

Since the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Giuliani
has been widely hailed for his calm and effective leadership in the crisis.
For this, he was named TIME Magazines Person of the Year for 2001 and was
given an honorary knighthood by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on
February 13, 2002, entitling him to style himself "Rudolph Giuliani KBE".

Quotes

   * "We only see the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of
     our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is
     not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything
     they can be. Freedom 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."

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