Please do not take HN threads into political flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for, so ban accounts that make a habit of it (regardless of what they're flaming for or against).

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you never scrutinized what they "cleaned up" did you?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/spotlight/20...

mostly they cleaned up the statistics.

Or, instead of completely cleaning up the city, merely claimed credit for nationwide demographic trends that started 3-4 years before said mayor ever ran for office and continued since. Plenty of references, e.g., [1], from many years before said former mayor has come under multiple criminal investigations.

[1] https://www.politifact.com/article/2007/sep/01/how-much-cred...

Look up who started Compstat and what their vision and their actions were like. Starting with Giuliani, the mayors didn’t help at all. They made things worse. Jack Maple is a flawed but awesome person. It’s unfortunate others like the mayors get so much credit.