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Giuliani: Nasty Man Paperback – January 1, 1999

by Ed Koch (Author)
3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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A collection of previously published articles addresses the New York City mayor's administrative style, asserting that his "nasty" character dooms him to failure as a leader
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  1. Print length
    174 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    UNKNO
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    156980155X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1569801550
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The 105th mayor of New York City takes on the 107th mayor of New York City in this recycling of Kochs newspaper columns from 1994 to the present. (Hizzoner has been taking on Hizzoner in the pages of the Daily News since the latter took office.) After taking credit in his prologue for helping Giuliani get elected, Koch rapidly goes from acknowledging Giulianis achievements (such as a drastically lowered crime rate) to criticizing him as an authoritarian publicity hound who cant admit when hes made a mistake. The columns touch on everything from Giulianis confrontation with schools chancellor Ramon Cortines early in his first term to more recent controversies such as the polices brutal killinig of the unarmed Amadou Diallo. The mayors enemies might welcome yet another opportunity to nod their heads in agreement about this ``nasty man.'' -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ UNKNO (January 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 174 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 156980155X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1569801550
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Jim FIORENTINI
2.0 out of 5 stars Read in conjunction with Prince of the City
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2005
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Giuliani Nasty Man, is a compilation of newspaper columns by former Mayor Ed Koch about Giuliani. The book is not indexed, there is no table of contents, and it is sometimes hard to follow.

I suggest reading this book in conjunction with Prince of the City, by Fred Siegel, a much more flattering (and better written) book about the Giuliani years. It is interesting to read the two books together and see how two different authors write about the same events.

Jim Fiorentini, Mayor, Haverhill, Massachusetts
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Michael Meskers
5.0 out of 5 stars People do like to believe their myths...
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2013
Giuliani is described as petty and vindictive and Ed Koch's observations were seconded by David Dinkins who succeeded him. As Koch correctly points out crime in NYC went down consistently year after year during Giuliani's term in office. But Giuliani would do his best to take sole credit for it. Totally ignored is the fact that after peaking in 1990, crime started dropping under Dinkins in 1991 and 1992 before Giuliani took office. It also helped enormously that under Clinton some 40,000 police officers were added to the rolls of America's cities and NYC got its proportionate share.

He hated free speech when it did not suit his purposes, hit against his control issues or worse, when it criticized him. Instead of outwitting and disarming his adversaries with humor as Koch did rather brilliantly, Giuliani would attack.

In April 1999, Giuliani earned a dubious distinction from the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression: a "lifetime Muzzle award," given to spotlight his attacks on the First Amendment. Noted First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who was Giuliani's adversary in the Brooklyn Museum controversy (another story Koch notes) and other First Amendment disputes during the mayor's tenure. So often in fact did he take authoritarian action in direct and unambiguous violation of the First Amendment that he was reprimanded by the Court of Appeals.

My favorite bit is the anecdote about the case of the bus ads for New York Magazine. In 1997, the magazine purchased space on the sides of city buses for ads with the slogan, "Possibly the only good thing in New York Rudy hasn't taken credit for." Giuliani directed the Metropolitan Transportation Agency to remove the ads, and when he was refused, brought the issue to court where Giuliani lost. Ed Koch probably have turned it into something everyone could enjoy a laugh from. Giuliani was never capable of something like that due to his outsized ego.

As a life long New Yorker I agree that Giuliani did a great job with crime but he does not deserve all the credit. And what Koch talks about in the book is the unnecessary nastiness and need to control people's right to free speech that unfortunately Giuliani also brought to the table.
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Duke
1.0 out of 5 stars Notice who's writing this book about whom
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2001
First off, this book doesn't get 1 star simply because I disagree with his opinions. I give it that because it's poorly written with underdeveloped arguements that would lead me or anyone who reads this book to think poorly of Rudy. Notice WHY Guiliani was elected: it was because the City was in need of a good right Wing mayor to set the city straight from all of the horrible democratic mayors' screw ups.
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