Isn't it amusing that while Rudy enjoys great poll numbers nation wide his ratings here in New York continue to drop as people recall what type of Mayor he really was? Sometimes you can romanticize about a political figure in the past even though he beat you several dozen times. Well some people that took those beatings still remember him and aren't taking it lying down. The local firefighter union has already come out against him, now it is the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association's turn.
From The Gothamist:
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch issued a statement blaming the former mayor for not giving cops raises ("zeroes for heroes" contract) and essentially creating the recruiting/retainment problems the NYPD has. And then there's what the PBA thinks about Giuliani's 9/11 record:
Giuliani has wrapped himself firmly in the cloak of 9/11 for his own political purposes. But the real heroes of 9/11, those who helped to evacuate those towers and lived to tell the tale and all those who participated in the recovery and cleanup, know the truth. Rudy Giuliani has no real credentials as a terrorism fighter. His only credentials lie in managing the cleanup after a terror attack. The New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association could never support Rudy Giuliani for any elected office.
Yeah, that's right, the cops don't like him either, Mr. I cleaned up New York.
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