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from 2008-2011 Mayoral State of the City addresses (number of quotes indicated): |
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Budget & Economy Tom Menino: One-year wage freeze for city workers, so no service cuts. Mark Begich: Closed $33M budget gap without using one-time reserves. Cory Booker: Budget crisis: cut $60M in spending; cut municipal taxes. Rocky Anderson: Persistent fiscal responsibility to balance budget. Rudy Giuliani: Economic development requires maintenance. |
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Corporations Cory Booker: Supports Women, Minority and Small Business Assistance. |
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Crime Bill de Blasio: Fewer and fewer arrests, and crime goes down and down. Bill de Blasio: The era of mass incarceration has ended in NYC. Chris Coleman: Audit police response to alleged officer misconduct. Cory Booker: ReLeSe: Pro bono legal services to ex-offenders. Mike Bloomberg: Educate prisoners: build more classrooms at Rikers Island. Rudy Giuliani: Home ownership decreases crime. Rudy Giuliani: Need DNA Lab to Combat Crime. |
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Drugs Bill de Blasio: Sue Big Pharma for opioid addiction; open overdose centers. Cory Booker: Community courts for minor crimes like drug possession. Mark Begich: Prevent youth from trying the deadly drug methamphetamine. |
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Education Bill de Blasio: 75% of kids graduated High School; 59% went on to college. Phil Gordon: City must partner with schools to assure excellence. Mike Bloomberg: Slash bureaucracy; reward principal & teacher excellence. Mike Bloomberg: End the shameful practice of social promotion. Rudy Giuliani: Privatize failing schools. Rudy Giuliani: Charter Schools create competition. Rudy Giuliani: Voucher program for New York City. Rudy Giuliani: Improve schools by taking on the unions & special interests. |
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Energy & Oil Bill de Blasio: Divest $5B from Big Oil; invest in renewable energy. Annise Parker: We are the #1 municipal purchaser of renewable energy. Cory Booker: Weatherize of 450 homes; free for seniors. |
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Environment Bill de Blasio: Ban Styrofoam in NYC; plastic straws are next. Annise Parker: Inner city should have necklace of parks and greenbelts. Annise Parker: Rebuild Houston: tackle crumbling streets and drainage. Cory Booker: Work with Urban Environmental Institute on solar technology. Cory Booker: Save our environment while creating jobs and wealth. |
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Families & Children Bill de Blasio: Enforce paid sick leave for temp workers. Bill de Blasio: Mandated up to ten days of Paid Personal Time every year. Rudy Giuliani: Child Protection should move toward permanent foster homes. |
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Government Reform Bill de Blasio: Let's get Big Money out of politics. Bill de Blasio: Same-day registration and no-excuse vote by mail. |
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Gun Control Mike Bloomberg: Put the issue of illegal guns back on the national agenda. |
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Health Care Bill de Blasio: Health care is a human right; fight for single-payer. Bill de Blasio: MetroPlus: public option for every single New Yorker. Tom Menino: Health care is a right, not a privilege. Tom Menino: State should grant cities power to determine healthcare. Cory Booker: Newark Rx: affordable medications for uninsured Newarkers. Mike Bloomberg: Ban trans-fats and replace with fruit & vegetable vendors. |
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Immigration Bill de Blasio: Fight the inhumane detention of children at the border. |
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Jobs Annise Parker: Hire Houston First: local workers from local companies. Mark Begich: Anchorage employment grew by 800 jobs since Jan. 2008. Cory Booker: Passed laws on prevailing wage & large-scale firings. Rudy Giuliani: Work is a good thing. |
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Principles & Values Chris Coleman: Vision of Cooperation, Responsibility and Respect. Cory Booker: I believe in Newark as the city of opportunity. |
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Social Security Marty Walsh: Must keep fighting cuts to Social Security & Medicare. |
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Tax Reform Bill de Blasio: Fight the agenda of Trump tax giveaway to the wealthy. Mike Bloomberg: $400 property tax rebate to all homeowners. |
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Technology Bill de Blasio: Create premiere tech hubs, and create 4.5M jobs. Mark Begich: Invest in Port of Anchorage & pedestrian-friendly downtown. Mike Bloomberg: Wireless network for better NYPD and NYFD communications. Rudy Giuliani: No privacy concerns with DNA-like fingerprinting. |
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War & Peace Rocky Anderson: Invasion and occupation of Iraq is unjustified. |
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Welfare & Poverty Bill de Blasio: More affordable housing than ever, and fewer homeless. Cory Booker: Assist beneficiaries with earned income tax credit. Rudy Giuliani: Welfare offices as job centers. Rudy Giuliani: The homeless need special attention: reach out & help. |
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