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Bright Lights, Blighted City: A journey through the mayors culminates in the de Blasio disaster.

The article presents the journey of New York City 109th mayor, Bill de Blasio. Topics include New York detectives liked to hang recalcitrant suspects by their ankles from three-story back windows of precincts until they squealed; and fire engines, patrol cars, and ambulances screaming passing from w...

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Published in:Commentary Vol. 149; no. 3; pp. 24 - 29
Main Author: Kosner, Edward
Format: Article
Published: Commentary, Inc. Mar2020
Subjects:
De Blasio, Bill, 1961-
Detectives
Crime suspects
Fire engines
Ambulances
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents the journey of New York City 109th mayor, Bill de Blasio. Topics include New York detectives liked to hang recalcitrant suspects by their ankles from three-story back windows of precincts until they squealed; and fire engines, patrol cars, and ambulances screaming passing from windows jolting to awake.