to his second term. - we did it! we turned this city around. - in the second term, giuliani is increasingly a lone ranger in his politics and in his personal life. - when rudy comes in for his second term, which he treats as sort of a victory lap, overwhelming win. but he immediately begins to see the white house off in the distance. - ironically, he maybe accomplished too much in the first four years. he probably should have paced himself a little more. - he starts off his second term by saying, we re gonna end jaywalking, in a city where jaywalking has been and continues to be an art form. and, you know, new yorkers broadly responded like, what? - at first, people laughed when he launched a politeness campaign. - everybody has to be civil. - but the laughter turned to protest when giuliani put up pedestrian barricades, ticketed jaywalkers, and tried to restrict street artists. - like, the first time, he was mayor rudy.
we re gonna end jaywalking, in a city where jaywalking has been and continues to be an art form. and, you know, new yorkers broadly responded like, what? - at first, people laughed when he launched a politeness campaign. - everybody has to be civil. - but the laughter turned to protest when giuliani put up pedestrian barricades, ticketed jaywalkers, and tried to restrict street artists. - like, the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - he just doesn t have it in him to ever admit he s wrong. that s the problem here. - rudy was an innate bully, someone who wakes up every morning looking to pick a fight he can win. - the people he begins to go after are really defenseless. and that is really acute in terms of policing. - the police department had been very much turned loose by giuliani. and being turned loose turned into abuse.
- he starts off his second term by saying, we re gonna end jaywalking, in a city where jaywalking has been and continues to be an art form. and, you know, new yorkers broadly responded like, what? - at first, people laughed when he launched a politeness campaign. - everybody has to be civil. - but the laughter turned to protest when giuliani put up pedestrian barricades, ticketed jaywalkers, and tried to restrict street artists. - like, the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - he just doesn t have it in him to ever admit he s wrong. that s the problem here. - rudy was an innate bully, someone who wakes up every morning looking to pick a fight he can win. - the people he begins to go after are really defenseless. and that is really acute in terms of policing. - the police department had been very much turned loose by giuliani.
anywhere with him. - say good morning to the mayor. - for his reelection bid, donna hanover wasn t really in his corner. she wouldn t reveal who she voted for. - in the first term, rudy burns through a lot of friends and allies. - in new york city, mayor rudolph giuliani easily won reelection to his second term. - we did it! we turned this city around. - in the second term, giuliani is increasingly a lone ranger in his politics and in his personal life. - when rudy comes in for his second term, which he treats as sort of a victory lap, overwhelming win. but he immediately begins to see the white house off in the distance. - ironically, he maybe accomplished too much in the first four years. he probably should have paced himself a little more. - he starts off his second term by saying, we re gonna end jaywalking, in a city where jaywalking has been