New York City Mayor Giuliani to speak

Posted 10/09/98

New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani will deliver a speech "Freedom and Responsibility" on the Dartmouth campus on Monday, Oct. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Collis Common Ground. Sponsoring his speech are the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center and the student organizations, Rocky Public Issues Forum and the Conservative Union at Dartmouth.

After losing the mayoral race in 1989 by the closest margin in New York City's history, Giuliani was elected the city's 107th mayor in 1993. Under his leadership, the city has seen a 48 percent drop in overall crime and a 60 percent drop in murder, causing the FBI to declare it the safest large city in America.

Giuliani enacted a record $2 billion in tax reductions, including taxes on commercial rent, personal income, hotel occupancy and the sale of clothing. He also has overseen a decrease in the city's public assistance rolls by 340,000 people and has built up the city's workfare program. He also worked to reduce organized crime's influence over the Fulton Fish Market and other wholesale food markets around the city.

The city's broad-based growth has created more than 216,000 private sector jobs. New York City's tourism has risen to record levels, something many attribute to Giuliani's initiatives.

Giuliani has pledged himself to helping New York City's children, creating the Administration for Children's Services, seeking adoptive homes for children in need of families, and working to raise standards among city schools.

Before becoming mayor, Giuliani held the positions of associate attorney general from 1981 to 1983 and U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York from 1983 to 1993. Born in 1944 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Giuliani is the grandson of Italian immigrants. He attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn, Manhattan College in the Bronx, and New York University Law School in Manhattan, graduating magna cum laude in 1968.

Mayor Giuliani has offered to meet with college and local press in Morrison Commons, Rockefeller Hall, from 3:15-3:45 p.m. Please call (603) 646-2779 in advance if you are interested in attending and if you need any equipment/technical accommodations.