[MarkL]

I remember Grand Central Terminal under Dinkins.

The “homeless” could be found everywhere you looked, and the smell of urine and trash was awful. Anyone with sense avoided the restrooms unless there was absolutely no choice.

The change a couple of years after Rudy took over was amazing. GCT was clean and inviting, and the bathrooms were clean and well lit.

Dinkins also set back race relations, especially between Blacks and Jews.

Mark

[lbryce]

Otherwise known during New York City "dark" days as Squeegee City. The habit of the homeless, taking to clean your car's windshield with a ineffective brush/Squeegee while immobilized by a "red" traffic light, having to endure them imposing on you, often making the windshield dirtier than it was before, in an effort to force you to cough up some change was the bane of local residents. The Dinkins Administration refused to put a stop on these public nuisances allowing them to run amok without consequence.

[Theodore R.]

No, Jews still vote for every candidate endorsed by blacks.

[CaptainK]

I remember being harassed by squeegee men, being propositioned by a coke dealer in Bryant Park while attending a formal affair at the NYC Public Library, and jumping over garbage in the curbside.

Can’t wait for this fun side of NYC to begin again, sooner then anyone thinks.